OFFICE OF
THE CITY COUNCIL
CHERYL
L. BROWN 117 WEST
DUVAL STREET,
DIRECTOR
4TH FLOOR, CITY HALL
OFFICE (904) 630-1452
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 –
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