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Votes at a glance: Key committee actions from Feb. 18 Memphis council hearings
Summary
Committees advanced or approved several financial and policy matters on Feb. 18, including library and IT fund transfers, a Cleveland Street TIF, steps to move FedExForum funding, a hotel/motel tax proposal, and the sale of city land to XAI.
Here are the notable formal items the council committees moved on Feb. 18. This is a concise summary of actions and next steps; consult published minutes and ordinances for full legislative text.
- Fraser Library: Resolution to transfer $299,219 into construction line for the new Fraser Library (District 7) — committee vote recorded as passed.
- IT fund reallocations: Resolution to move $1,219,143 from a completed CIP project into three current IT projects (operations infrastructure, recruiting system, treasury/ tax system) — committee advanced with favorable recommendation.
- Cleveland Street Corridor TIF: The CRA application and findings of blight for the Cleveland Street Corridor were advanced with a unanimous committee vote; the council set a public hearing on the TIF plan as required under Tennessee law.
- FedExForum / Sports Authority: Administration requested transfer/appropriation steps for up to $80 million in state grant funds to the Memphis & Shelby County Sports Authority for capital repairs and to fund architectural and engineering work; committee advanced the measure for formal council action.
- Hotel/motel tax ordinance: Administration introduced an ordinance to increase the hotel/motel tax by 0.5 percentage points (from 3.5% to 4.0%) to accrue revenue for long‑term venue financing; committee moved the item forward to begin the three‑reading city council process.
- Alcohol code codification: Committee moved a code cleanup ordinance correcting an earlier municipal code transcription error for alcoholic beverages (clarifying location restrictions near schools, churches and residences) to first reading.
- Sale of City Land to XAI (Plant Road): Committee approved same‑night consideration and the council passed the sale of a portion of the city parcel at 2685 Plant Road to XAI for $820,000. Council members requested follow‑up technical information and neighborhood outreach by company and administration.
- FEMA deployments: The Fire Department requested transfer of $1,835,730 in FEMA deployment revenues into its service center to reimburse operating impacts; committee advanced that to the fiscal consent agenda.
Votes recorded by committees were unanimous or had the chair note “ayes have it” where recorded; specific roll‑call tallies were not recorded for every item in the transcript. Each matter will appear on the council’s upcoming agendas for final readings or for public hearings as required by the applicable statutes and city rules.
