CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING MINUTES
February 12, 2008
3:00 p.m.
City Council Conference Room A
117 W. Duval Street
Attendance: Council
President Davis, Council Members Jabour, Corrigan, Redman, W. Jones, Fussell,
Yarborough, Bishop,
Also: Peggy Sidman, Dylan
Reingold, Shannon Eller, Steve Rohan and Jason Teal – Office of General
Counsel; Kirk Sherman and Janice Billy –
Council Auditor’s Office; Dana Farris and Carol Owens – Legislative Services
Division; Lisa Rinaman – Mayor’s Office; Lin White – Dept. of Public Works; John
Crofts - Planning Department; Paul
Crawford – JEDC, Kelly Boree – Recreation and Community Services Department; Annette
Hastings – Tourist Development Council; Alison Miller, Mina Hosseini, Angela
Ryan, Jenny Huxford, Debbie Delgado, Tiffany Clark, Dianne Smith, Sandra Lane,
Celeste Hicks, Suzie Loving, Bridgette Green and Sarah Balme – ECAs; Rachel
Welsh – Staff Services; Kevin Meerschaert – WJCT; Alberta Hipps - consultant
The meeting was called to
order at 3:00 p.m. by Council President Davis.
Council Member Jabour gave
the Rules Committee report.
Council Member Shad gave the
Finance Committee report. He noted a
request for emergency approval of 2008-71 approving a legal settlement with
IKON for copier equipment, which Finance approved and which seems to be more
favorable to the City than the previous settlement from late 2007.
Assistant Council Auditor
Janice Billy stated that the PHS Committee did not report out any bills this
cycle.
Council Member Clark gave the
TEU Committee report.
Council Member Graham
reported that all RCD Committee bills had been previously covered.
Council Member Corrigan gave
the LUZ Committee report. He requested
that Ordinance 2007-1340 (parking of certain vehicles in residential and
commercial zones), which he sponsored, be discharged from committee and
withdrawn. He also noted that Council
Member Gaffney requested that his Ordinance 2007-1046 (
Council Member Mia Jones
requested approval to include a resolution on the addendum honoring the Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority on its 100th anniversary, which the President approved.
Deputy General Counsel Steve
Rohan informed the members that he will be scheduling a “shade” meeting to
discuss pending Resolution 2007-1363 authorizing the General Counsel to
undertake legal proceedings against the State to preserve
There being no further
business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:13 p.m.
Jeff Clements, Chief
Council Research Division
630-1405