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Posted by: Paul Burch on May 18, 2023

Members of the Memphis City Council have begun the process of eliminating the elected office of city court clerk and reinstating the Division of Traffic Violations under city administration, the Commercial Appeal reports. Council members are considering allowing voters to decide next year whether to recreate the elected position. City attorneys advised the Memphis City Council that the 1975 ordinance that created the office of city court clerk was never formerly adopted as a charter amendment. City Court Clerk Myron Lowery, whose term ends Jan. 1, 2024, said he had not been informed of the vote.