CITY COUNCIL
MEETING AGENDA
January 27, 2026
4:00 p.m.
Council Chambers, Lobby Floor
City Hall - 125 North Main Street
Memphis, Tennessee 38103-2017
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District 4. Chairwoman Jana Swearengen-Washington
Super District 9-1. Vice Chairman Chase Carlisle
District 1. Rhonda Logan
District 2. Jerri Green
District 3. Pearl Eva Walker
District 5. Philip Spinosa
District 6. Edmund Ford, Sr.
District 7. Dr. Michalyn Easter-Thomas
Super District 8-1. JB Smiley, Jr.
Super District 8-2. Janika White
Super District 8-3. Yolanda Cooper-Sutton
Super District 9-2. J. Ford Canale
Super District 9-3. Dr. Jeff Warren
ORDER OF BUSINESS
- CALL TO ORDER by the Sergeant-at-Arms
- INVOCATION
Any invocation that may be offered before the official start of the Council meeting shall be the voluntary offering of a private citizen, to and for the benefit of the Council. The views or beliefs expressed by the invocation speaker have not been previously reviewed or approved by the Council and do not necessarily represent the religious beliefs or views of the Council in part or as a whole. No member of the community is required to attend or participate in the invocation and such decision will have no impact on their right to actively participate in the business of the Council. Copies of the policy governing invocations and setting forth the procedure to have a volunteer deliver an invocation are available upon written request submitted to the Chief of Staff of the Memphis City Council.
- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
- CALL OF ROLL by the Comptroller
- APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MEETING MINUTES (January 13, 2026)
- ANNOUNCEMENT FOR APPEARANCE CARDS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING
- ITEMS HELD OR DROPPED FROM THE AGENDA
PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION OF VISITORS
- RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring Gina Sweat for her service to the Memphis Fire
Department and the City of Memphis. This Resolution is sponsored by Councilwoman Green.
PUBLIC HEARING (None)
DIVISION OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
- RESOLUTION pursuant to Chapter 9.6 of the Memphis and Shelby County Unified
Spinosa Development Code approving a planned development at the subject property
Chairman, located at 6450 Kirby Gate. This Resolution is sponsored by the Division of
Planning Planning and Development.
& Zoning
Committee Case No. PD 25-15
Applicant: David Wills – Wills and Wills LP
David Baker (Representative)
Request: Planned Development to allow a self-service
mini-storage facility
LUCB and DPD recommendation: APPROVAL, with conditions
ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
No opposition at LUCB; No Public Hearing Required
- RESOLUTION pursuant to Chapter 9.6 of the Memphis and Shelby County Unified
Spinosa Development Code approving a planned development at the subject property
Chairman, located at 3021 East Shelby Drive. This Resolution is sponsored by the Division of
Planning Planning and Development. (Held from 12/16)
& Zoning
Committee Case No. PD 25-02
Applicant: Shelby Railroad Service, Inc.
Cindy Reaves, SR Consulting, LLC (Representative)
Request: Amendment to PD 06-349 to add additional
land for storage
LUCB and DPD recommendation: REJECTION
ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
No opposition at LUCB; No Public Hearing Required
ZONING ORDINANCE - THIRD AND FINAL READING (None)
CONSENT AGENDA
GENERAL ORDINANCE - FIRST READING
- ORDINANCE renaming Monroe Avenue between Front Street and Riverside
Spinosa Drive as Hyde Square, up for F I R S T reading. Ordinance No. 5968 is
Chairman, sponsored by the Memphis City Council.
Planning
& Zoning ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Ordinance on First reading
Committee
GENERAL ORDINANCE - SECOND READING
- ORDINANCE to Amend the Code of Ordinances of The City Of Memphis Pertaining
Walker to Contracts and Salaries of the Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division to Set
Chairwoman, Limits of Contracts and Salaries or Compensation for Employees or Others
MLG&W Requiring City Council Approval, up for S E C O N D reading. Ordinance No. 5967
Committee is sponsored by the Councilmembers Canale, Swearengen-Washington, and Spinosa.
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Ordinance on Second reading
ZONING ORDINANCE - FIRST READING (None)
ZONING ORDINANCE - SECOND READING (None)
NOTATION FROM DPD (None)
ENGINEERING DIVISION
- RESOLUTION approving the engineering plans for MAIN STREET PLAZA - PHASE 1 and
accepting bonds as security. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
Contract No. CR-5490
Resolution approves the engineering plans in the present limits of the City of Memphis,
as shown on the plans, and located at 203 South Main Street, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Cost of the required improvements to be borne by the Developer. Resolution also accepts
The Cincinnati Insurance Company Performance Bond No. CBE1067857 in the amount of $49,900.00 as security.
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
- RESOLUTION accepting public improvements for HARMONY AT MORNING GROVE – MORNING
WOOD P.D. PHASE 4 [CR#5436] and releasing bond. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
(Contract No. CR-5436)
Resolution accepts the public improvements within the present limits of the City of Memphis,
located at 9525 US Highway 64, in Memphis, Tennessee. Resolution also releases the Hanover Insurance Company Performance Bond No. 10971315 in the amount of $150,800.00, currently held as project security.
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
GENERAL ITEMS (None)
FISCAL CONSENT AGENDA
(None)
MLGW FISCAL CONSENT
Chair: Pearl Eva Walker, Vice Chair: Philip Spinosa
- RESOLUTION awarding sixty-month purchase orders for high accuracy voltage instrument transformers to Ritz Instrument Transformers, Inc. and Trench Limited in an amount not-to-exceed $1,600,000.00.
- RESOLUTION approving Renewal (Change No. 1) to Contract No. 12668 (formerly Contract No. C2467) Internet Service Provider - Netters with AT&T Corporation to renew the current contract in the funded amount of $84,000.00.
- RESOLUTION approving Increase (Change No. 1) to Contract No. 12669 (formerly Contract No. C2780), MLGW ILI Survey ~ 2025 with TDW (US), Inc. to increase the current contract in the funded amount of $35,186.00.
- RESOLUTION awarding a purchase order for brackets, 1PH transformers to ATG Supply LLC in the amount of $179,308.70.
- RESOLUTION approving the ratification of Purchase Order Number 7042163 with Engineered Sealing Components LLC for concrete standards in the amount of $92,626.18.
- RESOLUTION awarding Contract No. 12544, Allen Pumping Station Aerator Re-roof to B-Four Plied, Inc. in the funded amount of $305,550.30.
- RESOLUTION approving a twelve-month extension in the amount of $5,000,000.00 for Purchase Order Number 7041731 with Universal Scaffold and Equipment for medium voltage EPR cable.
- RESOLUTION awarding a purchase order for regulators 23kV 1PH 432kVA to Howard Industries Incorporated in the amount of $208,794.00.
- RESOLUTION awarding Contract No. 12611, Courier Services to Texenn, LLC dba Diligent Delivery Systems in the funded amount of $158,427.01.
- RESOLUTION approving the Increase and Change (Change No. 1) to Contract No. 12483, Survey Administration Solutions with Korn Ferry to increase and change the current contract in the funded amount of $76,608.00.
REGULAR AGENDA
APPOINTMENTS (None)
GENERAL ORDINANCES -THIRD AND FINAL READING
- ORDINANCE amending the Memphis and Shelby County Unified Development Code, as
Spinosa adopted by the City of Memphis on August 10, 2010, and by Shelby County on August 9,
Chairman, 2010, as amended, to revise the zoning and subdivision regulations within the city of
Planning Memphis, pertaining to correctional facilities, specifically detention centers, jails, and
& Zoning prisons, up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading. Ordinance No. 5958 is sponsored by
Committee Councilwomen Easter-Thomas and Green.
ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
- REFERENDUM ORDINANCE to Amend Article 34, Section 250 of the Home Rule Charter
White of the City of Memphis, relative to the classification of officers and positions, exemptions
Chairwoman, from article; to amend the classification of employees of the Memphis and Shelby County
Personnel & Public Library to allow civil service status, up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading.
Governmental Ordinance No. 5966 is sponsored by Councilmembers Smiley, Canale, Cooper-Sutton,
Affairs Easter-Thomas, Ford, Green, Spinosa, Swearengen-Washington, Walker, and Warren.
Committee
ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
- ORDINANCE establishing Downtown Parking Garage Revitalization and Safety Program,
Smiley up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading. Ordinance No. 5943 is sponsored by
Chairman, Councilmembers Spinosa, Green, Swearengen-Washington, Smiley, Warren, and Logan.
Public Works, (Held from 6/10; 6/24; 7/22; 8/5; 9/9; 9/23; 10/21; 11/4; 11/18; 12/2; 12/16; 1/13)
Solid Waste &
General Services ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
Committee
CITY COUNCIL-EXTRAORDINARY COUNCIL RESOLUTION (None)
DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT (None)
ENGINEERING DIVISION (None)
EXECUTIVE DIVISION (None)
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION (None)
DIVISION OF FIRE SERVICES (None)
DIVISION OF GENERAL SERVICES (None)
DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (None)
DIVISION OF HUMAN RESOURCES (None)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (None)
LAW DIVISION (None)
LIBRARY SERVICES (None)
MLGW DIVISION (None)
MEMPHIS PARKS
- RESOLUTION to allocate, appropriate, and transfer One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Warren Dollars ($150,000.00) from the Memphis Parks Coverline, Project #PK24100, to
Chairman, Parks Critical Needs Contingency, Project #PK-TBD, to make emergency repairs
Memphis to aquatic facilities, community centers and senior centers, and other assets to
Parks mitigate critical service disruptions. All Council Districts. This Resolution is
Committee sponsored by the Administration.
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
- RESOLUTION to accept the recommendations of the Parks and Environment Ad
Warren Hoc Committee. All Council Districts. This Resolution is sponsored by the Memphis
Chairman, City Council. (Held from 12/16; 1/13)
Memphis
Parks ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
Committee
A request has been made for this item to be held until February 17, 2026.
DIVISION OF POLICE SERVICES (None)
DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS
- RESOLUTION to transfer and appropriate construction funds in the amount of
Smiley $367,793.80 from Drainage – ST Coverline, Project Number ST03205, to
Chairman, Madeline Drain Improvements, Project number ST02031, for construction funds
Public Works, upgrade the drainage system near Madeline Circle. District 7, Super District 8.
Solid Waste & This Resolution is sponsored by the Administration.
General Services
Committee ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
DIVISION OF SOLID WASTE (None)
GENERAL ITEM
- RESOLUTION to Amend the Council Rules of Procedure. All Council Districts.
Swearengen- This Resolution is sponsored by Councilmembers Swearengen-Washington and
Washington Canale.
Chairwoman,
Executive ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
Session
APPEARANCE CARDS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING
ADJOURNMENT
LEGAL 59248