JACKSONVILLE
RESEARCH DIVISION
FINANCE COMMITTEE AGENDA MEETING MINUTES
October 6, 2008
1:30 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM A
117 W. Duval Street
Attendance: Chairman
Corrigan, Committee Members Joost, Yarborough, Webb and Graham
Peggy Sidman, Shannon Eller
and Cherry Shaw – Office of General Counsel; Janice Billy and Kirk Sherman –
Council Auditor’s Office; Merriane Lahmeur – Legislative Services Division; Sherry
Hall – Mayor’s Office; Jeff Clements – City Council Research; Wight Gregor,
Laura Stagner-Crites and Clayton Bailey – Housing and Neighborhoods Department;
Lin White and Bob Williams – Public
Works Department; Cheryl Runyon – Sheriff’s Office; Paul Crawford and Jorina
Jolly – JEDC; Katie Metz – Disabled Services Division; Cynthia Nixon –
Jacksonville Children’s Commission; Kevin Stork – General Accounting Division; Angela
Ryan, Celeste Hicks and Alison Miller – ECAs; Karen Stern – Waste Management
Inc.
The meeting was called to order at 1:38 p.m.
Assistant Council Auditor
Janice Billy reviewed the marked committee agenda which included 11 items to be
deferred, 26 items ready for action and 5 items to be read a second time and
re-referred.
2006-591 – creation of a
Soutel/Moncrief Retail Redevelopment Area: needs a public hearing and then is
ready for action.
2008-703 – Medical Examiner’s
office fee schedule: see fee schedule attached as p. 13 of the marked agenda.
2008-721 – appropriation of
$2.49 million from the Tree Protection and Related Expenses Trust Fund for a
countywide tree canopy study and tree planting project in several
neighborhoods: deferred at the request of the administration.
Chief Legislative Counsel
Peggy Sidman requested committee consideration of the annual tax roll errors,
discounts and insolvencies bill. This
bill is introduced annually under the sponsorship of the Finance Committee,
which can approve it for introduction at next week’s Council meeting by means
of a voice vote.
There being no further
business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:46 p.m.
Jeff Clements, City Council
Research
630-1405
Posted 10.7.08
9:30 a.m.