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

     FAX (904) 630-2906                                                                                                                                                                                                               

  E-MAIL: CLBROWN@coj.net

 

SPECIAL FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON 2012-492 MINUTES

December 11, 2012

4:15 p.m.

 

Location:  City Council Chamber, 1st floor, City Hall – St. James Building; 117 West Duval Street

    

In attendance:  Council Members John Crescimbeni (Chair), Greg Anderson, Lori Boyer, Bill Gulliford, Stephen Joost and Clay Yarborough

Also: Peggy Sidman and Paige Johnston – General Counsel’s office; Jeff Clements – City Council Research Division,  Carol Owens – Legislative Services Division; Kirk Sherman and Janice Billy – Council Auditor’s Office; Jessica Deal – Mayor’s Office

 

Meeting Convened: 3:32 p.m.

 

Chairman Crescimbeni convened the meeting and asked Council Member Anderson to present the Audit Subcommittee’s report on the City’s independent auditor.  Mr. Anderson explained that the firm of McGladrey and Pullen has performed the audit for the last 3 years and the original contract has expired.  The Audit Subcommittee recommends that the contract be renewed with McGladrey for two additional years at the same rate as the original contract.  By a unanimous show of hands the committee approved the recommendation and requested that legislation to that effect be introduced at tonight’s City Council meeting as an addendum to the preliminary agenda.

 

2012-492 (appropriating $13.4 million from the JIA CRA tax increment district to fund construction of a Duval Road expansion and construction of a new airport North Access Road): Assistant Council Auditor Janice Billy distributed a document outlining the Council Auditor’s recommended amendments to the ordinance and stated that the recommendations are all incorporated in the Finance Committee proposed amendment to the TEU Committee’s second substitute to 2012-492.  The committee recommended approval of the Finance Substitute to the TEU second substitute by a vote of 6-0.  Council Member Holt reiterated that the bill as substituted contains no First Coast pool funds of any kind.

 

Meeting adjourned:  4:22  p.m.

 

Minutes:           Jeff Clements, Council Research Division

             12.11.12     Posted: 5:15 p.m.

 

Tape:               Special Finance Committee on 2012-429 of  12.11.12

                        Legislative Services Division