She;by County Mayor Lee Harris is proposing a new increase in the county’s wheel tax, with the extra revenue designed to help payy for upgrades to Regional One Hospital and two new high schools. The mayor trying to come up with new funding sources, but his proposals were shot down on Mondaynon 7-to-6 votes. Nine commissioners were needed for the motions to pass. A hospital spokesan told the commissioners that the Memphis metro is reaching a point where the city is growing beyond it’s medical capacity.