JACKSONVILLE
RESEARCH DIVISION
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE
AGENDA MEETING MINUTES
August 18, 2008
3:30 p.m.
City Council Conference Room A
117 W. Duval Street
Attendance: Chairman Clay Yarborough; committee members Glorious
Johnson and Bill Bishop
Janice Billy – Auditor’s Office; Philip Zamarron –
Legislative Services Division; Steve Rohan – Office of General Counsel; Cheryl
Runyon – Sheriff’s Office; Sherry Hall – Mayor’s Office; Angela Ryan – ECA;
The meeting was called to
order at 3:30 p.m. by Chairman Yarborough.
Chairman Yarborough reviewed
the marked agenda, which included 2 items to be deferred, 7 items ready for
action and 6 items to be read a second time and re-referred. He noted which items had been acted upon in
earlier meetings of the Rules and Finance Committees. Cheryl Runyon of the Sheriff’s Office
announced the former Sheriff Nat Glover would be in attendance to speak to
Ordinance 2008-559 which, in part, appropriates $75,000 to UNF for the hiring
of a college counselor to support the Jacksonville Commitment scholarship
program. Mr. Yarborough asked for
additional information on the proposed uses for the other funds being
appropriated in that bill to non-profit organizations (Crime Stoppers, Justice
Coalition, Metro Kids Konnection). The
bill was amended in Finance Committee to remove funding for the non-profits,
leaving only the taser purchase.
Council Member Johnson
indicated that she had several questions regarding Ordinance 2008-594 relating
to the operation of the
Chairman Yarborough indicated
that the presentation by Undersheriff Frank Mackesy on the JSO’s Matrix audit
would be given at the beginning of the meeting to accommodate the
Undersheriff’s need to get to the
There being no further
business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:35 p.m.
Jeff Clements, City Council
Research
630-1405
Posted 8.19.08
4:35 p.m.