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Council approves short-term substitute to fund telehealth and senior meals pilots after contract timing gaps
Summary
A substitute measure reallocated previously approved unspent mayor-transition funds to carry two nonprofit pilot programs — a telehealth safety-net program and a senior meals program run by Aging True — through Sept. 30; finance chair and administration told council there remain unpaid invoices for prior months.
Jacksonville City Council approved a floor substitute to bridge short-term funding gaps for two nonprofit pilot programs after the administration identified unspent funds from earlier mayor-transition appropriations as a source. The substitute directs roughly $810,000 (as presented during committee) to continue two programs through Sept. 30: a telehealth safety-net pilot and an urban senior-food-security Meals-on-Wheels expansion managed by Aging True (Urban Jacksonville).
Why this came up: committee members said the pilots had been operating past the close of an original contract period. At the finance committee hearing council members…
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