After Mayor Herenton’s update on MSARC to the City Council’s executive committee, council member Jim Strickland proposed moving the Memphis Sexual Assault Resource Center to Shelby County government.
“It’s a regional service, so it makes more sense as a county organization, just like the health department,” he said.
The proposal was later held for two weeks, but Strickland says he will propose de-funding MSARC at tomorrow night’s City Council budget hearing.
If approved, such a move would skirt the mayor’s authority over the center and give the County Commission a chance to pick it up, if it so desires.
