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Rules Committee Agenda Meeting Minutes - Amended
February 19, 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, Robin Lumb, John Crescimbeni, Greg Anderson, Matt
Schellenberg, Bill Gulliford and Doyle Carter
Kirk Sherman, Janice Billy,
Sean Costigan and Robert Campbell – Council Auditor’s Office; Marilyn Allen and
Paula Shoup – Legislative Services Division; Jeff Clements – Council Research
Division; Rachel Welsh – Council Staff Services; Peggy Sidman and Cherry Shaw –
Office of General Counsel; Jessica Deal – Mayor’s Office; Lin White and John
Jones – Public Works Department; Wayne Young – JEA; BeLinda Peeples, Dan
Macdonald, Stan Johnson and Scott Wilson – ECAs; Jim Piggott – WJXT; Alberta
Hipps, Lara Hipps, Jim Gilmore, Tony Boselli, Babette Ashley, Tim Doran, Julie
Miller, Steve Diebenow, Ron Pecora
Meeting Convened: 9:30 a.m.
Chairman Yarborough reviewed
the Council Auditor’s marked agenda which included 9 items marked for deferral,
23 items ready for action (1 for withdrawal) and 10 items for second reading
and re-referral.
2012-578 (amending the
Ordinance Code to combine the Current Planning and Community Planning Divisions
of the Planning Department): will be deferred at the request of the sponsor.
2013-18 (declaring a piece of
property surplus and conveying it to Jacksonville Youth Works, Inc.): Sean
Costigan indicated there had been discussion of a possible lease agreement
which would need to be attached. The
committee will determine what action to take if Council Member Brown is present
to discuss the bill.
2013-39 (approving a 1-year
extension of the waste hauler agreement with Waste Pro of Florida, Inc.):
Chairman Yarborough indicated that the Council President had asked that the
bill be voted on by the committee today.
Council Member Crescimbeni stated that he is working on a substitute
bill that would substantially change the existing contract and all of the
details are worked out with the exception of a requirement for the company to
convert its vehicle fleet to compressed natural gas fuel. He suggested that a joint meeting of the
Rules, Finance and TEU Committees next Monday would provide a venue for the
committees to understand the deal and approve it before the Council meeting on
Tuesday. Council Member Anderson
suggested that the Rules Committee move the bill as originally filed by the
Council President and let the other committees address the substitute bill
tomorrow.
2013-41 (waiving Ordinance
Code provisions to allow Mayor to proceed with an RFP for waste hauling for the
Waste Pro service area): will be deferred if Council Member Clark is not
present to discuss.
2013-52 (appropriating
$150,000 to professional services for a City real estate study): Council Member
Boyer requested copies of several documents.
2013-55 (waiving residency
requirements to allow the rehiring of former 45 JSO officers): Council Member
Carter requests withdrawal of the bill.
2013-73 (confirming
appointment of Nelson Winbush, II to the JEA board): the bill is marked for deferral
in order to clear up confusion over whether Ashton Hudson, whom Mr. Winbush
would replace, is eligible for reappointment or not due to serving a partial
term.
Chairman Yarborough read into
the record a memo he wrote last week to the Mayor’s Office stating that the
appointments to the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission (2013-74, -75 and -77)
are going to be deferred until March 4th so that City Council can
deal with ordinance 2013-86 (amending the Code to reduce the size of the Human
Rights Commission board from 20 to 11) first.
He pledged to bring the bills up for action on March 4th
regardless of the outcome of 2013-86, and stated that his intention would be to
follow the usual Rules Committee protocol at that time – action on new
appointments first, then reappointments, then as they fall in the normal course of other
items on the agenda.
Meeting Adjourned: 9:48 a.m.
Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research
2.19.13 Posted 3:10 p.m.
Tapes: Rules agenda meeting– LSD
2.19.13
Materials: Auditor’s marked Rules agenda
2.19.13