There are 5 article(s) tagged city pay raises:

• 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

• November 2023

  • City Council referendum votes are a mixed bag, but the mayoral pay raise advances

    The newest ballot questions would allow the City Council to set its own pay, allow partisan primary city elections and bringing back a runoff requirement. There are already three other charter change referendums on the 2024 ballot.

    By Bill Dries November 21, 2023

  • City Council to consider pay raise for Mayor-elect Paul Young

    Memphis City Council Chairman Martavius Jones is proposing a pay raise from the current $170,817 Mayor Jim Strickland makes to $210,000 a year starting Jan. 1 when Mayor-elect Paul Young takes office.

    By Bill Dries November 17, 2023

• June 2022

  • Council closes budget season with $2.70 tax rate, boost to some pay raises

    The council also narrowed a plan to increase the pay of city employees to one that adds 1% to the pay of about 2,000 unrepresented employees.

    By Bill Dries June 08, 2022

• April 2022

  • Strickland to outline latest budget proposal today

    Mayor Jim Strickland has been dropping hints about his budget proposal that include more of the unexpected adjustments the city budget has taken over the past two years because of the pandemic. 

    By Bill Dries April 19, 2022