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

March 4, 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 Member Greg Anderson (Chair)

 

Also:  Kirk Sherman and Janice Billy – Council Auditor’s Office; Carol Owens – Legislative Services Division

 

See attached sign-in sheet for additional attendees

 

Meeting Convened:  8:33 a.m.

 

Chairman Anderson reviewed the Council Auditor’s marked agenda which included 15 items marked for deferral, 9 items ready for action and 6 items for second reading and re-referral.

 

2013-669 (declaring surplus property and conveying it to the Police and Fire Pension Fund): Chairman Anderson reported that the Retirement Task Force had met yesterday and made recommendations that included this concept of real estate transfers for credit toward accrued unfunded pension liability. He will defer the bill until the Task Force’s final report is received.

 

2014-43 (approving Medical Examiner fee increases): the PHS Committee approved an amendment to provide for notification of the other counties that use Jacksonville’s medical examiner of the fee increases. The contracts with those other counties will be up for approval later this year.

 

2014-64 (authorizing a lease agreement with Teach for America for space in the Ed Ball Building): Chairman Anderson said that the TEU Committee had amended and deferred the bill yesterday and asked bond counsel for a written opinion on whether the lease of additional space in the Ed Ball Building would trip a threshold in the bond covenants that paid for the acquisition of the building limiting the amount of non-City tenants in the space. Peggy Sidman suggested that the committee not amend the bill and then defer it in committee, since that causes confusion in the minds of both council members and staff about the status of amendments that are not reported out of committee and whether they have or have not been approved and filed.

 

Steve Diebenow representing the applicants for two fair share agreements (2014-118: Harmony Farms of Jacksonville, LLC and 2014-119: Olsen Farms of Jacksonville, LLC) stated that he is working with the Office of General Counsel and the Council Auditor’s Office to clarify several issues and is in the process of meeting with individual council members to explain the projects.

 

 

Meeting Adjourned:  8:45 a.m.

 

Minutes:  Jeff Clements, Council Research

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Tapes:      Finance agenda meeting– LSD

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Materials:   Auditor’s marked Finance agenda

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