CITY COUNCIL
MEETING AGENDA
March 3, 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 (February 24, 2026)
- ANNOUNCEMENT FOR APPEARANCE CARDS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING
- ITEMS HELD OR DROPPED FROM THE AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITION OF VISITORS
- RESOLUTION honoring Marion “LaTroy” A-Williams. This Resolution is sponsored by
Councilwoman Cooper-Sutton.
- PRESENTATION from the Memphis Youth City Council
- RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring Gina Sweat for her service to the Memphis Fire
Department and the City of Memphis. (Held from 1/27; 2/3)
A request has been made for this item to be held until April 28, 2026.
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 6250 Summer Avenue. This Resolution is sponsored by the Division of
Planning Planning and Development.
& Zoning
Committee Case No. PD 25-20
Applicant: Lazaro Hernandez, Hernandez Auto Repair & Car Sales
Ray West, Ray West Designs (Representative)
Request: Special use permit to allow used vehicle sales
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 1333 Fairfax Street. This Resolution is sponsored by the Division of
Planning Planning and Development.
& Zoning
Committee Case No. PD 25-30
Applicant: Little River TN 002 LLC / Sheree Coleman
Request: To allow a group day care home
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; 1/27; 2/3; 2/24)
& 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 (None)
GENERAL ORDINANCE - SECOND READING (None)
ZONING ORDINANCE - FIRST READING (None)
ZONING ORDINANCE - SECOND READING (None)
NOTATION FROM DPD (None)
ENGINEERING DIVISION
- RESOLUTION approving the engineering plans for LOTS 102 – 111 HOWARD SOWELL ESTATE
SUBDIVISION (ASPR) and accepting security in-lieu-of bond. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
Contract No. CR-5494
Resolution approves the engineering plans in the present limits of the City of Memphis, as
shown on the plans, and located at 5118 Pleasant View Road, in Memphis, Tennessee. Cost
of the required improvements to be borne by the Developer. Resolution also accepts, in lieu
of Bond, First Security Bank, Letter-of-Credit No. #570397 in the amount of $73,600.00,
as security.
ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
FISCAL CONSENT AGENDA
- RESOLUTION accepting additional grant funds of Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars ($8,857.00) from Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging for Hickory Hill Community Center. District 3, Super District 8. This Resolution is sponsored by Memphis Parks.
(Request for Same Night Minutes)
- RESOLUTION accepting additional grant funds of Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars ($8,857.00) from Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging for Frayser-Raleigh Senior Center. District 1, Super District 9. This Resolution is sponsored by Memphis Parks. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
- RESOLUTION accepting additional grant funds of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) from Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging for Ruth Tate Senior Center. District 6, Super District 8. This Resolution is sponsored by Memphis Parks. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
- RESOLUTION accepting additional grant funds of Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars ($8,857.00) from Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging for McWherter Senior Center. District 1, Super District 9. This Resolution is sponsored by Memphis Parks. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
- RESOLUTION accepting additional grant funds of Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars ($8,857.00) from Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging for Orange Mound Senior Center. District 4, Super District 8. This Resolution is sponsored by Memphis Parks. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
- RESOLUTION accepting additional grant funds of Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars ($8,857.00) from Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging for Josephine K. Lewis Senior Center. District 7, Super District 8. This Resolution is sponsored by Memphis Parks. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
- RESOLUTION to accept a Grant in the amount of Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars ($95,000.00) from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) for the Benefit of Memphis Animal Services. All Council Districts. This Resolution is sponsored by the Executive Division. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
MLGW FISCAL CONSENT
Chair: Pearl Eva Walker, Vice Chair: Philip Spinosa
- RESOLUTION awarding Contract No. 12592, Electric Distribution/Transmission Construction and Maintenance to Davis H. Elliot Construction Company, Inc. in the funded amount of $56,833,920.00.
- RESOLUTION awarding purchase order for a 15-ton digger derrick truck to Global Rental Co., Inc. in the amount of $369,740.00.
- RESOLUTION awarding purchase order for class 8 cab and chassis trucks to Rush Truck Centers of Tennessee, Inc. in the amount of $1,111,332.00.
- RESOLUTION ratifying the emergency award of Contract No. 12636, Fast Charge TN Network (Emergency) with JMM Farm and Company, LLC in the funded amount of $294,000.00.
- RESOLUTION approving the Scope Expansion, Renewal and Increase (Change No. 4) to Contract No. 12339, Janitorial Services to Mason’s Professional Cleaning Services, LLC to expand the scope, renew and increase the current contract in the funded amount of $1,854,410.09.
- RESOLUTION approving the Ratification and Renewal (Change No. 4) to Contract No. 12289, Independent Claims Adjuster Services with Horton & Associates of Memphis to ratify and renew the current contract in the funded amount of $15,000.00.
- RESOLUTION approving Renewal (Change No. 1) to Contract No. 12418, Combined Medical and Pharmacy with Cigna Health and Life Insurance to renew the current contract in the funded amount of $1,094,512.00 for admin fees.
- RESOLUTION approving the Renewal (Change No. 1) to Contract No. 12427, Dental Insurance Coverage with Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company to renew the current contract in the funded amount of $5,747,756.00.
- RESOLUTION approving the Ratification and Renewal (Change No. 2) to Contract No. 12583 (formerly Contract No. C2572), Commercial Auto Insurance for Out-of-State Travel with Pete Mitchell and Associates, Inc. to ratify and renew the current contract in the funded amount of $238,014.00.
- RESOLUTION for approval of annual salary in the amount of $168,000.00 for the new hire position of Director, Billing and Payment Services. (Request for Same Night Minutes)
- RESOLUTION for approval of annual salary in the amount of $234,769.60 for the position of Vice President of Corporate Safety.
REGULAR AGENDA
APPOINTMENTS (None)
GENERAL ORDINANCES -THIRD AND FINAL READING
- ORDINANCE renaming Monroe Avenue between Front Street and Riverside
Spinosa Drive as Hyde Square, up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading. Ordinance No. 5968
Chairman, is sponsored by the Memphis City Council. (Held from 2/24)
Planning
& Zoning ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
Committee
- ORDINANCE to Amend Article VIII, § 2-370 of the Code of Ordinances Relative to
White Arbitration of Labor Disputes, Impasse Procedures, and Preservation of Charter
Chairwoman, Powers of City Council, up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading. Ordinance No. 5969
Personnel & is sponsored by the Memphis City Council. (Held from 2/24)
Governmental
Affairs ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
Committee
A request was made to hear this item on March 3, 2026.
- JOINT ORDINANCE of Shelby County Government and the City of Memphis to establish
Easter- a public-private partnership for cross-governmental collaboration and implementation
Thomas of policies to promote economic mobility through the appointment of a fiscal agent to
Chairman, provide strategy and oversight of project implementation. This item requires the
Personnel & selection of a fiscal agent who will coordinate between legislative bodies and public and
Governmental private agencies and provide updates, recommendations, technical support, and fiscal
Affairs analysis, up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading. Ordinance No. 5922 is sponsored by
Committee Councilwoman Easter-Thomas. (Held from 12/17; 2/4; 8/5; 12/16)
ACTION REQUESTED: Take whatever action Council deems advisable
CITY COUNCIL-EXTRAORDINARY COUNCIL RESOLUTION (None)
DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT (None)
ENGINEERING DIVISION (None)
EXECUTIVE DIVISION (None)
FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
- RESOLUTION to appropriate Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
Green ($250,000.00) in G.O. Bonds for FY26 Convention Center, CIP Project Number
Chairman, GS26100. District 7, Super District 8. This resolution is sponsored by the Finance
Economic Division.
Development
& Tourism ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
Committee
DIVISION OF FIRE SERVICES (None)
DIVISION OF GENERAL SERVICES (None)
DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- RESOLUTION approving the sale of City-owned parcels known as 369 North Main
Logan Street and 371 North Main Street, Memphis, TN 38103, Parcel ID# 001016 00003
Chairman, and ID# 001016 00002 respectively. District 7, Super District 8. This Resolution is
Housing & sponsored by the Administration.
Community
Development ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
Committee
- RESOLUTION approving the option to enter into a 50-year Ground Lease for the
Logan construction and operation of multifamily residential apartments on the upper
Chairman, two floors of Historic Melrose School Building and multifamily residential
Housing & affordable townhome and apartment units on an additional 1.03 acres of the site
Community with Melrose Housing Partners, LLC. District 4, Super District 8. This Resolution is
Development sponsored by the Administration.
Committee
ACTION REQUESTED: No Recommendation
DIVISION OF HUMAN RESOURCES (None)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (None)
LAW DIVISION (None)
LIBRARY SERVICES (None)
MLGW DIVISION (None)
MEMPHIS PARKS (None)
DIVISION OF POLICE SERVICES (None)
DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS (None)
DIVISION OF SOLID WASTE
- RESOLUTION to approve a Cost Sharing Agreement between the City of Memphis
Smiley and Shelby County Government regarding environmental response activity costs
Chairman, associated with the Jackson Pit Consent Order and oversight costs incurred by
Public Works, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). District 3,
Solid Waste & Super District 8. This Resolution is sponsored by the Administration.
General Services
Committee ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
- RESOLUTION authorizing the reallocation of current FY26 Solid Waste budget
Smiley funds to support second-quarter cleanup efforts. All Council Districts. This
Chairman, Resolution is sponsored by the Administration.
Public Works,
Solid Waste & ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the Resolution
General Services
Committee
GENERAL ITEM (None)
APPEARANCE CARDS FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING
ADJOURNMENT
LEGAL 60378