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Votes at a glance: key outcomes from the June 2, 2025 Shelby County Commission meeting
Summary
Summary of major votes, outcomes and vote tallies recorded during the meeting.
Summary of notable actions, outcomes and recorded votes taken by the Shelby County Board of Commissioners on June 2, 2025.
- Consent agenda (multiple procurement, contracts and committee items): Passed by roll call (9 ayes on consent as recorded).
- Item 6 (receive and file April 2025 monthly comprehensive financial update): Approved; recorded as 7 ayes, 3 abstentions.
- Item 14 (contract for construction engineering inspection services for Big Creek Park Phase 1C): Approved; roll call recorded 11 ayes.
- Item 16 (short-term extension and funding for West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center): Approved; roll call recorded 11 ayes.
- Item 19 (repair of escalator/escalator sections at 201 Poplar): Approved; roll call recorded 11 ayes.
- Item 22 (allocate $1,000,000 to Alliance Healthcare Services for children's crisis center): Approved; recorded 9 ayes, 1 recusal, 1 abstention.
- Item 25 (request federal designation as a priority community): Approved; recorded 9 ayes, 1 abstention.
- Item 27 (sale of 29 county-owned delinquent tax parcels): Approved; recorded 9 ayes.
- Item 29 (ordinance to give groundwater board fee-setting authority): Adopted (third reading); recorded 10 ayes, 1 abstention.
- Item 30 (charter amendment to permit commission-appointed legal advisor): Passed first reading; recorded 8 ayes, 3 abstentions (proceeds to second reading).
- Item 31 (establish Building Home Program joint ordinance): Deferred to June 23 for further committee consideration.
- Item 32 (appropriation of $15,000 to City of Memphis for cemetery work): Approved; roll-call recorded 10 ayes.
- Item 34 (approve Downtown Memphis Commission FY2026 budget/assessment): Approved; recorded 8 ayes.
- Item 35 (carry $300,000 into FY2026 for employee childcare program): Approved; recorded 8 ayes, 1 abstention.
- Item 36 (amend WTRFC RFP terms to a 3-year initial term): Approved; recorded 9 ayes.
- Items 37 & 38 (grants to Youth Villages / Memphis Allies): Sent down without committee recommendation and deferred to June 23 to allow full body participation and to collect additional materials; several commissioners recused on these items.
- Item 39 (emergency generator at Shelby County Jail East): Approved; recorded 11 ayes.
- Item 40 (Hazard Mitigation Grant application authorization): Approved; recorded 11 ayes.
- Item 41 (homeland security EOC grant equipment purchase): Approved; recorded 11 ayes.
- Item 42 (receive and file third quarter report): Approved; recorded 11 ayes.
Several items were referred or deferred for further committee work or to allow the administration and staff to resolve technical questions prior to final budget votes.
