JACKSONVILLE
RESEARCH DIVISION
RULES COMMITTEE
AGENDA MEETING MINUTES
March 19, 2008
9:30 a.m.
City Council Conference Room A
117 W. Duval Street
Attendance: Chairman Warren Jones; committee member Yarborough
Phillip Peterson – Auditor’s Office; Shirley Nulf – Legislative
Services Division; Peggy Sidman and Cindy Laquidara – Office of General
Counsel; Sherry Hall – Mayor’s Office; Lin White and John Pappas – Public Works
Department; Mike Miller – JTA; Floretta Green – Housing and Neighborhoods
Department; Andy Eckerd – Duval County Schools; Jenny Huxford, Mina Hosseini,
Angela Ryan, Suzie Loving and Dianne Smith – ECAs
The meeting was called to
order at 9:33 a.m. by Chairman Jones. He
reviewed the marked agenda, which included 4 items to be deferred, 10 items
ready for action and 4 items recommended for second reading and
re-referral. Item #1, ordinance
2005-718 (sign code waiver for JTA bus shelters) will be deferred but
representatives of the JTA will be present to make a presentation as requested
at an earlier meeting.
An additional item on the marked
agenda, Ordinance 2008-160, appears before Rules because of the presence of a
waiver of the Ordinance Code recommended by an amendment proposed by the Finance
Committee on Monday which, by Council Rule, must be reviewed by the Rules
Committee before the Council takes final action. As explained by Assistant General Counsel
Peggy Sidman, the bill was not officially referred to Rules by the bill
referral process when the bill was introduced, so it did not appear on the
original draft committee agenda. The
change in the Rules Committee’s meeting date because of the City Hall fire
earlier in the week presented an opportunity for Rules to hear the proposed waiver
and make a recommendation to the full Council in this committee cycle rather
than waiting 2 weeks for re-referral. The
committee needs to review the waiver and take some action to make a recommendation
to the Council, which need not necessarily be a full committee electronic vote
and report since the bill is not officially referred to the Rules
Committee. A voice vote recommending
approval or denial should be sufficient.
There being no further
business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:39 a.m.
Jeff Clements, City Council
Research
630-1405