There are 10 article(s) tagged Impasse Procedure:

• February 2026

  • A block of Downtown Memphis inches toward new name

    The Memphis City Council pushed forward with plans for Hyde Square and moved swiftly through a shortened agenda in its second online session in a row.

    By Bill Dries 3 hours ago

• January 2026

  • City Council wants to tweak labor dispute process, but the details are still being drafted

    Icy weather had Memphis City Council members meeting virtually and deciding again to edit the way the body settles contract deadlocks. But the fine print needs to be ironed out before budget season begins.

    By Bill Dries January 27, 2026

• July 2025

  • City Council Scorecard: Setting the budget past the impasse process

    The City Council Scorecard tracks how the 13 council members voted on the critical events of the budget season.

    By Bill Dries, Samuel Hardiman July 05, 2025

• June 2025

  • City Council adds 3% city pay raises in new operating budget

    The pay raises and an agreement on MATA funding were the two biggest additions to Mayor Paul Young’s second city budget.

    By Bill Dries June 11, 2025

• December 2021

  • MLGW, IBEW settle contract impasse

    Utility workers for the city-owned utility get pay raises the next four years under the compromise that scrubbed a city council session to break the labor contract impasse. 

    By Bill Dries December 16, 2021

  • MLGW-IBEW contract impasse resolved before council verdict

    A special Memphis City Council meeting called to resolve a labor contract impasse was settled before the 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, start of the session.

    By Bill Dries December 14, 2021

  • City Council’s special session to decide MLGW labor impasse

    The Tuesday afternoon meeting should be short with the labor contract impasse the only item on the agenda. The meeting technically continues last week’s meeting, which was recessed to allow for the special meeting.

    By Bill Dries December 13, 2021

• May 2021

  • City Council Scorecard: Impasse and Teaching Race

    The City Council Scorecard looks at the constant companion of budget season at City Hall — deciding a contract impasse between the city administration and one of the unions representing city employees. And the council is almost unanimous on the state’s ban on teaching critical race theory.

    By Bill Dries May 24, 2021

• May 2019

  • Council set to vote on compromised 4% raise for firefighters, police

    A proposed 4% public safety raise goes to the full City Council Tuesday for a final vote as part of an amended budget with no property tax hike for the fiscal year that begins July 1. There could be more budget changes at the council session.

    By Bill Dries May 30, 2019

  • Price of police and fire pay raises approved by council put at $5 million

    The decision by the council to side with unions over the administration in impasse proceedings is hardly unprecedented. But finding the money in the budget sometimes takes the council and mayor around the impasse procedure.

    By Bill Dries May 22, 2019