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Residents urge rules committee to keep public comment at start, protest morgue in residential neighborhood
Summary
At the July 14, 2025 Jacksonville Rules Committee meeting, multiple residents urged the committee to retain public comment at the start of council meetings and protested construction of a medical examiner's facility (morgue) in a residential neighborhood, citing health, equity and procedural concerns.
At the July 14, 2025 Rules Committee meeting in Jacksonville, multiple residents urged the committee to keep public comment at the start of council meetings and pressed officials over a newly built medical examiner’s facility they say sits within a residential neighborhood near a school.
Speakers said the proposed change to move public comment to the end of some meetings would reduce public visibility and civic engagement. “By the time the meeting is over, there’s nobody really left in the chamber to hear what the public has to say,” said Wells Totten, identifying himself as a resident and community organizer. Residents recommended a standing guarantee…
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