MLGW pushes back on council proposal for more say-so on contracts, salaries
Memphis City Council will vote on a proposal allowing the body more input on Memphis Light, Gas and Water’s contracts and personnel decisionsat their next meeting Tuesday, April 2. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Had the proposed limits been in place last year, the Memphis City Council would have needed to approve about a tenth of MLGW’s new external hires, or 23 employees.
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Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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