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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Finance Committee Agenda Meeting Minutes

October 4, 2011

9:30 a.m.

 

Topic:  Finance Committee agenda meeting

 

Location:  Conference Room A, City Hall – St. James Building; 117 West Duval Street,

     Suite 425

 

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2011-300 (dissolving EBO office and transferring functions to other offices): Chairman Clark will recommend that it be withdrawn and taken up in the administrative reorganization.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(JSO stop station and substation agreements): Maxine Person of JSO requested one more deferral; the bill may be withdrawn at the next meeting.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 Bartram Park location be introduced.   Council Member Boyer stated that a private developer is donating the property for the Bartram Park location.  In answer to a question Fire Chief Moreland stated that a fire station structure costs approximately $2.3 million, plus an additional $2 million for vehicles and equipment, plus the operational cost of staffing.

 

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