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MLGW Contract Authority Limits

At a glance

Built from the official City Council minutes.

  • What: Ordinance 5967 amending the Code of Ordinances to set limits on MLGW contracts and on salaries or compensation that require City Council approval.
  • Where it stands: Second reading on January 27, held on February 3, approved on third and final reading on February 24, 2026 by 10 ayes to 1 nay.
  • Next: Nothing further in the readable minutes. Council minutes after April 14, 2026 are scanned images that were not readable, so later action is not reflected here.

Detail

Sponsored by Canale and Spinosa (earlier readings also listed Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington as a sponsor). Cooper-Sutton cast the only no vote; Easter-Thomas did not vote. Two members of the public spoke, positions not recorded. MLGW fiscal items continue to come to the Council each meeting; see MLGW consent agenda approvals.

Public comment

Speakers recorded in the minutes (their positions are not stated): Andrea Bell, Glenda Hicks.

  • 2026-09-15 - Memphis City Council - A public speaker raised MLGW contracts; the chair and council attorney said the council's authority over MLGW is limited to rate-making and salaries above a threshold.

Sources

Log

2026-02-24 - Memphis City Council

  • Ordinance 5967 limiting the contracts and salaries or compensation at MLGW that require Council approval (sponsors Canale and Spinosa). Two public speakers. Approved on third and final reading 10-1, with Cooper-Sutton opposed.
    • Motion Walker, second Spinosa. Ayes (10): Canale, Carlisle, Ford, Green, Logan, Spinosa, Walker, Warren, White, Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington. Nays (1): Cooper-Sutton. Did not cast a vote: Easter-Thomas. Absent: Smiley.

2026-02-03 - Memphis City Council

  • Ordinance 5967 on third and final reading held until February 24.

2026-01-27 - Memphis City Council

  • Ordinance 5967 (MLGW contract and salary limits needing Council approval; sponsors Canale, Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington and Spinosa) approved on second reading as part of the consent agenda.
    • Motion Carlisle, second Warren. Ayes (13): Canale, Carlisle, Cooper-Sutton, Easter-Thomas, Ford, Green, Logan, Smiley, Spinosa, Walker, Warren, White, Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington.