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
Finance Committee Agenda Meeting Minutes
April 4, 2016
9:00 a.m.
Topic:
Finance Committee agenda meeting
Location:
Conference Room A, City Hall –
In attendance:
Council Members Bill
Gulliford, Danny
Becton, Lori Boyer, Anna Lopez Brosche, Reginald Gaffney, Aaron
Bowman, Tommy Hazouri, John Crescimbeni, Matt Schellenberg
Also: Kirk Sherman and Kyle Billy – Council Auditor’s
Office; Paige Johnston – Office of
General Counsel; Jeff Clements – Council Research Division; Jessica Morales – Legislative Services Division; Ali Korman
Shelton – Mayor’s Office; Mike Weinstein and Teresa Eichner – Finance
Department
See attached sign-in sheet for additional attendees
Meeting Convened:
9:00 a.m.
Chairman Gulliford called the meeting to order and asked the
attendees to introduce themselves. He reviewed the Auditor’s marked agenda
which included 14 items marked for deferral, 26 items ready for action (3 as substitutes)
and 11 items for second reading and re-referral.
2016-7 (amending street construction regulations regarding
penalties for violations): Council Member Boyer said that she had not seen the
substitute that was being prepared on this bill and had not received answers to
several previously posed questions. Council Member Wilson will be present to
explain his bill.
2016-130 (amending the adult entertainment and services code
to require placement of human trafficking signage in certain businesses): the
bill will be moved first on the agenda to accommodate its sponsor, Council
Member Hazouri.
2016-157 (lease agreement with Jacksonville Symphony at
Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts): Ali Korman Shelton requested
deferral of the bill on behalf of the administration.
2016-179 (appropriating funds from completed drainage
projects to Drainage System Rehab Capital Maintenance): Teresa Eichner
explained the reallocation of these funds from completed projects to other
drainage uses. Finance Director Mike Weinstein said that the administration was
searching for funding to be used to replace the drainage funds reallocated to
the Fire and Rescue Department by earlier legislation.
Chairman Gulliford announced that there would be several
presentations at the conclusion of the regular agenda – a presentation by the
authors of the Arabesque Partners reports on the management expenses of the
Police and Fire and General Employees pension plans, a presentation by the Joint
Task Force on Procurement Disparity, and a discussion of the work and findings
of the Subcommittee on PFPF Subpoenas.
In response to a question from Council Member Becton about
the large number of bills being deferred on the agenda for many months, the
Chairman reviewed those bills and Assistant Council Auditor Kyle Billy and
several council members commented on the reasons for the deferrals. Regarding
2015-381 (amending the City’s Public Investment Policy), Kirk Wendland,
Executive Director of the Office of Economic Development, said that his office
had produced an updated version of a proposed policy revision and was awaiting
the next meeting of the Council’s Economic Development Incentives Committee to
make its presentation. Chairman Gulliford suggested that consideration be given
to working with the JTA to make express bus service available from economically
disadvantaged neighborhoods to the new jobs being created with the assistance
of City economic incentives as an alternative to largely unsuccessful effort to
entice the companies to locate and create new jobs in those areas.
Meeting Adjourned:
9:17 a.m.
Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research
4.5.16 Posted 8:30 a.m.
Tapes: Finance agenda
meeting– LSD
4.4.16
Materials: Auditor’s marked Finance agenda
4.4.16