OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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Rules Committee Agenda Meeting Minutes
April 15, 2013
9:30 a.m.
Topic: Rules Committee agenda meeting
Location: Conference Room A, City Hall –
In attendance: Council Members Clay Yarborough (Chair), Lori
Boyer, Jim Love
Also: Janice
Billy and Sean Costigan – Council Auditor’s Office; Marilyn Allen – Legislative
Services Division; Michelle Barth – Mayor’s Office
See attached sign-in sheet
for additional attendees.
Meeting Convened: 9:30 a.m.
Chairman Yarborough reviewed
the Council Auditor’s marked agenda which included 8 items marked for deferral,
15 items ready for action (1 as an emergency) and 11 items for second reading
and re-referral
2013-578 (combine Current
Planning and Community Planning Divisions of the Planning Department): will be
deferred at the request of the bill sponsor.
2013-73 (appointing Wyman Wimbush to the JEA board to replace Ashton Hudson): will be
taken up today rather than later because Mr. Hudson has recently resigned from
the JEA board.
2013-164 (amending animal
code to amend requirements for tethering): will be taken up today unless
Council Member Brown requests otherwise.
Ms. Boyer inquired if an amendment is being prepared. Paige Johnston said that she had talked to
Council Member Brown’s ECA and the bill is ready for action. Scott Trebatoski, Division Chief of Animal
Care and Protective Services, will be present.
2013-205 (appointment of Lisa
Goodrich to Cultural Services Grant Council): Ms. Goodrich is already on the
board, but is changing from one appointment category to another.
2013-228 (resolution to
Congress to preserve tax exempt status of municipal bonds): Joost asks for
emergency action.
Mr. Yarborough stated that
the pending Supervisor of Elections operations center bills will be the subject
of a joint committee meeting in the near future.
2013-234 (appointment of Ryan
Schmitt to the Subdivision Standards Advisory Committee): Mrs. Boyer pointed
out that the nominee is a contractor, not an employee of a private utility,
although he may be experienced with utility issues.
2013-167 (Ordinance Code
amendment to eliminate Ethics Commission staff from General Employees Pension
Plan): Peggy Sidman noted that an actuarial report on the potential effect of
the action on the GEPP, not yet received, is required before final action can
be taken.
Mr. Yarborough said that at
the conclusion of the agenda there will be a discussion of the recent dismissal
of Vince Seibold, Chief of the Environmental Quality Division. CAO Karen Bowling and Cleveland Ferguson of
the Mayor’s Office will be present to discuss.
Meeting Adjourned: 9:39 a.m.
Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research
4.15.13 Posted 12:00 p.m.
Tapes: Rules agenda meeting– LSD
4.15.13
Materials: Auditor’s marked Rules agenda
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