JACKSONVILLE
RESEARCH DIVISION
FINANCE COMMITTEE
AGENDA MEETING MINUTES
December 1, 2008
1:30 p.m.
City Council Conference Room A
117 W. Duval Street
Attendance: Chairman Michael Corrigan; Council Members Yarborough,
Joost and Jones
Kirk Sherman, Janice Billy and Phillip Peterson – Auditor’s Office; Jessica
Stephens – Legislative Services Division; Peggy Sidman, Dylan Reingold, John
Alderson and Cherry Shaw – Office of General Counsel; Sherry Hall – Mayor’s
Office; Mickey Miller – Finance Department; Wight Greger and James Richardson –
Housing and Neighborhoods Department; Lin White and Bob Williams – Public Works
Department; Vince Seibold and Fred Forbes – Environmental and Compliance
Department; Kevin Stork - Administration and Finance Department; John Crofts
and Jody McDaniel – Planning and Development Department; Paul Crawford and Joe
Whitaker – JEDC; Joe Stelma, Shelly Grant and Lawrence Hills – Court
Administrator’s Office; Cheryl Runyon and Maxine Person – Sheriff’s Office;
King Holzendorf, Tom Ossi, George Chakhtoura, Eric Nagel, Ken Lathrop and Gena
Coursen – Information Technologies Department; Angela Ryan, Dianne Smith, Celeste
Hicks and Sarah Lane – ECAs; Jeff Clements – Council Research Division; Cheryl
Brown – Council Secretary; Rick DuCharme – First Coast No More Homeless Pets;
Jim Van Vleck – Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
The meeting was called to
order at 1:30 p.m. by Chairman Corrigan.
Assistant Council Auditor
Janice Billy reviewed the Auditor’s marked agenda which included 9 items to be
deferred, 25 items ready for action (1 as an emergency), and 8 items to be read
a second time and re-referred. The
Chairman stated that, while bill 2008-821 (third amendment to redevelopment
agreement between the City and H.O.P.E. Inc.) was marked for deferral on the
Auditor’s agenda he intended to allow the bill to be taken up if that was the
committee’s desire. Council Member Joost
indicated that he would be offering a set of 3 amendments to the bill if it was
moved for action. Ms. Billy also noted
that the Rules Committee had made an amendment at its meeting earlier in the
day to state that the project, as revised, would include one car dealership,
not two.
Regarding bill 2008-1022
appropriating funds “above the line” for ITD projects, Mr. Joost indicated that
he would be offering an amendment to remove the $46,000 line item for the
lobbyist database project. Ms. Billy
stated that 2008-1057 (authorizing license agreements for
There being no further
business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:40 p.m.
Jeff Clements, City Council
Research
630-1405
Posted 12.2.08
4:15 p.m.
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