JACKSONVILLE
RESEARCH DIVISION
FINANCE COMMITTEE
REVISED AGENDA MEETING MINUTES
February 2, 2009
1:30 p.m.
City Council Conference Room A
117 W. Duval Street
Attendance: Chairman Michael Corrigan; Council Members Yarborough
and Joost
Kirk Sherman and Janice Billy
– Auditor’s Office; Jessica Stephens – Legislative Services Division; Peggy
Sidman, Jason Teal, Cindy Laquidara, Tom Beverly and Dylan Reingold – Office of
General Counsel; Sherry Hall – Mayor’s Office; Kevin Stork – Finance
Department; Wight Greger, Clayton Bailey and Laura Stagner-Crites – Housing and
Neighborhoods Department; Nathan Rezeau and Deidre Kelley – Recreation and
Community Development Department; Lin White and John Jones – Public Works Department;
Kylie Nelson – Information Technologies
Department; Jim Overton – Property Appraiser; Dianne Smith, Celeste Hicks and
Sarah Lane – ECAs; Jeff Clements – Council Research Division; Nancy Kilgo –
JEA; Tia Mitchell – Florida Times-Union;
Mike Sharkey – Financial News and Daily
Record; Tucker Frazee – Timucuan CDD; Nelson Cuba, David Kilcrease and
Clarence James – Fraternal Order of Police; Wyman Duggan
The meeting was called to
order at 1:31 p.m. by Chairman Corrigan.
Assistant Council Auditor Janice
Billy reviewed the Auditor’s marked agenda which included 7 items to be
deferred, 19 items ready for action, and 22 items to be read a second time and
re-referred. The Chairman indicated that
Resolution 2009-38 (recommending that City, Sheriff and JAA begin discussions
toward merging JAA police into the JSO) will be moved for withdrawal at the
request of the sponsor, Councilman Yarborough.
The Chairman also indicated that 2009-31 (transfer of surplus rescue
vehicle to
Council Member Joost asked
with regard to 2008-983 (corrections officers’ pension benefits) if the
adoption of a waiver to recognize that the bill was introduced as incomplete
legislation without the required certification of the current pension funding
level meant that the first two elements of the three-part pension benefit
expansion, also enacted without the required certification, were thereby
invalid. Chief Deputy General Counsel
Cindy Laquidara indicated that it is a complex matter of law involving the
combined effects of both the City Council Rules as it relates to introduction
of legislation and state law concerning collective bargaining agreements. It is the opinion of the Office of General
Counsel that any defects in the adoption of phases one and two of the
three-part pension benefit could be cured by adding a provision to this new
legislation that would be retroactive to two prior adoptions. With regard to proper public notice, the
courts will be looking for whether the public had fair notice of the actions
being considered and a fair opportunity to comment on and provide input to the
process.
Mr. Joost suggested and
Chairman Corrigan agreed on the need to have a complete timetable of all the
relevant actions with regard to the pension bill: when did the 90% funding
requirement for introduction of a pension enhancement take effect? What were the actuarial funding levels of the
plan when the 2 prior phases were enacted?
There being no further business,
the meeting was adjourned at 1:45 p.m.
Jeff Clements, City Council
Research
630-1405
Posted 2.3.09
1:45 p.m.
c.c. cityc@coj.net