JACKSONVILLE
RESEARCH DIVISION
FINANCE COMMITTEE AGENDA MEETING MINUTES
September 2, 2008
1:30 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM A
117 W. Duval Street
Attendance: Chairman
Corrigan, Committee Member Holt
Peggy Sidman, Cindy Laquidara,
Dylan Reingold and John Germany – Office of General Counsel; Janice Billy, Kirk
Sherman, Kyle Billy, Robert Campbell and Philip Peterson – Council Auditor’s
Office; Jessica Morales – Legislative Services Division; Lisa Rinaman– Mayor’s
Office; Jeff Clements – City Council Research; Kerri Stewart – Deputy CAO; Wight
Gregor and Laura Stagner – Housing and Neighborhoods Department; Lin White – Public Works Department; Ebenezer
Gujjarlapudi – Environmental and Compliance Department; Cheryl Runyon –
Sheriff’s Office; Brad Thoburn – Planning and Development Department; Mickey
Miller – Finance Department; Dan Kleman and Melissa Leen – Fire and Rescue
Department; Dianne Smith, Angela Ryan, Celeste Hicks – ECAs; Dick Cohee –
Retired Employee’s Association; Odile Geary – Concerned Taxpayers of Duval
County; Nanette Rund - JEA
The meeting was called to order at 1:30 p.m.
Assistant Council Auditor
Janice Billy reviewed the marked committee agenda which included 16 items to be
deferred, 25 items ready for action and 17 items to be read a second time and
re-referred.
2007-1136 (changes to City
pension plan) - Ms. Billy stated that is ready for action and directed the
committee’s attention to several pages of attachments to the marked agenda explaining
the major provisions of the ordinance.
2008-643 (CDBG grant
allocations) – see attachments to the marked agenda listing the grant
recipients and amounts
2008-645 (HOME fund
allocations) – see attachments to the marked agenda listing the grant recipients
2008-656 (Fire and Rescue
Department 5-year capital improvement plan) – Chairman Corrigan prefers that
the PHS Committee take up the bill first and review the project listing in its
capacity as the committee of reference for Fire and Rescue Department
legislation before the Finance Committee looks at it from the fiscal
perspective. JFRD Director Dan Kleman
respectfully requested that the bill be taken up in order to allow it to be
completed by both committees in time to be adopted along with the budget
ordinance.
2008-538 (Trail Ridge
Landfill operating contract) – Lisa Rinaman announced that new information
regarding the agreement has been received and the administration requests that
the bill be substituted by Finance and moved either today or at the budget
hearing on Thursday. Ms. Rinaman will
meet with the Council Auditor and Chairman Corrigan after the meeting today to
determine the next step.
Finance Director Mickey
Miller would like to present a debt affordability report to the Finance Committee
as soon as the committee’s schedule permits.
The Chairman suggested a future meeting would be better than today.
There being no further
business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:43 p.m.
Jeff Clements, City Council
Research
630-1405
Posted 9.5.08
2:00 p.m.