JACKSONVILLE
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING MINUTES
November 13, 2007
3:00 p.m.
City Council Conference Room A
117 W. Duval Street
Attendance: Council
President Davis, Council Members Clark, Jabour, Corrigan, Redman, Holt, Joost, W.
Jones and Shad
Also: Steve Rohan, Shannon
Eller and Dylan Reingold – Office of General Counsel; Kirk Sherman and Janice
Billy – Council Auditor’s Office; Dana Farris – Legislative Services Division;
Adam Holling-worth and Lisa Rinaman – Mayor’s Office;
Lin White – Dept. of Public Works; Alison Miller, Mina Hosseini, Angela Ryan,
Sarah Balme, Suzie Loving, Celeste Hicks and Suzanne Warren - ECAs
The meeting was called to
order at 3:00 p.m.
Council Member Clark gave the
TEU Committee report; bill 2007-642 will be pulled from the consent agenda and
2007-1099 will be amended and re-referred.
Council Member Jabour gave
the Rules Committee; 2007-1006 was amended in committee to change “support” to
“oppose” – vote “yea” to oppose the amendment to the City Charter; 2007-1147
regarding Sadowski affordable housing funds will need
to be discharged from Rules to reach the Council floor, as it was deferred in
Rules; 2007-1241 declaring Farm City Week is proposed to be moved for action on
first reading as an emergency; Mr. Jabour will be offering a floor amendment to
2007-329 (ethics bill) to provide an exemption from reporting for certain
meals; Council Member Clark expressed his concern with the ethics bill’s
provisions regarding post-City employment restrictions, particularly given the
Mayor’s recent letter to the council; Council Member Corrigan suggested
deferring action on the bill until after the grand jury reports its findings,
in case there are changes to be made arising from those findings; Council
President Davis stated that he would inform the council prior to the 5:00
meeting whether or not he would be deferring the bill.
Council Member Corrigan gave
the LUZ Committee report. Shannon Eller
noted that the large batch of LUZ bills that were originally scheduled to have
public hearing on November 6th and reach Council for action at the
first Council meeting in November were all deferred one cycle, so would have
their LUZ hearings in the third week of November and reach the Council agenda
the 4th week of November.
Council Member Joost gave the
RCD Committee report. 2007-1045 will be
deferred at the request of the Boselli Foundation;
Council President Davis approved the deferral at this meeting, but stated his
firm intention to take up the bill for action at the next Council meeting.
Council Member Shad gave the
Finance Committee report.
Council Member Corrigan gave
the LUZ Committee report. 2007-1046
(Springfield Performance Standards and Development Criteria) failed to be
reported out of committee by a vote of 3-1, Council Member Gaffney intends to
request discharge from committee and action tonight. Council Member Corrigan indicated his
willingness to discharge, but Council Member Shad will oppose the discharge.
Assistant Council Auditor Janice
Billy gave the PHS Committee report.
There being no further
business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:17 p.m.
Jeff Clements, Chief
Council Research Division
630-145