Local Politics
  1. Home
  2. US
  3. Tennessee
  4. Memphis
  5. Meetings

2026-02-03 - Memphis City Council

Summary

Built from the official City Council minutes. No video or transcript is posted for this meeting. The minutes record agenda items, motions and votes, not the debate. Vote lists are as printed, including the minutes' practice of listing members as "did not cast a vote".

  • Remote meeting, 4:05 to 4:35 PM, called out of the January 27 recess; 11 members present, Logan and White absent.
  • January 27 minutes were amended to show Cooper-Sutton abstaining on the MLGW Board appointments, then approved 11-0.
  • Eight items were held: Kirby Gate (to February 24), East Shelby Drive (to February 24), the MLGW contract limits (to February 24), the parking garage program (to February 24), and the correctional facilities and library civil service ordinances (to March 3), the Small Business Enterprise ordinance (to February 24), and the resolution honoring Gina Sweat (to March 3).
  • Second reading of the Hyde Square renaming and the labor arbitration ordinance on the consent agenda.
  • MLGW fiscal consent items 6 to 10 approved, including $227,000 in matching funds for utility bill assistance.
  • Two pedestrian safety capital items approved: $390,279.33 for Hanley Elementary School and $165,692.72 for STP pedestrian routes.
  • One person, Pamela Moses, spoke from the audience; the topic is not recorded. At 4:35 PM the Council recessed until February 24.

Hyde Square Street Renaming

  • Ordinance 5968 approved on second reading on the consent agenda.
    • Motion Carlisle, second Warren. Ayes (9): Canale, Carlisle, Ford, Green, Spinosa, Smiley, Walker, Warren, Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington. Did not cast a vote: Cooper-Sutton, Easter-Thomas. Absent: Logan, White.

Labor Arbitration Impasse Ordinance

  • Ordinance 5969 approved on second reading on the consent agenda.
    • Motion Carlisle, second Warren. Ayes (9): Canale, Carlisle, Ford, Green, Spinosa, Smiley, Walker, Warren, Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington. Did not cast a vote: Cooper-Sutton, Easter-Thomas. Absent: Logan, White.
  • MLGW fiscal consent items 6 to 10 approved 10-0: $227,000 in matching funds with TVA Community Care funds for utility bill assistance through a local nonprofit; Open Systems International data historian replacement, contract 12606 ($710,857); Quest Toad software licenses from TechnologyX ($461,065.29); renewal of janitorial contract 12298 with Mason's Professional Cleaning Services ($360,484.38); renewal of on-call consulting contract 12253 with Allen & Hoshall ($500,000).
    • Motion Walker, second Warren. Ayes (10): Canale, Carlisle, Easter-Thomas, Ford, Green, Spinosa, Smiley, Walker, Warren, Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington. Did not cast a vote: Cooper-Sutton. Absent: Logan, White.

Hanley Elementary Pedestrian Safety Project

  • Resolution amending the FY26 CIP budget to accept additional federal grant funding through the Tennessee Department of Transportation and appropriate $390,279.33 to start construction (project EN01065). Approved 11-0.
    • Motion Smiley, second Warren. Ayes (11): Canale, Carlisle, Cooper-Sutton, Easter-Thomas, Ford, Green, Smiley, Spinosa, Walker, Warren, Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington. Absent: Logan, White.

Kirby Gate Planned Development

  • Planned development at 6450 Kirby Gate (PD 25-15) held until February 24.

East Shelby Drive Planned Development

  • Planned development at 3021 East Shelby Drive (PD 25-02) held until February 24.

MLGW Contract Authority Limits

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

Correctional Facilities Zoning Ordinance

  • Ordinance 5958 on third and final reading held until March 3.

Library Staff Civil Service Charter Amendment

  • Referendum ordinance 5966 on third and final reading held until March 3 (it was in fact taken up on February 24).

Downtown Parking Garage Safety Program

  • Ordinance 5943 on third and final reading held until February 24.

Small Business Enterprise Program Ordinance

  • Ordinance 5959 on third and final reading held until February 24.

Other business

  • January 27 minutes approved as amended, 11-0. Carlisle moved, without objection, to amend them to record Cooper-Sutton as abstaining on item 25 (the MLGW Board appointments).
    • Motion Carlisle, second Warren. Ayes (11): Canale, Carlisle, Cooper-Sutton, Easter-Thomas, Ford, Green, Smiley, Spinosa, Walker, Warren, Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington. Absent: Logan, White.
  • Resolution ratifying the Chairwoman's decision to conduct the February 3 meeting remotely approved 11-0.
    • Motion Carlisle, second Warren. Ayes (11): Canale, Carlisle, Cooper-Sutton, Easter-Thomas, Ford, Green, Smiley, Spinosa, Walker, Warren, Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington. Absent: Logan, White.
  • Resolution moving $165,692.72 from architecture and engineering to contract construction to start the STP Pedestrian Routes project (EN01036; Districts 1, 4, 5 and 7). Approved 11-0.
    • Motion Smiley, second Warren. Ayes (11): Canale, Carlisle, Cooper-Sutton, Easter-Thomas, Ford, Green, Smiley, Spinosa, Walker, Warren, Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington. Absent: Logan, White.
  • Resolution honoring Gina Sweat held until March 3.
  • Same-night minutes approved for items 16, 17 and 18.
    • Motion Carlisle, second Warren. Ayes (10): Canale, Carlisle, Easter-Thomas, Ford, Green, Smiley, Spinosa, Walker, Warren, Chairwoman Swearengen-Washington. Did not cast a vote: Cooper-Sutton. Absent: Logan, White.

Sources