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

FAX (904) 630-2906                                                                                                                                                                              

E-MAIL: CLBROWN@coj.net

 

Rules Committee Agenda Meeting Minutes - Amended

December 1, 2014

8:30 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 Bill Gulliford (Chair), Lori Boyer, Bill Bishop, Don Redman, Matt Schellenberg

 

Also: Kirk Sherman, Heather Reber and Kyle Billy – Council Auditor’s Office; Jeff Clements – Council Research Division

 

See attached sign-in sheet for additional attendees

 

Meeting Convened: 8:30 a.m.

 

Chairman Gulliford called the meeting to order and reviewed the Auditor’s marked agenda which included 8 items marked for deferral, 21 items ready for action (2 for withdrawal,  requested as an emergency) and 3 items for second reading and re-referral.

 

2014-386 (amendments to the Police and Fire Pension Plan): Council Member Boyer stated that the latest substitute distributed over the weekend is the same as the substitute distributed last Wednesday, but is the enrolled version so the line numbering has changed slightly. Margo Klosterman of the Mayor’s Office said that the office will be requesting clarification of several of the amendments made by the committees at last week’s joint meeting.

 

2014-723 (making changes to the General Counsel provisions in the City Charter): Council Member Boyer said that Assistant General Counsel Steve Durden had spoken with Consolidation Task Force members Steve Rohan and Jim Rinaman and had developed several proposed amendments based on those discussions, which the Council Auditor’s Office has not yet had the chance to review. Council Member Gulliford said that he would also have additional amendments to offer. The bill will be deferred.

 

2014-708 (appointing Alma Ferrante to the Jacksonville Small and Emerging Business Monitoring Committee): Teresa Eichner of the Mayor’s Office said that Council President Yarborough is willing to appoint this nominee to a City Council slot on the board. Deputy General Counsel Peggy Sidman said that the cleanest option for changing the appointment from a Mayor’s slot to a Council slot would be to withdraw the current bill and re-introduce it with Council sponsorship.

 

2014-748 (economic redevelopment agreement with Hallmark Partners for a mixed use development on Riverside Avenue): a representative of the Office of Economic Development requested that the bill be moved to the front end of the agenda to accommodate a speaking engagement by one of the development partners.

 

Meeting Adjourned: 8:38 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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