OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CHERYL L. BROWN 117 WEST DUVAL STREET,
DIRECTOR 4TH FLOOR, CITY
HALL
OFFICE (904) 630-1452
FAX (904) 630-2906
E-MAIL: CLBROWN@coj.net
Finance Committee Agenda Meeting Minutes
October 4, 2011
9:30 a.m.
Topic: Finance Committee agenda meeting
Location: Conference Room A, City Hall –
In attendance: Council Members Clark (Chair), Anderson,
Boyer and Schellenberg
Peggy Sidman and Jason
Gabriel – Office of General Counsel; Kirk Sherman and Janice Billy – Council
Auditor’s Office; Lin White and Bob Williams – Public Works Department; Chief
Moreland – Fire and Rescue Department; Maxine Person, David Kilcrease and
Andrea Smith – Sheriff’s Office; Jessica Deal – Mayor’s Office; Stan Johnson, Sonia Johnson, BeLinda Peeples, Debbie Delgado
and Bridgette Green - ECAs; Jessica Stephens – Legislative Services Division;
Jeff Clements – Council Research Division; Chris Warren – Jacksonville Chamber
of Commerce; Curtis Hart, Chris Hagen and Mike Herzburg – Northeast Florida
Builders Association
Meeting Convened: 9:32 a.m.
Chairman Clark convened the
meeting and reviewed the Auditor’s marked agenda which included 11 items to be
deferred, 8 items ready for action and 17 items to be read a second time and
re-referred.
2011-89 (appropriation for
Martin Luther King Jr. parade: the sponsor will need to amend to reflect the
current fiscal year.
2011-300 (dissolving EBO
office and transferring functions to other offices): Chairman Clark will
recommend that it be withdrawn and taken up in the administrative
reorganization.
2011-323 (JSO stop station
and substation agreements): Maxine Person of JSO requested one more deferral;
the bill may be withdrawn at the next meeting.
2011-379 (appropriation for
construction of 3 temporary Fire Department facilities): Peggy Sidman explained
that the FY11-12 budget requires that matching funds for grants that do not
materialize be returned to their fund of origin rather than used as proposed in
this ordinance. Chairman Clark
recommended that the bill be withdrawn and a separate bill specific to a
permanent station for the
2011-617 (moratorium on
collection of mobility fees): Curtis Hart stated that he had met with Council
Members Crescimbeni and Boyer since yesterday’s Rules Committee meeting and has
worked out a solution to their concerns.
The Office of General Counsel has worked out language for a
hold-harmless and indemnification agreement for developers to sign when they
take the fee waiver. Mike Herzberg
stated that Rep. Mike Weinstein will be introducing a development fee waiver
bill in the 2012 legislative session that will specifically permit what is
being proposed here.
Council Member Anderson requested
the Chairman to appoint a Finance subcommittee on parking garages; Mr. Clark
will appoint the subcommittee at the committee meeting with Mr. Anderson as
chairman.
Meeting Adjourned: 9:47 a.m.
Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research
10.4.11 Posted 3:00 p.m.
Tapes: Finance agenda meeting– LSD
10.4.11
Materials: Auditor’s marked Finance agenda
10.4.11