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Council holds budget amendment after dayslong debate over 2% firefighter pay increase
Summary
After extended debate over a proposed $1.7 million amendment to the FY2026 operating budget to fund a 2% firefighter pay increase, Memphis City Council voted to hold the item for two weeks while the administration and council work out binding metrics and funding sources.
Memphis — The City Council voted to hold for two weeks a proposed $1.7 million amendment to the FY2026 operating budget that the administration said would fund a 2% pay increase for the fire department.
Councilman Carlisle moved to hold the item and return with a set of specific metrics that would condition payment on the administration meeting those targets; the motion carried on a roll-call vote of 8 in favor and 5 opposed. The hold means the council will not adopt the amendment tonight and will revisit the proposal when the administration provides the requested parameters.
The debate exposed divisions over how to balance the council’s stated desire to increase fire pay with concerns about the…
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