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Votes at a glance (selected items recorded in the meeting transcript):

- Ordinance 20-25-0472 (rules amendment then bill): rules amendment approved; bill passed at committee (recorded tally: 6 yeas, 0 nays).
- Ordinance 20-25-0642 (carryover/appropriation referenced on page 14): passed (recorded tally: not specified in transcript lines tied to the motion; committee announced the motion passed).
- Ordinance 20-25-0514 (JTA operating/capital adjustments): amendment passed; bill as amended passed (7 yeas, 0 nays) after roll-up of JTA schedule corrections and capital grant adjustments.
- Ordinance 20-25-0505 (City CIP schedules; roll-up of independent agencies): passed as amended (7 yeas, 0 nays).
- Ordinance 20-25-0506 (technical amendment re: low income pool, Medicaid draw-down): passed as amended (recorded tally in transcript: 7 ayes, 0 nays).
- Ordinance 20-25-0507 (IT project schedule/delivery adjustments): amendment passed; bill passed (7 yeas, 0 nays).
- Ordinance 20-25-0509 (Public Service Grants schedule; microgrant amendment adopted then bill as amended): passed (recorded final vote: 6 yays, 0 nays, 1 abstention recorded on related items during the meeting).
- Ordinance 20-25-0511 (Kids Hope Alliance appropriations, substitute): substitute and bill passed (recorded vote: 5 yays, 0 nays, 1 abstention noted in meeting for a member with a conflict).
- Ordinance 20-25-0512, 0513 (various direct contracts / appropriations, some abstentions noted): bills as moved passed by committee with recorded tallies reported in the transcript (see below for select tallies).
- Ordinance 20-25-0640 (use of garbage fee to replace planned borrowing for an economic development project): passed by committee (recorded tally: 6 yays, 0 nays).
- Ordinance 20-25-0641 (Veterans and Military Family Community Center Trust Fund seed appropriation from district CIP underspends): passed (6 yays, 0 nays recorded in committee).
- Several smaller KHA, parks, neighborhoods and independent agency schedule corrections and appropriations (20-25-0650 through 20-25-0665 range): committee approved amendments and final bills; most passed unanimous or near‑unanimous as recorded in transcript (typical tallies: 5–7 yeas, 0 nays; see transcript for individual roll calls).
- Emergency carryover bills and several second-reading items submitted as emergency (2025 carryovers 20-25-0680, 0682, 0683, 0686, 0687, 0689, 0690, 0691, 0713–0720 range): committee majority voted to treat as emergency and moved the bills as emergency where noted in the meeting. Specific tallies were recorded in the transcript for many (examples below).

Selected recorded tallies reported verbally in the meeting transcript (committee roll calls):
- 20-25-0472: 6 yays, 0 nays (rules amendment and final bill passage reported in the minutes).
- 20-25-0642: 6 yays, 0 nays (chair announced passage after ballot).
- 20-25-0514 (JTA): 7 yeas, 0 nays (roll-up after amendments).
- 20-25-0505: 7 yeas, 0 nays.
- 20-25-0506: 7 ayes, 0 nays.
- 20-25-0507: 7 yeas, 0 nays.
- 20-25-0509 (PSG as amended): 6 yays, 0 nays, 1 abstention noted in the meeting on related items.
- 20-25-0511 (KHA): 5 yays, 0 nays, 1 abstention.
- 20-25-0640 (debt service/CIP replacement): 6 yays, 0 nays.
- 20-25-0641 (Veterans trust fund transfer): 6 yays, 0 nays.
- 20-25-0680 (emergency carryover): recorded passage in committee (5 yeas, 0 nays in audible roll-call as read in transcript).
- 20-25-0715 (small business capital access / RFP re‑encumbrance): 6 yays, 0 nays reported when moved.
- 20-25-0720 (film & television carryover request discussed later): committee approved 4 yays, 2 nays on that item after debate.

Notes and caveats: the Finance Committee processed large bundles of schedule corrections, roll-ups, agency five-year schedule updates and several emergency carryovers tied to fiscal-year timing. Many items were amended on the floor (amendment, amendment-to-amendment and roll-up votes). Where the transcript announced a numerical tally that tally is reported above. For full roll-call detail, final ordinance text, and official vote records consult the council clerk’s published minute book and the final City Council agenda packet for Sept. 16–18, 2025.

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The chair and several council members described the funding as carryover from a prior ‘‘mayor’s task force’’ allocation. OED staff and council sponsors said productions sometimes complete filming but take weeks or months to finalize post‑production and submit incentive reimbursement paperwork, so projects underway need the earlier-year appropriation to be available for payment even if the funds are disbursed after Sept. 30.

Supporters, including the bill sponsor, said the appropriation is investment-grade and follows the city’s public-investment policy (OED provided ROI estimates to the committee). Council member Layden cited projected metrics — hotel room nights, local hire, and a reported seven-to-one ROI on the project OED presented — and said the requested carryover followed the existing incentive policy and did not require policy waivers. ‘‘It is a 7 ROI project with a $3 million investment, 100 jobs and 2,400 hotel room nights,’’ Layden summarized in committee discussion.

Opponents said the city faces a constrained revenue picture and that unspent dollars should revert to reserves unless the administration included the program in this year’s proposed budget. Council member Ron Salem argued the city should not use the current pool of near‑term savings for discretionary incentives unless the administration prioritizes them. ‘‘If they think this is important, the program should be funded by the administration,’’ Salem said.

The committee voted to approve the carryover (recorded vote: 4 yeas, 2 nays). The item was described in staff materials as a carryover of previously allocated funds to allow promised incentives to be paid when productions submit claims.

What’s next: The Finance Committee’s action advances the carryover to the full City Council for final ordinance adoption. OED will process reimbursement claims submitted by productions under the carryover authority and will continue to present production incentives under the city’s public investment procedures.

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The committee’s action changed the PSG exhibit to list the previously established ‘‘microgrant’’ line with a positive dollar allocation rather than the 0% allocation shown in the tentative budget. The vote on the final amended ordinance was 6-0 with one abstention recorded earlier during the session on a related item. The committee then moved the bill as amended and approved it by recorded vote (6 yays, 0 nays; 1 abstention noted on a related item earlier in the agenda).

The microgrant proposal was developed by the Public Service Grant (PSG) Council to aid small, emerging nonprofits that lack the administrative capacity to compete for larger PSG awards. Under the plan described to the committee, microgrants would cap awards at $20,000, require less stringent eligibility than PSG awards (one year in operation rather than three), and include training and technical assistance so small providers can build capacity to apply for larger PSG awards later.

Council members debated whether to take $200,000 from the existing PSG pool (shown as $7.2 million in the budget) versus leaving the schedule unchanged. Supporters said a dedicated microgrant category would help small nonprofits that struggle with PSG application requirements. Opponents and administrative staff warned that smaller awards impose higher per-dollar administrative costs and that grant-management capacity in the grants and contract compliance office is limited. ‘‘A $5,000 grant can take as much or more staff time to administer as a larger grant,’’ the grants staff told the committee.

Council members also discussed the program’s funding history. The microgrant line had been created by council action in prior years and had received separate council funding in earlier cycles; the PSG Council submitted a formal program this year but the administration did not include line‑item funding in the tentative budget. Multiple council members urged the administration to include ongoing funding in future budgets rather than relying on ad hoc council appropriations.

The amendment that passed reallocates $200,000 pro rata from the three main PSG categories (acute services, prevention and diversion, self-sufficiency/stability), reducing each category proportionally (35%/30%/35% splits were described by staff for the pro rata adjustment).

What’s next: the microgrant program model is now part of the PSG schedule in the ordinance; implementation will require the grants office to define administration and monitoring workflows and potentially request additional administrative resources from the administration if the program expands.

","The committee amended the Public Service Grants schedule to add a microgrant category and approve a $200,000 reallocation from the PSG pool, prompting debate about administrative capacity and whether the category should be funded by administration rather than one-off council actions.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6470790,"Jacksonville council hears chambers’ funding pitches; chair proposes equal $40,000 share for three small chambers",516,124000,640000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5778991-82c28cab5497d2b926c506c7b79987da&start=124&end=640","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5778991-82c28cab5497d2b926c506c7b79987da/thumbnail_124000.jpg","/articles/6470790/Jacksonville/Duval-County/Florida/Jacksonville-council-hears-chambers-funding-pitches-chair-proposes-equal-40000-share-for-three-small-chambers","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6470790-2f604dcab24ce5275519bbd46bf038db/orig.mp4?Expires=1775629191&Signature=OFuLJjYfcBGPWuAkT6skcs3V3Kr3-YI~hTam2vHLMcj3opKM51JHJRERlp0lnbEaYDuSvOWRrTjFU4vwklJWW4-49Un9pOs9seY~0zZcih9llJatY06qEUH~GUn5Z~DoBiA71XLy2TZd0N0nwo0p-q8IHsdhPn3dLpM2-dpARMjvCv4LaVbi2RGpDJtEEAg4J6tlRYLnfIBJj8j8iB0O8Nk9Phsl4-5KuC4Qti~EbPbjLCV~FroH9ztFCUJxBO096AbUYxy9POuOq4x9Fu3iOjWdAlYd8000nx4Wgx0sutQJLE-Yyh5jDad-InXwJWsb0DCR-4jM2zfeuN4TlERMXg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representatives from local business chambers told the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee on Sept. 16 that they are helping small businesses access capital and training and asked the council to set a stable city funding stream for smaller chambers.

Andre Wallace of the JAX USA Partnership (JAX Chamber) and a delegation from the Jacksonville Black Chamber described membership growth, training and loan-access work and said they were seeking city support. ‘‘We use your money for marketing this great region so people know that there’s jobs here,’’ Andre Wallace said, summarizing the chamber’s regional marketing role.

Council Chair (presiding) told the panel he would not take millage or budget action at the meeting but raised the chambers’ appropriations during the session. He said current budget language places chamber appropriations ‘‘below the line’’ for the coming fiscal year and that a floor amendment would be the mechanism to move funds ‘‘above the line’’ if the council chooses. He told the Black Chamber representatives he planned a public meeting after Oct. 1 to develop a formula for allocating funds and said he preferred even distribution among the Hispanic, Asian and Black chambers if supported by the committee.

Kim May, chief compliance officer for the Jacksonville Black Chamber, said the chamber had rebranded late last year, grown membership and provided business intake, licensing assistance and connections to capital (Kiva, SBA) for small business owners. She told the committee the organization had limited funding and asked that the city restore or provide direct appropriations. ‘‘We’ve been able to assist business owners like The Grand who was working on getting a COU for over a year. Myself and the vice chair came along and had it done within 24 hours,’’ May said.

Council members asked for more financial detail and cautioned about setting a flat-dollar precedent. Council member Joe Carlucci questioned a uniform $40,000 grant because it could create pressure from other groups to form new chambers and ask for the same amount. ‘‘Perhaps it shouldn’t be $40 across the board — maybe a percentage tied to budget or other metrics,’’ Carlucci said. Council member Ron Salem said the committee should consider each chamber’s budget, track record and years of operation when setting any formula.

Council Chair and staff said the current budget shows $40,000 appropriated for the Hispanic Chamber for the first time; additional funding for the Asian and Black chambers would require finding another $40,000 so the three could be funded ‘‘evenly across the board.’’ Staff said the appropriation is currently coded under membership and dues and the council would need to decide whether a different budget category (for example, ‘‘program/activity’’) would be more appropriate if funds are used for expos, training or small-business supports rather than simple dues.

The chair said the final decision would come after the formal budget process: members must file floor amendments by the Monday before the council meeting if they want language changes in the city’s budget ordinance, and he committed to a public meeting in October to develop an allocation formula and to invite chamber leadership. He said any legislation to move funds ‘‘above the line’’ would be filed after the fiscal year begins so the council could specify how the dollars would be used.

What’s next: the chair plans a public meeting after Oct. 1 to develop an allocation formula for the three small chambers; council members may file floor amendments next week if they want budget changes on the council floor.

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Finance Committee votes: summary of bills advanced Sept. 16, 2025

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Finance Committee approves $200,000 microgrant carve‑out from Public Service Grants after lengthy debate

Jacksonville council hears chambers’ funding pitches; chair proposes equal $40,000 share for three small chambers