# Memphis City Council Committee Meetings: October 6, 2026


**Body:** Memphis City Council
**Date:** October 05, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Energy & Utilities, Construction & Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure, Policy


Memphis City Council committee meetings, October 6, 2026: Memphis Light, Gas and Water presented consent-agenda procurement requests totaling $5.7 million. Items included $1.488 million for engineering design of electric utility relocations on TDOT’s Lamar Avenue Phase 2 project; a $228,000 gas-pipeline corrosion assessment contract with Integrity Solutions Field Services; $1.686 million for seven bucket trucks; $94,000 for WECO electric-meter testing support through 2031; and $616,000 for water-meter parts. The board also considered a five-year, slightly over $1 million external-audit contract with CliftonLarsonAllen and a remote utility-payment service through First Tech, for which no amount was stated. MLGW described approximately $109 million in planned electric-distribution capacity and redundancy projects, including new substations and upgrades; those projects were presented as ongoing plans, not new awards in this discussion.

Other spending and procurement-related matters included positive committee recommendations for $666,250 in FY27 HVAC repairs and replacements at city facilities and $375,000 for emergency facility repairs. A 311 system update identified Catalyst as the vendor for a planned integrated service-request platform, with implementation underway, but no contract value was given. Council members discussed the proposed Bluff City Pickleball lease and arrangements to relocate roller derby users, as well as a $13–14 million financing gap for the 100 North Main redevelopment; no final funding action on those matters was evident in the transcript. Orion 9 Tech presented a battery-storage concept but had not yet consulted MLGW, and no purchase or contract was approved. The committee advanced a zoning amendment establishing a framework for data centers, including siting and site-review requirements, which could shape future development and vendor opportunities.

**Source:** Memphis City Council