OFFICE OF
THE CITY COUNCIL
117 WEST DUVAL STREET, SUITE 425
4TH FLOOR, CITY HALL
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32202
904-630-1377
CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA MEETING MINUTES
March 28, 2017
4:00
p.m.
Location: City Council
Chamber, City Hall – St. James Building; 117 West Duval Street,
In attendance:
Council Members Lori Boyer (President), Greg Anderson, Danny Becton, Aaron
Bowman, Anna Lopez Brosche, Doyle Carter, John Crescimbeni, Garrett Dennis, Al
Ferraro, Reginald Gaffney, Bill Gulliford, Tommy Hazouri, Jim Love, Joyce
Morgan, Sam Newby, Matt Schellenberg, Scott Wilson
Also: Peggy Sidman, Paige Johnston, Susan Grandin –
Office of General Counsel; Kirk Sherman and Kyle Billy – Council Auditor’s
Office; Carol Owens, Crystal Shemwell, Samantha Lane – Legislative Services
Division; Steve Cassada – Council Staff Services; Jeff Clements – Council Research
Division; John Pappas and Lin White – Public Works Department; Sam
Mousa, Ali Korman Shelton, Jessica Baker and Jordan Elsbury – Mayor’s Office; Kirk
Wendland – Office of Economic Development; Mike Weinstein and Angela Moyer – Finance
and Administration Department; Bill Killingsworth and Folks Huxford – Planning
and Development Department; Daryl Joseph – Parks, Recreation and Entertainment
Department
Meeting Convened:
4:00 p.m.
Rules Committee: Council Member Dennis reviewed the actions of the
committee from its meeting. 2017-171 will be pulled from the consent agenda and
postponed to April 11. Council Member Schellenberg asked to be added as a
co-sponsor to 2017-201, -202 and -205. Council Member Gulliford will be moving
that 2017-76 be re-referred to the Rules and NCIS Committees. Council Member
Bowman asked to be added as a co-sponsor to 201, -202 and -205. Council Member
Gaffney asked to be added as a co-sponsor to 2017-199, -201, -202 and -205.
PHS Committee: Council Member Newby reviewed the actions of the
committee from its meeting.
LUZ Committee: Council Member Becton reviewed the actions of the
committee from its meeting. 2016-638 and -639 will be amended and re-referred
to LUZ. Council Member Schellenberg announced that 2016-805 will be deferred in
LUZ until a community meeting can be held on the project. Council Member
Ferraro requested that 2017-93 and -94 be postponed in Council until the next
meeting so that a community meeting can be held. Council Members Schellenberg
and Hazouri opposed the proposed postponement.
TEU Committee: Council Member Ferraro reviewed the actions of the
committee from its meeting.
NCIS Committee: Council Member Wilson reviewed the actions of the
committee from its meeting.
Finance Committee: Council Member Brosche reviewed the actions of the
committee from its meeting. 2017-150 has differing amendments in NCIS and
Finance; the Finance amendment will be moved first.
Council Member Gulliford said that he would move that 2017-76 be
referred to Finance rather than the NCIS Committee. Mr. Gulliford also
announced that the scheduled presentation on the St. Johns River Ferry would be
postponed tonight due to the unavailability of the presenters.
President Boyer noted that there would be an addendum to the agenda
containing 15 items – 14 related to collective bargaining and pension code
amendments and one board member appointment to the Jacksonville Health
Facilities Authority. She noted that each of the collective bargaining/pension
bills will be referred to both the Finance Committee and to the appropriate
subject matter committee (i.e. the JEA collective bargaining agreements will be
referred to the TEU Committee that has jurisdiction over utility matters. She
will discharge them from the standing committees and refer them to a Committee
of the Whole meeting on April 19th unless a majority of the Council
disapproves. A workshop meeting will be scheduled on April 6th from
1 to 5:00 p.m. to allow the administration to present all of the relevant
financial data. On Tuesday April 11th the bills will receive their usual second
reading public hearing, after which another workshop meeting will be scheduled
on April 12th to complete discussion of financial matters, to hear
from the JEA about its contracts, and to discuss any other outstanding questions.
The Committee of the Whole meeting on April 19th would replace
discussion of these bills in the standing committees on April 16-18. Ms. Boyer
asked the council members to hold April 20th for a potential special
council meeting to take up and vote on all of these bills. In response to a
question from Council Member Bowman, Finance Director Mike Weinstein said that
there is no hard and fast deadline for these bills to be considered and
approved, but next year’s budget preparation is looming and the administration
wants the new pension plan to take effect with the new fiscal year on October 1st.
Council Member Schellenberg requested that the collective bargaining and
pension bills and all associated studies and documentation be posted
prominently on the City Council’s web page for the public to review. Mr.
Weinstein said that all financial data, actuarial reports, etc. will be
presented to the Council in the April 6th workshop. The Police and
Fire Pension Fund Board is expecting an impact statement from their actuary on
April 10th and the administration hopes they will approve it and
make their recommendation to the City Council that day.
Ms. Boyer reminded the members that the JIA-CRA board meeting will be
tomorrow morning to review the consultant report on the success of the CRA plan
to date and to examine future needs. Ms. Boyer asked the council members, at
the request of the Office of Sports and Entertainment, if there was interest in
having a lunch-and-learn meeting on the neighborhood event planning and
permitting process; only Council Member Gaffney indicated interest in such a
meeting in the near future and the President suggested that he meet with Dave
Herrell, the Sports and Entertainment Officer, individually.
Special Committee topics for next week’s committees
NCIS: sports in the city’s parks
TEU: local option gas tax use by JTA and how the authority got into
the road building business.
PHS: security at block parties and other special events
Rules: board and commission review with Jacksonville Housing Finance
Authority, Duval County Research and Development Council, Courthouse Advisory
Committee, and the Duval County Health Facilities Authority.
LUZ: review draft legislation for “glitch” bill cleanups, then buffers
and landscaping for incompatible uses
Finance: public reporting of economic development incentive
performance; the Research Division was asked to forward to the Finance members a
copy of a recent report by GoodJobsFirst.org on transparency of reporting of
the success of local economic development incentives.
Meeting adjourned:
4:41 p.m.
Minutes: Jeff Clements, Council Research
3.28.17
Posted 5:30 p.m.
Tapes: Council agenda meeting – LSD
3.28.17