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

September 16, 2013

8:30 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 Matt Schellenberg (Vice Chair), and Lori Boyer

 

Also:  Kirk Sherman, Kyle Billy, Phillip Peterson and Heather Reber – Council Auditor’s Office; Paula Shoup– Legislative Services Division; Peggy Sidman, Steve Durden and Susan Grandin – Office of General Counsel; Teresa Eichner and Margo Klosterman – Mayor’s Office

 

See attached sign-in sheet for additional attendees.

 

Meeting Convened:  8:30 a.m.

 

Vice Chairman Schellenberg reviewed the Council Auditor’s marked agenda which included 22 items marked for deferral, 16 items ready for action (1 for withdrawal, 2 as emergencies) and 5 items for second reading and re-referral. Four budget-related bills do not require action today.

 

The first item of business will be a discussion by Council Auditor Kirk Sherman and Deputy General Counsel Peggy Sidman of the process for appealing the Property Appraiser’s budget to the Governor and Cabinet.

 

2014-479 (appropriating $400,000 for employee wellness programs): the bill will be withdrawn at the request of the administration, which will return with another legislative proposal at a future date.

 

2014-519 (creating an office of Inspector General): there will be 2 amendments proposed, 1 for cleanup purposes and another to provide for coverage of the independent authorities and constitutional officers. Steve Durden of the General Counsel’s Office is preparing a legal opinion saying that the ordinance can require that the constitutional officers and independent authorities can be made subject to the jurisdiction of the Inspector General, but cannot mandate that they be made to pay for the IG’s costs for those reviews. Council Auditor Kirk Sherman pointed out that the constitutional officer budgets are in the General Fund and the City would be paying IG costs related to work on those agencies.

 

2014-580 (appropriating $5.5 million from the Southbank CRA tax increment district fund for redesign and construction of Riverplace Boulevard): Peggy Sidman stated that CRA projects are not supposed to be listed on the City’s 5-year CIP so the project list attached to 2014-467 (5-Year CIP Plan adoption) will be amended to clarify the CRA projects are not include in the CIP.

 

 

Meeting Adjourned:  8:40 a.m.

 

Minutes:  Jeff Clements, Council Research

                9.16.14   Posted 10:00 a.m.

Tapes:      Finance agenda meeting– LSD

                9.16.14

Materials:   Auditor’s marked Finance agenda

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