There are 17 article(s) tagged city charter referendum:

• June 2026

  • Solid waste pay raise, 11 amendments complicate city budget

    The city’s new fiscal year starts July 1. Here are the issues and budget amendments that the City Council will work through at their last regular meeting in June.

    By Bill Dries June 23, 2026

• January 2024

  • Mayor Paul Young vetoes pay referendum, city council overrides

    The referendum, which would allow the Memphis City Council to set its own pay and that of city division directors, will remain on the August 2024 ballot for city voters to decide.

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    By Bill Dries January 23, 2024

• December 2023

  • City Council puts mayoral runoff referendum on August 2024 ballot

    The final approval of the August 2024 referendum for city voters came Tuesday, Dec. 5, in a chaotic roll call. The council has another ballot question on the way to allow it to set its own pay.

    By Bill Dries December 06, 2023

• October 2023

  • Memphis City Council introduces new referendums for 2024 election

    At the first city council meeting since the Oct. 5 Memphis elections, council members advanced two ballot questions for 2024 that could change future city elections if approved by voters.

    By Bill Dries October 10, 2023

• August 2023

  • City Council to take final votes on two more 2024 ballot questions

    The council has already approved two other charter referendums for the 2024 election year and has others waiting in the wings. If all are approved, it would make five ballot questions for Memphis voters next year.

    By Bill Dries August 21, 2023

• September 2022

  • City Council talks crime after a violent week puts new urgency in discussion

    The council’s monthly crime update from Memphis Police brass could be more than a regular check-in. Last week’s violence has renewed a long-running civic discussion. And it has moved swiftly to questions about the criminal justice system.

    By Bill Dries September 12, 2022

  • Council votes down adding mayoral runoff referendum to November ballot

    The item would have required the winner of the 2023 Memphis mayor’s race to get a majority of the votes either on election day or in a runoff.

    By Bill Dries September 01, 2022

• August 2022

  • Mayoral runoffs could return ahead of 2023 elections

    With little fanfare, the council pulled its Aug. 9 vote defeating a ballot question on partisan city primaries. The reconsideration could amend that plan to a proposal to restore the runoff provision in the race for Memphis mayor.

    By Bill Dries August 28, 2022

• June 2022

  • City Council tables indefinitely ballot question to allow partisan primaries

    The ordinance was tabled Tuesday, June 21, by its council sponsor, Martavius Jones.

    By Bill Dries June 21, 2022

  • City Council to take final vote on partisan primaries

    The ballot question would be the second amending the city charter in this election year. Also on the budget are Memphis Area Transit Authority funding and the city’s blight problem.

    By Bill Dries June 21, 2022

  • City Council Scorecard: Primary strategy, Trump’s escort and Environmental Court

    The City Council Scorecard examines a vote on a resolution to deny former President Donald Trump a police escort to his Saturday appearance in Southaven, Mississippi. 

    By Bill Dries June 15, 2022

  • Final vote delayed on ballot question to allow partisan primaries

    The city charter change still has plenty of time to make the November ballot. The council has already approved another ballot question on extending term limits for the August ballot.

    By Bill Dries June 07, 2022

  • City Council eyes police pay, Mud Island monorail at end of budget season

    The Memphis City Council members could close out its 2022 budget season Tuesday, June 7, with a set of votes on a new property tax rate and operating and capital budgets.

    By Bill Dries June 07, 2022

• May 2022

  • Extending city term limits goes on ballot for second time in four years

    A city charter change that would allow the mayor and members of the city council to serve three consecutive terms goes on the ballot in August. 

    By Bill Dries May 31, 2022

  • Mayor Strickland to weigh third bid if term limits extended

    Strickland issued a statement Wednesday saying he will consider a third term following the City Council’s approval Tuesday of an August ballot question that would expand term limits.

    By Bill Dries May 26, 2022

• April 2022

  • City Council Scorecard: Term limits, city primaries, Southwind, more

    This City Council Scorecard tracks first votes on a three-term limit for the council and partisan city elections, along with a Southwind apartment complex that stirred some de-annexation resentment.

    By Bill Dries April 28, 2022

  • Council debates partisan city primaries and term limits

    The two proposals were introduced during council committee sessions but appear to have been discussed among council members prior to that. 

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    By Bill Dries April 19, 2022