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Memphis council clears planning rezonings, appointments and MLGW contracts in consent votes

Memphis City Council · December 17, 2025

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Summary

On Dec. 16 the council approved multiple planning and zoning approvals (PD25-14, SUP25-24/27/32), appointments to boards, MLGW procurement items, and CIP appropriations, mostly by unanimous or near-unanimous votes under the consent agenda and separate motions.

The Memphis City Council on Dec. 16 approved a slate of consent and committee-backed items including planned development and special-use permits, appointments, multiple utility and procurement contracts, and capital project reallocations.

Planning and zoning: The council approved a planned development (PD25-14) at 7913 Dexter Road and several special-use permits (SUP25-24 at 577 E. Raines Road; SUP25-27 at 1032 Hell Road; SUP25-32 at 5133 Park Avenue). Committees had flagged favorable recommendations. Applicants and a small number of public commenters spoke during the floor presentations; the council then voted to approve each item.

Appointments and boards: The council confirmed Brett Ragsdale as Planning & Development director (same-night minutes requested) and approved reappointment of Darius Jones and appointments of Nick Kwan and Andy Kizzee to the Solid Waste Municipal Planning Board.

Capital and projects: The body approved an allocation and transfer of $3,920,000 redirected from the Leftwich Tennis Center project to support Audubon Golf Clubhouse and Jesse Turner Park improvements, and it approved an $11,000,000 CIP appropriation for the Exxon Enterprise Solution project.

MLGW and procurement: Council approved tax-equivalent payment resolutions from MLGW’s electric and gas systems and passed an MLGW fiscal consent package that included awards and renewals for reliability coordination, radio replacement, variable frequency drive purchases, pump and motor assemblies, cybersecurity, and firewall and compute-module purchases. Contract numbers and funded amounts were read into the record and approved under consent.

Consent and ordinance items: The council also advanced a Home Rule Charter amendment (consent item) related to civil service classification for library employees and held first reading on an ordinance regarding zoning for correctional facilities; Councilwoman White recused herself from item 10 due to a stated conflict.

Most items passed on recorded voice votes; where votes were read individually the clerk recorded them on the floor.