There are 89 article(s) tagged Chase Carlisle:

• May 2025

  • City Council clears agenda for budget season

    The council also decided Tuesday, May 20, an appeal of a two-lot subdivision planned by one of its members in East Memphis and rejected a truck lot at Shelby Drive and Tchulahoma Road.

    By Bill Dries May 20, 2025

  • This Memphis budget season is all about ‘sacred cows’

    “Over the next 24 months, I don’t know if there will be a more critical time to set the city up for success or failure,” Memphis City Council Budget Chair Chase Carlisle said.

    By Samuel Hardiman May 08, 2025

• March 2025

  • City Council sets early start to budget season in return from spring break

    The council also voted on a slate of ordinances, including a $300 fee to go with the tax bill of owners of blighted properties the city has to clean up.

    By Bill Dries March 18, 2025

• January 2025

  • New neighborhoods division would consolidate some city functions

    The Division of Neighborhood Improvements was outlined as a more focused approach to persistent blight in the city’s residential areas. City Council members want to know more about the latest shift in the city’s blight strategy.

    By Bill Dries January 22, 2025

• December 2024

  • City Council punts vote on Chickasaw Gardens gates to new year

    The proposed gates have been met with opposition, with an attorney for those in surrounding neighborhoods saying it gives “at least the appearance of being elitist and exclusionary.”

    By Bill Dries December 17, 2024

• August 2024

  • Whataburger complicates Midtown mixed-use project

    The issue for the multi-use development is adding another set of drive-thru lanes to an area already dominated by fast-food restaurants.

    By Bill Dries August 21, 2024

• June 2024

  • MPD asks for $15M more in last-minute budget surprise

    The surprise came to the Memphis City Council Monday night, June 24, with copies of a two-sentence resolution. 

    By Bill Dries June 25, 2024

  • City Council weighs 55-cent property tax hike with auto registration fee hike

    A budget season compromise emerged Monday, June 24, at City Hall. The council takes votes on that and other possible changes in Mayor Paul Young’s budget proposal during the Tuesday council afternoon session.

    By Bill Dries June 24, 2024

  • City budget season moves to amendments

    City Council budget committee chairman Chase Carlisle plans to push for votes on proposed amendments in a Wednesday, June 12, committee session. The fiscal year begins July 1. Final budget votes by are scheduled for June 25.

    By Bill Dries June 11, 2024

  • ‘The city has to stop doing bad deals:’ Council sounds off as Liberty Park is underwater

    “This is a 100-year deal ... The city has to stop doing bad deals,” said Memphis City Councilman Chase Carlisle about development at Liberty Park.

    By Samuel Hardiman June 04, 2024

• May 2024

  • Political Roundup: Camp GloJo and gavels drawn at City Hall

    Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Gloria Johnson campaigns in Memphis over the long holiday weekend and hopes Democrats throw national support behind her effort to upset incumbent Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn.

    By Bill Dries, Samuel Hardiman May 27, 2024

  • City Council Scorecard: the road to a 75-cent property-tax hike proposal

    The City Council Scorecard looks at the April surprise that scuttled plans by Mayor Paul Young for a budget proposal with no property-tax hike.

    By Bill Dries May 21, 2024

  • Council members question proposed tax increase, fee hike

    The hike in the monthly solid-waste fee was passed on the first of three votes by the Memphis City Council. They heard there could be increases in the fee as they also weigh a property-tax hike.

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    By Bill Dries May 08, 2024

• January 2024

  • City Council to take final vote on health insurance for themselves

    The extension of health insurance coverage for city council members would apply to four council members who left office at the end of 2023.

    By Bill Dries January 09, 2024

• November 2023

  • City Council questions timing of solid waste fee hike proposal

    “We are talking about nearly a $37 million increase — either we put all of that on the utility bill or we put it on the property tax rate,” said Council Chairman Martavius Jones. “We can’t do it in November.”

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    By Bill Dries November 08, 2023

• October 2023

  • Memphis postpones argument over extending sewer service to the county until February

    The Memphis City Council Tuesday, Oct. 24, postponed an ordinance dealing with the city extending sewer service into unincorporated Shelby County.

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    By Samuel Hardiman October 24, 2023

  • City Council weighs election changes, including partisan primaries

    Council members JB Smiley Jr. and Chase Carlisle want the council to choose either a return of the runoff provision or allowing partisan primary elections. Both referendum ordinances are up Tuesday, Oct. 24, for the second of three readings.

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    By Bill Dries October 24, 2023

  • Chase Carlisle says Memphis needs more state money for stadiums

    City council members Chase Carlisle and JB Smiley Jr. on “Behind The Headlines” say they are ready for a more assertive city council in the new term that begins in January as well as a more collaborative mayor.

    By Bill Dries October 21, 2023

• September 2023

  • Two City Council Super District 9 incumbents face challengers

    Two of the three positions in City Council Super District 9 have incumbents facing one challenger each. 

    By Samuel Hardiman September 14, 2023

• July 2023

  • Amid turmoil, raises boost Memphis police chief’s pay by $50K

    Chief C.J. Davis, the highest-paid city employee, takes home a salary higher than the New York City police commissioner or the Chicago superintendent of police. But some think her pay should be linked to performance.

    By Samuel Hardiman July 31, 2023

  • Key takeaways from Memphis’ budget season

    From tennis courts in South Memphis to funding for a study of a Memphis crime lab, this year’s budget negotiations had something for everyone. 

    By Samuel Hardiman July 02, 2023

• June 2023

  • ‘They’re upset about 10%’: Proposed Memphis tax hike draws worry from some council members

    The council took no vote on the tax hike and could vote on it June 27. 

    By Samuel Hardiman June 13, 2023

• May 2023

  • Memphis City Council pushes deadline with dual votes on redistricting options

    The City Council has two very different options for redrawing its district lines for the October city ballot. Both plans are on the Tuesday, May 2, agenda for the first of three votes.

    By Bill Dries May 02, 2023

• April 2023

  • Energy activists question how MLGW worded power switch proposals

    The group “$450 Million For Memphis” says the bids from rival power suppliers should be redone to include proposals that are outside the basic requirements set up by MLGW management.

    By Bill Dries April 16, 2023

• March 2023

  • ‘Everybody has a weapon:’ Officials talk violent crime at summit

    “In the past, most bar fights ended up being just that — a bar fight,” Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis said. “Now everybody has a weapon, and we’re seeing more and more simple arguments turning into gun battles.”

    By Julia Baker March 31, 2023