Memphis City Council: October 20, 2026

At the Memphis City Council meeting on October 20, 2026, members approved a substantial MLGW fiscal consent agenda covering increases and renewals to utility, IT, and environmental-services contracts. The approved items included $4 million for National Water Services LLC water-well drilling; IT services contracts with Tech Systems ($2.01 million), Vaco ($1.83 million), Strategistics Technology ($2.47 million), Next Tech Solutions ($2.79 million), CTD Staffing ($2.00 million), OneLink Technology ($1.14 million), and Cook Systems ($2.37 million); and environmental services with BH&M Environmental Consultants ($9 million), Northwest Contracting Services (not to exceed $10 million), and General Construction Services (not to exceed $1.75 million). The agenda also approved a $729,411.86 increase to Crayon Software’s Microsoft 365 purchase order, along with smaller renewals for Advent Software and Bell and Howell. The MLGW consent agenda passed unanimously. Council also approved a $2.775 million transfer from the Chester Anderson Improvements Project to a fire-apparatus equipment project, $1 million for a Zoo water-plant retrofit, and $1 million for generator and related facility projects. A $697,500 federal port-security grant for equipment and a donation of three utility vehicles were accepted.

Other approved funding included $430,500 in Tennessee library grant funds, $250,000 in library book-sale revenue, and $100,000 from the Tay Keith Legacy Foundation for technology equipment, curriculum development, and an archive. Council allocated $3,259,282 in FY2026 data-center revenues to nine community projects and approved a resolution seeking comprehensive data-center standards to protect residents, ratepayers, and public resources. A proposed data-center land-use ordinance was not acted on at this meeting after members said it had already passed and was listed in error. The council also approved predevelopment efforts for the Mid-South Coliseum; members stated no fiscal note was attached. Other notable actions included approval of a blight-remediation ordinance and a budget amendment to fund raises for sanitation and other union workers; the specific wage allocation was not stated in the transcript.