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

January 20, 2015

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), Matt Schellenberg, Lori Boyer

 

Also: Heather Reber and Kyle Billy – Council Auditor’s Office; Peggy Sidman – Office of General Counsel

 

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 7 items marked for deferral, 13 items ready for action (1 for withdrawal, 1 to be substituted, 1 as an emergency) and 17 items for second reading and re-referral.

 

2014-665 (amending the Vehicles for Hire code chapter) – will be deferred so that a representative of Uber can be present at the next meeting to speak to the bill.

 

2014-775 (confirming appointment of Sylvia Perry to the Small and Emerging Business Monitoring Committee) – will be deferred due to the nominee’s unavoidable absence.

 

2014-723 (Charter amendment regarding qualifications, appointment and removal of General Counsel) – Council Member Boyer said that she had met last week with 5 former General Counsels who offered comments and proposed amendments regarding this bill. They recommended that both this bill and 2015-51 (Charter amendments regarding appointment of and qualifications for the positions of Chief Administrative Officer and Finance Director) be sent to the Duval Legislative Delegation for amendment of the Charter via local J-bills rather than via the voter referendum route because they felt the subject matter was fairly administrative in nature. Their suggested amendments are in the process of being drafted by Deputy General Counsel Peggy Sidman. Ms. Boyer asked the committee members’ preference for taking these proposed amendments through the J-bill route rather than the referendum route. Timing will be a problem if the J-bills are not heard until late in the session in late April; by that time it would be too late to get the questions placed on the May City election ballot should they fail in the legislature.  Ms. Sidman suggested that the Rules Committee and Council pick one of the two methods and pursue that course vigorously rather than trying to keep both options simultaneously in play.

 

Meeting Adjourned: 8:37 a.m.

 

Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research

             1.20.15 Posted 9:00 a.m.

Tapes:  Rules agenda meeting– LSD

             1.20.15

Materials: Auditor’s marked Rules agenda

1.20.15