OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CHERYL L. BROWN 117 WEST
DUVAL STREET,
DIRECTOR 4TH FLOOR, CITY
HALL
OFFICE (904) 630-1452
FAX (904) 630-2906
E-MAIL: CLBROWN@coj.net
Finance Committee Agenda Meeting Minutes
May 15, 2012
9:30 a.m.
Topic: Finance Committee agenda meeting
Location: Conference Room A, City Hall –
In attendance: Council Member Warren Jones (Chair), Greg
Anderson, Matt Schellenberg, Stephen Joost (arr. 9:47), and Bill Gulliford (arr
9:51)
Janice Billy – Council
Auditor’s Office; Peggy Sidman, Dylan Reingold and Cherry Shaw – Office of
General Counsel; Lin White and John Jones – Public Works Department; Maxine
Person and Russell Caffey – JSO; Jessica Deal – Mayor’s Office; James
Richardson – Neighborhoods Department; Scott Trebatoski – Animal Care and
Control; Vince Seibold – Environmental Quality Division; George Johnson – Fire
and Rescue Department; Stan Johnson, BeLinda Peeples, Suzanne Warren and Rebekah
Hager - ECAs; Jessica Stephens – Legislative Services Division; Jeff Clements –
Council Research Division; Karen Bates – Duval Federal Credit Union; Tony Bates
– Concerned Taxpayers of Duval County
Meeting Convened: 9:40 a.m.
Vice Chairman Jones convened
the meeting and reviewed the Auditor’s marked agenda which included 8 items to
be deferred, 16 items ready for action (1 for withdrawal) and 10 items for
second reading and re-referral.
2012-128 (appropriating
$125,000 from Old Kings Road Landfill mitigation account for purchase of park
property on Hamilton Circle) – questions remain about the extent of wetlands;
hopefully Council Member Brown will be present to discuss.
20121-202 (appropriating
$9120 from various City Council accounts to pay for City Hall garage parking
for council members) – the TEU Committee recommended withdrawal; if the bill is
deferred in Finance then it will stay on the committee agenda as a “backup
plan” in case the combined 202/215 substitute should fail.
2012-215 (amending the
Ordinance Code to create $2 citizen parking for City Council and committee
meetings and to provide 4-hour parking meters around City Hall) – a substitute
was adopted by the TEU Committee, but then the motion to approve as substituted
failed 2-4.
2012-260 (agreement with
Clara White Mission for use of North Riverside Community Center) – Peggy Sidman
said the marked agenda indicates a 20 year term, but she questions if it should
be 15 years.
2012-272 (amended and
restated cross-easement and termination agreement) – Council Member Boyer will
have an amendment to offer either in Finance or later today in the LUZ
Committee.
Council Member Joost arrived
and said he will be present to discuss the Council parking ordinance
(2012-202). He also announced that he
will be calling a Special Council Meeting at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday to vote on the
override of the Mayor’s veto of 2012-299 (courthouse furniture purchase). He wanted to avoid meeting prior to the
Council meeting next Tuesday because of the election for Council officers prior
to the Council meeting.
2012-274 (declaring Council’s
support for installation of surveillance cameras in high crime areas) – the
committee needs Council Member Brown to be present for discussion. There will be questions about cost and
location of cameras. Maxine Person of
the Sheriff’s Office said that the JSO has looked at various systems, some of
which cost more than $1 million, depending on the quality of the system you
buy.
Meeting Adjourned: 9:54 a.m.
Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research Division
5.14.12 Posted 3:30 p.m.
Tapes: Finance agenda meeting– LSD
5.14.12
Materials: Auditor’s marked Finance agenda
5.14.12