JACKSONVILLE
RESEARCH DIVISION
FINANCE COMMITTEE AGENDA MEETING MINUTES
APRIL 14, 2008
1:30 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM A
117 W. Duval Street
Attendance: Chairman
Shad
Steve Rohan and Peggy Sidman
Office of General Counsel; Janice Billy Council Auditors Office; Jessica
Morales Legislative Services Division; Lisa Rinaman Mayors Office; Jeff
Clements City Council Research; Mickey Miller Finance Department; Lin White
Public Works Dept.; Bob Williams Real Estate Division; Eric Lindstrom
JEDC; Vince Seibold Environmental Quality Department; Carolyn Williams and
Barnett King Jacksonville Public Library; Robert Schuster and Christi Veleta
Environmental Protection Board; Dick Cohee Police and Fire Pension Fund; Debbie
Delgado and Celeste Hicks ECAs; Staci Lewis Pappas Metcalf; Karen Perkins
and Ruth Remson General Employees Pension Advisory Committee
The meeting was called to
order at 1:30 p.m.
Chairman Shad reviewed the
agenda items, which included 12 items to be deferred, 1 item to be withdrawn, 11
items ready for action (one as an emergency), and 14 items to be read a second time
and re-referred. He noted that Council
Member Clark is excused from the meeting..
Ordinance 2007-401, a revised
courthouse construction plan, was amended and approved in the Rules Committee
this morning. Sam Mousa will be present
to address any questions.
Ordinance 2008-307
authorizing a refunding of certain bond issues is being requested for emergency
approval on its first committee cycle.
Finance Director Mickey Miller will be present to explain the need for
the bill and to answer any questions.
In response to a question
from the Chairman about when he preferred to speak to bill 2007-1136 (creation of
a defined contribution retirement plan), Dick Cohee of the Retired Employees
Association stated that since the bill was being deferred today he would
address it when the committee is ready to take action.
There being no further
business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:34 p.m.
Jeff Clements, City Council
Research
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