Janika White

Context

Council member, District 8-2. Verified against the city's official council roster on 2026-10-22. Budget Committee co-chair per auto-captions.

Issues

• Memphis aquifer protection and groundwater monitoring
• Westwood Pool funding transfer — Moved the resolution.
• M Street Fiber network buildout — Voiced agreement with colleagues' concerns.
• Bluff City Pickleball lease of the Pipkin Building — Seconded the motion to approve the lease.
• Data center development standards ordinance (Ordinance 5986)
• Data center moratorium ordinance
• Air quality monitoring and permits near data centers
• Data center legislation hearing series
• Zoning Map Replacement (Ordinance 5979) — Raised the constituent letter and asked for study copies.
• Gas Station Special Use Permit at 1681 East Raines Road — Asked about traffic and stormwater; abstained.
• Car Wash Special Use Permit at 2451 Summer Avenue — Voted yes.
• Short-Term Rental Nuisance Enforcement (Ordinance 5980) — Voted yes.
• Data center vested rights and pending permits
• Council Rules of Procedure Amendments — 1/27 nay; 4/14 aye (official minutes).
• Council Board Appointments — 1/27 aye, moved; 2/24 aye, moved; 2/24 aye, moved; 2/24 aye, moved; 2/24 aye, moved; 2/24 aye, moved; 4/14 aye, moved; 4/14 aye, moved (official minutes).
• Hyde Square Street Renaming — 1/27 aye; 2/3 absent (official minutes).
• MLGW Contract Authority Limits — 1/27 aye; 2/24 aye (official minutes).
• Labor Arbitration Impasse Ordinance — 1/27 aye; 2/3 absent (official minutes).
• MLGW consent agenda approvals — 1/27 aye; 2/3 absent; 2/24 aye (official minutes).
• Parks Emergency Repair Funding — 1/27 aye (official minutes).
• Drainage Coverline Fund Transfers — 1/27 aye; 2/24 did not vote; 4/14 aye (official minutes).
• Hanley Elementary Pedestrian Safety Project — 2/3 absent (official minutes).
• Library Staff Civil Service Charter Amendment — 2/24 did not vote (official minutes).
• Correctional Facilities Zoning Ordinance — 2/24 recused (official minutes).
• Kirby Gate Planned Development — 2/24 aye (official minutes).
• Westwood Pool funding transfer — 2/24 aye (official minutes).
• Memphis Area Transit Authority Funding — 2/24 aye; 2/24 aye; 4/14 did not vote (official minutes).
• Federal Immigration Enforcement Resolution — 2/24 aye, moved (official minutes).
• Mow-to-Own Vacant Parcel Transfer — 2/24 did not vote (official minutes).
• Downtown Parking Garage Safety Program — 2/24 did not vote (official minutes).
• Decatur Street Honorary Name — 4/14 aye (official minutes).
• Quince Liquor Appeal — 4/14 nay (official minutes).
• Ikea Way Planned Development — 4/14 did not vote (official minutes).
• Litty Place Alley Closure — 4/14 did not vote (official minutes).
• Emerald Street Special Use Permit — 4/14 did not vote (official minutes).
• Elliston Road Special Use Permit — 4/14 did not vote (official minutes).
• Tully Street Rezoning — 4/14 did not vote (official minutes).
• Fire Station Seismic Repair Funding — 4/14 aye (official minutes).
• Monroe Plaza Infrastructure Funding — 4/14 aye (official minutes).
• Melrose School Ground Lease — named as a sponsor or participant in the official minutes.

Log

• 2026-10-19 - Planning & Zoning — Asked about monitoring, air baselines and the path to the next day's vote.
• 2026-10-20 - Memphis City Council — Said she supports a pause and a study, voted for Ordinance 5986 and against the moratorium; asked that her recusal on a Covington Pike planned development be recorded.
• 2026-10-20 - City Council Committees — Westwood Pool funding transfer: Moved the resolution. M Street Fiber network buildout: Voiced agreement with colleagues' concerns.
• 2026-10-08 - Planning & Zoning (2) — Opened the questioning on pending permits; asked whether pending expansions could be paused.
• 2026-10-08 - Memphis City Council — Abstained on the Raines Road gas station after asking about traffic, stormwater and a nearby station; asked for the zoning map letter to be in the record; seconded the Pipkin lease.
• 2026-04-14 - Memphis City Council — Present. Voted no on approval of the March 24 minutes; voted no on Quince Liquor Appeal; moved Council Board Appointments.
• 2026-02-24 - Memphis City Council — Present. Recused from Correctional Facilities Zoning Ordinance; moved Federal Immigration Enforcement Resolution; moved Council Board Appointments.
• 2026-02-03 - Memphis City Council — Absent.
• 2026-01-27 - Memphis City Council — Present. Voted no on Council Rules of Procedure Amendments; moved Council Board Appointments.