OFFICE OF
THE CITY COUNCIL
117 WEST DUVAL STREET,
SUITE 425
4TH FLOOR, CITY HALL
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32202
904-630-1377
Special Committee on Finance Matters
Meeting Minutes
July 20, 2016
11:30 a.m.
Topic:
Finance Special Committee meeting
Location:
City Council Chamber, 1st floor, City Hall – St. James Building, 117
West Duval Street
In attendance:
Council Members Anna Lopez Brosche (Chair), Matt Schellenberg, Greg Anderson,
Aaron Bowman, Katrina Brown, Bill Gulliford, Sam Newby
Also:
Kirk Sherman and Kyle Billy – Council Auditor’s Office; Peggy Sidman – Office
of General Counsel; Jeff Clements –
Council Research Division; Jessica Matthews – Legislative Services Division; Ali
Korman Shelton – Mayor’s Office
Meeting Convened:
11:30 a.m.
Chairwoman Brosche called the meeting to order and informed
the group that she had appointed Vice Chairman Matt Schellenberg to be in
charge of scheduling the topics for the Special Committee meetings for the
year. She believes the committee would be best served by restricting its
special meeting discussions to budget-related topics in the August meetings
while the budget hearings are on-going. Ms. Brosche asked the committee members
to prioritize their top 5 issues from the suggested issues list at the next
meeting in order to develop a schedule of the topic presentations. Additional
suggestions for additions to the list are welcomed. The revised, prioritized
topic list will be published and Council President Boyer has asked the
committee chairs to announce at each City Council agenda meeting the topics for
the next week’s special committee meetings so that interested council members
may make plans to attend.
President Boyer said that she is looking for in-depth
discussion and “big picture” thinking about the Council’s desires for the
future of the city. The special committees are intended to be a venue for
thinking conceptually beyond the nuts and bolts of the bills on the agenda each
week.
Council Member Bowman suggested adding as a topic a
discussion of the timing of the budget adoption cycle vis-a-vis the changeover
in City Councils and Mayoral administrations every four years. The timing of
the requirement for a new mayor to present a proposed budget to a new city
council just two weeks after each takes office, and for all those new officials
to adopt a budget after only two months in office, presents a scenario for
potential disaster if everyone involved has little or no City government
experience.
Council Member Katrina Brown expressed a preference not to
have lengthy special committee meetings during August when the Finance
Committee will already be devoting all day Thursday and Friday to budget
hearings for three straight weeks.
President Boyer announced that the Council’s first Lunch and
Learn topic next Monday at noon will be the budget review process with tips
from Council Member Anderson, a former Finance Committee chairman.
Meeting Adjourned:
11:53 a.m.
Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research
7.20.16 Posted 5:30 p.m.
Tapes: Finance special
meeting– LSD
7.20.16
Materials: Housing and Community Development Division
handout
7.20.16