JACKSONVILLE
RESEARCH DIVISION
FINANCE COMMITTEE AGENDA MEETING MINUTES
September 15, 2008
1:30 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM A
117 W. Duval Street
Attendance: Chairman
Corrigan, Committee Members Joost, Graham, Webb, W. Jones and Yarborough
Guests: Council
Members Johnson and Gaffney
Peggy Sidman and John Germany
– Office of General Counsel; Janice Billy, Kirk Sherman, Kim Taylor and Robert
Campbell – Council Auditor’s Office; Jessica Morales – Legislative Services
Division; Lisa Rinaman and Sherry Hall – Mayor’s Office; Jeff Clements – City
Council Research; Lin White – Public Works Dept; Kevin Stork – General Accounting
Division; Dan Kleman – Fire and Rescue Department; Mickey Miller – Finance
Department; Ebenezer Gujjarlapudi – Environmental and Conservation Department; Kelly
Boree and Nathan Rezeau – Recreation and Community Services Department; Cheryl Runyon – Sheriff’s Office; Joe Whitaker
and Lindsay Ballas – JEDC; Dianne Smith, Angela Ryan, and Celeste Hicks – ECAs;
John Palombi – TRUE Commission; Helen Kehrt and Paul McElroy – JEA; Tia
Mitchell and Joe Adams – Florida
Times-Union; Paul Harden, Alberta Hipps, Nat Glover
The meeting was called to order at 1:32 p.m.
Assistant Council Auditor
Janice Billy reviewed the Auditor’s marked committee agenda which included 20
items to be deferred, 14 items ready for action, 2 items to be withdrawn and 12
items to be read a second time and re-referred.
The chairman announced that he would be deferring Ordinance 2007-1207
(relocation of Fire Station #5) to obtain further information about how the
station relocation meshes with the overall recommendations of the TriData study
of the Fire and Rescue Department.
Council Member Jones talked briefly about the history of that station
and the deal with Fidelity National Financial to move the station if an
appropriate location could be found.
Council Member Johnson noted that she had requested the Mayor’s Office
to study the possibilities for relocation and designation as a historic
landmark.
The Chairman announced that
he would be moving consideration of Ordinance 2008-555 (FY08-09 budget) to the
end of the agenda, at which time the committee would consider all remaining
wrap-up items. Ordinance 2008-538 (Trail
Ridge Landfill operating and construction agreement) was deferred in Rules this
morning and will be deferred in Finance this afternoon pending further
discussions between Council Members Corrigan and Webb with CAO Alan Mosley in
hopes that the bill may be ready for discharge from committee and action at the
Council meeting on Tuesday.
Council Member Jones asked
why Ordinance 2008-724 (appropriation for construction of an equipment storage
building at Fire Station #4) couldn’t be deferred and substituted when a resolution
to the problem has been reached rather than withdrawn and the legislative
process started over. The Chairman
agreed to defer rather than withdraw. In
response to a question about 2008-747 and 2008-819 which both relate to Team Up
after school program funding, Ms. Rinaman stated that 2008-747 is being
withdrawn and replaced with 2008-819.
There being no further
business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:45 p.m.
Jeff Clements, City Council
Research
630-1405
Posted 9.16.08
9:40 a.m.