Good morning, Memphis, where there was big news in the local culinary community with the upcoming move of Restaurant Iris and the purchase of Leonards Pit Barbecue.
City Councilman Martavius Jones raised the potential Tuesday to increase the rate to $3 per $100 of assessed value from $2.71. For a house valued at $200,000, that would represent an additional $580 annually. The overall level of basic city services is lower than the expectation of many Memphians, Jones said in comments that mimicked Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland s former slogan. We can t be brilliant at the basics if the budget doesn t provide the basics.
Among other things, the new revenue would pay for a pay increase for city employees and MATA.