OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL

 

CHERYL L. BROWN                                                                                                                    117 WEST DUVAL STREET, SUITE 425

            DIRECTOR                                                                                                                                                                                                 4TH FLOOR, CITY HALL

   OFFICE (904) 630-1452                                                                                                                                                                                  JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA  32202

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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING MINUTES


June 28, 2011

4:00 p.m.

 

Location:  City Council Chamber, City Hall – St. James Building; 117 West Duval Street,

    

In attendance:  Council President Webb, Council Members Redman, Crescimbeni, Carter, Jones, Bishop, Yarborough, Hyde, Corrigan, D. Brown, Fussell, Clark, Joost and Johnson (arr. 4:17)

 

Council Members-Elect Greg Anderson, Jim Love and Lori Boyer

 

Also: Steve Rohan and Dylan Reingold – Office of General Counsel; Kirk Sherman, Kyle Billy, Heather Norsworthy, Robert Campbell and Phillip Peterson – Council Auditor’s Office; Steve Cassada – Council Staff Services; Kerri Stewart, Lisa Rinaman and Sherry Hall - Mayor’s Office; Dana Farris – Legislative Services Division;  Lin White, Bob Williams and Fred Forbes – Public Works Department; Wight Greger – Housing and Neighborhoods Department; Susan Stewart – Duval Legislative Delegation; Michael Blaylock and Shannon Eller – JTA; Jeff Clements – Council Research Division;  Celeste Hicks, Sandra Lane, Dianne Smith, Debbie Delgado, Suzie Loving – ECAs;  Kevin Meerschaert – WJCT; Michael Figgins – Jacksonville Area Legal Aid; Steve Diebenow, Eric Smith, Jim Gilmore

 

Meeting Convened:  4:02 p.m.

 

Council President Webb convened the meeting and asked the committee chairs to report their committee actions.

 

Rules Committee: Council Auditor’s representative Heather Norsworthy reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.  She noted that 2011-330 (lease extension at Gateway Center for Supervisor of Elections’ facility) had differing reports from the Rules and Finance Committees.  Council Members Clark and Jones explained the differing amendments and it was decided to move the Finance Committee version.  2011-349 (amendment and extension of Southland Waste Service waste hauling contract) also has differing Rules and TEU amendments; the TEU version will be moved.  2010-766 (establishing a new $50 court cost to fund Legal Aid) will have a floor amendment.

Council Member Corrigan announced that he would be pulling 2011-351 (naming of public buildings) from the consent agenda for discussion.

 

TEU Committee: Council Member Bishop reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting, noting that 2011-164 (closure of Monroe Street at the new county courthouse) was recommended for denial by the committee so a vote to deny the bill supports the committee’s recommendation.

 

RCD Committee: Council Member Yarborough reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.

 

Finance Committee: Council Member Jones reported that all of the committee’s actions had been previously covered.

 

PHS Committee: Council Member Fussell reported that all of the committee’s actions had been previously covered.

 

LUZ Committee: Council Member Crescimbeni reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting,

 

Council Member Fussell thanked Council President Webb for his service for the past 4 years and his leadership of the Council as President.  President Webb thanked his committee chairs and the out-going council members for their great work on behalf of the citizens of Jacksonville.

 

Mr. Webb also announced that there would be an addendum of several items and ran through the order of business for the meeting, with several items of great public interest (pension reform bills, JTA property conveyance for a new Greyhound bus terminal, EverBank incentives) being moved to the top of the agenda after quasi-judicial items, the consent agenda and third reading actions on resolutions.

 

The council discussed 2011-399 and -400 (pension reforms).  Chief Administrative Officer Kerri Stewart reported that the Police and Fire Pension Fund board had met earlier in the day and passed a resolution expressing agreement with and support of the substitute to 2011-400 adopted by the Council Committee of the Whole last week, but asking that the Council not take action until the Florida Division of Retirement has reviewed and approved the proposal.  The administration distributed a draft resolution which would express the City Council’s approval of the form of the Committee of the Whole substitute and the fourth amendment to the agreement between the City and the Police and Fire Pension fund and committing to advance the agreement on the City Council agenda for final approval as soon as approval from the Florida Division of Retirement is received.

 

 

The meeting was adjourned at 4:34 p.m.

 

Minutes:  Jeff Clements, Council Research

                 6.29.11   Posted 5:00 p.m.

Tapes:      Council agenda meeting – LSD

                 6.28.11

Materials:  President’s agenda - LSD

     6.28.11