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

August 16, 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), Yarborough, Anderson, Bishop and Boyer

Peggy Sidman and Steve Rohan – Office of General Counsel; Kirk Sherman and Janice Billy – Council Auditor’s Office; Lin White and Bob Williams – Public Works Department; Mickey Miller – Administration and Finance Department; Ronnie Belton and Jessica Deal – Mayor’s Office; Joe Whitaker and Jorina Jolly – JEDC; Charles Moreland – Fire and Rescue Department; Wight Greger and James Richardson – Housing and Neighborhoods Department; Sherry Hall – Tax Collector’s Office; Ebenezer Gujjarlapudi and Vince Siebold – Environmental and Compliance Department; Sonia Johnson and Debbie Delgado - ECAs; Jessica Stephens – Legislative Services Division; Jeff Clements – Council Research Division; Tony Bates – Concerned Taxpayers of Duval County; Rita Reagan, Jim Catlett

 

Meeting Convened:  9:30 a.m.

 

Chairman Clark convened the meeting and reviewed the Auditor’s marked agenda which included 4 items to be withdrawn, 20 items to be deferred, 24 items ready for action and 7 items to be read a second time and re-referred.

 

At the beginning of the meeting a public hearing will be held regarding the annual property tax assessment to fund Downtown Vision Inc.

 

2011-89 (appropriation for 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade) – Chairman Clark wants Council Member Brown to attend a future meeting to advocate for his bill before the committee takes action.

 

2011-178 (writing off items of lost or stolen City tangible property) – will be withdrawn at the request of the administration, but the committee wants to see some action taken quickly to address this issue.

 

2011-371 (appropriation from foreclosed and vacant properties registration fund for homeowner foreclosure prevention counseling programs) – Council Member Boyer asked that the item be moved to the beginning of the agenda and stated that she will be proposing a substitute for the bill.

 

2011-438 (amending the Ordinance Code Public Property chapter to require additional information regarding capital improvement projects) – Council Member Bishop requested deferral.

 

At the conclusion of the committee meeting the Audit Committee will convene in Conference Room A.

 

Meeting Adjourned:  9:40 a.m.

 

 

Minutes:  Jeff Clements, Council Research

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Tapes:      Finance agenda meeting– LSD

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Materials:   Auditor’s marked Finance agenda

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