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

August 21, 2012

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 John Crescimbeni (Chair), Greg Anderson, Lori Boyer and Ray Holt

 

Kirk Sherman and Janice Billy – Council Auditor’s Office; Peggy Sidman, Howard Maltz and Kristina Nelson  – Office of General Counsel; Lin White and John Jones – Public Works Department; Jessica Tiffani Dailey - Mayor’s Office; Maxine Person, Bill Clement and Russell Caffey  – Sheriff’s Office;  Paul Crawford, Joe Whitaker, Ed Randolph, Karen Nasrallah and Eric Lindstrom – Office of Economic Development; James Richardson, Vivian Harrell and Vince Seiborld – Neighborhoods Department; John Braun – Special Services Department;  BeLinda Peeples, Scott Wilson, Stan Johnson - ECA; Jessica Stephens – Legislative Services Division; Jeff Clements – Council Research Division; Tony Bates – Concerned Taxpayers of Duval County

 

Meeting Convened:  9:30 a.m.

 

Chairman Crescimbeni convened the meeting and reviewed the Council Auditor’s marked agenda which included 16 items to be deferred, 28 items ready for action (2 for withdrawal), and 9 items for second reading and –re-referral.

 

2012-300 (waiving mandatory fee increases): was withdrawn by Finance at its last meeting.

 

2012-422 (contract with Downtown Vision, Inc.): the Council Auditor’s Office is waiting for revised attachments to the bill.

 

2012-450 (appropriation of budget savings from Sheriff’s Office): the bill was approved by the Finance Committee at its last budget hearing.

 

2012-382 (transferring $30 million from Unified Courthouse Project to State Attorney’s Office building project): added to the agenda as item #53 after being accidentally omitted.

 

Council Member Boyer asked the General Counsel’s Office to produce an opinion on whether the City Council would be precluded from requesting an RFP for a new Supervisor of Elections facility once the administration issues its anticipated RFP for an analysis of all City properties in the same way that the OGC rule that the Council could not issue an RFP for the Equestrian Center while the facilities management RFP was open.

 

Council Member Anderson noted that the Audit Committee will meet immediately following the Finance meeting in Conference Room A.

 

Meeting Adjourned:  9:39 a.m.

 

Minutes:  Jeff Clements, Council Research Division

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Tapes:      Finance agenda meeting– LSD

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Materials:   Auditor’s marked Finance agenda

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