OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL

 

CHERYL L. BROWN                                                                                                        117 WEST DUVAL STREET, SUITE 425

            DIRECTOR                                                                                                                                                                                 4TH FLOOR, CITY HALL

   OFFICE (904) 630-1452                                                                                                                                                          JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA  32202

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Finance Committee Agenda Meeting Minutes

July 19, 2011

9:30 a.m.

 

Topic:  Finance Committee agenda meeting

 

Location:  Conference Room A, City Hall – St. James Building; 117 West Duval Street,

     Suite 425

 

In attendance:  Council Members Clark (Chair), Yarborough, Anderson and Schellenberg

Steve Rohan,  John Germany and Karen Chastain – Office of General Counsel; Kirk Sherman and Janice Billy – Council Auditor’s Office; Lin White – Public Works Department; Kevin Stork and Mike Givens – Administration and Finance Department; Jessica Deal – Mayor’s Office; Scott Trebatoski – Animal Care and Protective Services; Joe Whitaker – JEDC; Rebekah Adams, Sonia Johnson and Celeste Hicks - ECAs; Jessica Stephens – Legislative Services Division; Jeff Clements – Council Research Division; Jack Haley – Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce; Penny Thompson – Shands Jacksonville; Tony Bates – Concerned Taxpayers of Duval County

 

Meeting Convened:  9:30 a.m.

 

Chairman Clark convened the meeting and reviewed the Auditor’s marked agenda, stating that a number of items would be deferred in this committee cycle in order to give the new administration time to review all the pending items and determine what budget implications, if any, they may have.  Thereafter he anticipates the committee making a concerted effort to act on several of the long-standing bills on the agenda.

 

2011-89 (appropriating $300,000 from Special Council Operating Contingency to fund the 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Parade) will probably be dealt with in the upcoming budget process.

 

2011-318 (removing St. Johns River City Band from the Council Auditor’s grant non-compliance list) will not have any current fiscal effect, but will make the band eligible to apply for future cultural service grants.

 

2011-383 (approving boundary adjustment of Enterprise Zone) – the bill will be moved for action in committee today with the understanding that action will be postponed before the City Council pending a public hearing scheduled at the Highlands Branch Library on July 28th, a public hearing at the TEU Committee meeting of August 2nd and a public hearing at the City Council meeting on August 9th.

 

At the conclusion of the agenda Council Auditor Kirk Sherman will give a brief overview of the rolled back millage publication process and the upcoming budget process.

 

Jessica Deal requested that 2011-373 (appropriating $1,508,940 between Banking Fund accounts to correct an erroneous account posting) be deferred.

 

Meeting Adjourned:  9:50 a.m.

 

 

Minutes:  Jeff Clements, Council Research

                 7.19.11   Posted 3:00 p.m.

Tapes:      Finance agenda meeting– LSD

                 7.19.11

Materials:   Auditor’s marked Finance agenda

     7.19.11