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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Rules Committee Agenda Meeting Minutes

December 3, 2012

9:30 a.m.

 

Topic:  Rules Committee agenda meeting

 

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

     Suite 425

 

In attendance:  Council Members Clay Yarborough (Chair) Jim Love, Greg Anderson, Lori Boyer and Ray Holt

 

Janice Billy and Sean Costigan – Council Auditor’s Office; Peggy Sidman, Jason Gabriel, Dylan Reingold and John Germany – Office of General Counsel; Jessica Deal - Mayor’s Office;  Marilyn Allen – Legislative Services Division; Rachel Welsh – Council Staff Services; Jeff Clements – Council Research Division;  Connie Holt, Kevin Kuzel and BeLinda Peeples - ECAs; Wayne Young – JEA; Paul Crawford, Karen Nasrallah and Joe Whitaker – OED; Lynn Pappas

 

Meeting Convened:  9:30 a.m.

 

Chairman Yarborough reviewed the Council Auditor’s marked agenda which included 3 items marked for deferral, 18 items ready for action (2 for withdrawal) and5 items for second reading and re-referral.

 

2012-213 (amending City Charter and Council Rules to revise process for considering economic development incentive legislation): the bill was recommended for approval as substituted in the joint R/F/RCD meeting last week and is on the Council agenda for action next week.

 

2012-680 (qualifications and criteria for CEO of the Downtown Investment Authority): see Council Auditor’s comments attached as page 9 of the agenda.  Jason Gabriel of the Office of General Counsel stated that the DIA board is agreeable to the codification of qualifications.

 

2012-703 (economic incentive agreement with P&L Jax Riverside, L.P. for a Riverside Avenue project): note Council Auditor’s comments attached as p. 10 of the agenda.  Lynn Pappas representing P&L Jax Riverside indicated her client’s agreement with the auditor’s proposed amendments.

 

2012-283 (repealing prior ordinance 2011-399-E amending the General Employees’ Pension Plan): Peggy Sidman of the General Counsel’s Office indicated that this bill is being proposed to repeal previous ordinance 2011-399, the effectiveness of which was contingent upon the passage of 2011-400, which is being withdrawn.

 

2012-382 (appropriating $30 million within the Better Jacksonville Plan funds for construction of the State Attorney’s Office): Council Member Anderson has worked with the Council Auditor’s Office and the administration to produce an exact accounting of all funds expended, encumbered and available for expenditure in the Unified Courthouse Project.

 

 

Meeting Adjourned:  9:38 a.m.

 

Minutes:  Jeff Clements, Council Research

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Tapes:      Rules agenda meeting– LSD

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Materials:   Auditor’s marked Rules agenda

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