City Council Bills

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Current Bills
Bill Number Bill Summary
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Past Bills
Bill Number Bill Summary
2009-0940 Exempts Gerdau Ameristeel plant from paying the public service tax on electricity for five years.
2010-0135 Restricts the Jacksonville Sunshine Law Compliance Act’s applicability to public meetings of the City Council and its committees, transfers responsibility for meeting location exceptions and public notice and minutes compliance review from the City Ethics Officer and Council Auditor respectively and reduces ethics training frequency for City Council members and Executive Council Assistants to biennial instead of annual.
2010-0168 Authorizes a Qualified Targeted Industry (QTI) grant of up to $240,000 to System Service Enterprises (80% state, 20% local).
2010-0171 Appropriates $395,366.72 for a floating dock to be used to access the Riverside Arts Market from the St. Johns River.
2009-0865 Adds the stormwater and garbage fees as non-ad valorem assessments to the annual property tax bill.
2009-0515 Repeals the garbage fee.
2009-0516 Repeals the stormwater fee.
2009-0517 Repeals the JEA franchise fee.
2009-0403 Appropriates $5,800 from Council District 9 bond fund for the repair of the Lake Shore Arches without competitive bidding.
2009-0467 Appropriates $168,078 for the installation of a new batting cage and picnic pavilion at Wingate Park in Jacksonville Beach without competitive bidding.

Jacksonville City Government Tax and Spend Hall of Shame

  • Out of Control County Courthouse Costs
    The original cost of the new county courthouse was supposed to be $190 million, but it soon ballooned up to $400 million before it was finally approved at $350 million by the City Council.
  • Peyton's Three New Fees
    Following the property tax reductions enacted by the Florida legislature, Mayor Peyton and the City Council rolled back needed tax relief by imposing three new costly and regressive fees on Jacksonville taxpayers.
  • Shipyard Debacle
    What do you get when you join a poorly drawn up contract with lax oversight of the downtown riverfront project by the city? $36.5 million spent, no downtown park and riverwalk and a black eye for the JEDC.

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Jacksonville City Government Tax and Spend Hall of Shame






Out of Control County Courthouse Costs

The original cost of the new county courthouse was supposed to be $190 million, but it soon ballooned up to $400 million before it was finally approved at $350 million by the City Council.

Peyton's Three New Fees

Following the property tax reductions enacted by the Florida legislature, Mayor Peyton and the City Council rolled back needed tax relief by imposing three new costly and regressive fees on Jacksonville taxpayers.

Shipyard Debacle

What do you get when you join a poorly drawn up contract with lax oversight of the downtown riverfront project by the city? $36.5 million spent, no downtown park and riverwalk and a black eye for the JEDC.