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

FAX (904) 630-2906                                                                                                                                                 

E-MAIL: CLBROWN@coj.net

 

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING MINUTES


April 14, 2015

4:00 p.m.

 

Location: City Council Chamber, City Hall – St. James Building; 117 West Duval Street,

In attendance: Council Members Clay Yarborough (President), Greg Anderson Bill Bishop, Lori Boyer, Doyle Carter, Richard Clark, John Crescimbeni, Bill Gulliford, Ray Holt, Jim Love, Don Redman, Matt Schellenberg

Also: Peggy Sidman, Paige Johnston, Susan Grandin – Office of General Counsel; Kirk Sherman and Kyle Billy – Council Auditor’s Office; Dana Farris – Legislative Services Division; Steve Cassada– Council Staff Services; Jeff Clements – Council Research Division; Teresa Eichner – Mayor’s Office; Sheryl Steckler – Inspector General’s Office; Lin White  – Public Works Department; James Richardson – Environmental Protection Board; Joel McEachin – Planning and Development Department; Dan Macdonald and Kevin Kuzel – ECAs; Wayne Young – JEA; Kevin Meerschaert, Eric Smith, Curtis Hart

 

Meeting Convened: 4:04 p.m.

 

Rules Committee: Council Member Gulliford reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.

 

TEU Committee: Assistant Council Auditor Kyle Billy reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting. 

 

Finance Committee: Council Member Clark reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting.

 

RCDPHS Committee: Council Member Redman reported that all the actions of the committee had been previously covered

 

LUZ Committee: Council Member Holt reviewed the actions of the committee from its meeting, noting that 2015-55 (amending Zoning and Sign Codes regarding signs in the Sports and Entertainment Complex Sign Overlay Zone) is scheduled for its mandatory public hearing but was deferred in the Finance Committee so no action will be taken tonight.

 

Council Member Bishop said that he would move to re-refer 2015-170 (ordinance designating the Elena Flats building at 122 E. Duval Street as a historic landmark) to committee to hear information about a potential buyer for the building. Deputy General Counsel Peggy Sidman said that the bill would need to be re-advertised for a new LUZ public hearing and that the persons who spoke at the last LUZ public hearing should be invited to attend the new public hearing if they wish to comment. Council Member Boyer agreed with the motion to re-refer because she has recently learned that the Downtown Investment Authority was not represented at the public hearing and its information on the project was not presented.

 

Council Member Boyer announced her intention to move an amendment to correct a scrivener’s error in new Ordinance 2015-258 (amending the Police and Fire Pension Fund) before it is referred to committee so that the public, when they access the bill, will see the correct version. Peggy Sidman noted that a waiver will be required of the Council Rule that prohibits amendments to new bills before they have been referred to committee.

 

Ms. Boyer also noted that a bill will be added to an addendum to the agenda to reallocate $250,000 of the $750,000 previously appropriated to the Liberty Street Bridge Repair project for the purpose of dropping the debris from the second roadway collapse on Liberty Street into the river so that an evaluation can be made of the condition of the rest of the piling structure. The Public Works Department presented this request to the Special CIP Committee last week which voted its approval of the transfer.

 

Council Member Gulliford announced that he would be asking for deferral of 2015-200 (appropriating $85,000 from General Fund balance to pay for  a forensic audit of the Police and Fire Pension Fund ) until April 28th because the Ordinance Code requires that any legislation affecting the PFPF be referred to that board for comment before Council action.

 

President Yarborough announced that Inspector General Advisor Sheryl Steckler would be making a report at the beginning of the meeting in compliance with the requirement that the IG verbally report to the Council on a semi-annual basis. Mr. Yarborough also noted that 2015-105 (appropriating $869,486 from the Stormwater Utility budget to purchase water quality credits from the JEA) and 2015-111 (declaring surplus a fire engine and transferring it to the Jacksonville Chapter of Guardians of the Ribbon) had conflicting recommendations from various committees, including a number of recommendations to not approve the bills. The bills will be moved for approval as is the standard practice.

 

Meeting adjourned: 4:19 p.m.

 

 

Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research

             4.14.15 Posted 5:00 p.m.

Tapes:  Council agenda meeting – LSD

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Materials: President’s marked agenda - LSD

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