TEU committee approves series of CIP amendments, tax office relocation, Tiffany Hollis street renaming; solid-waste fee review set for July

Transportation, Energy and Utilities Committee members in Jacksonville on June 3 approved a package of capital-improvement and administrative ordinances, unanimously recording 5 yeas and 0 nays on each vote.

The actions included a neighborhoods amendment reducing scope for the Mandarin Park restroom project, an amendment clarifying appropriations for a project that funds part‑time hours and correcting scrivener errors, relocation of a tax-collector branch with a planned public-notification timeline, a street renaming to honor Tiffany Hollis (with a requested waiver from the city’s prominence requirement), and corrections to the Hodges Boulevard CIP funding schedule. Committee staff also reported that the solid-waste fee review will be completed in June and presented July 15 for budget consideration.

Why it matters: Several items alter the city’s capital-improvement project (CIP) funding or affect where residents obtain services, and the fee-review timeline could affect next year’s solid-waste charges and budgeting.

The committee began by noting two items were deferred and then moved through a lengthy TEU agenda made up largely of second‑read items and routine public hearings. Edward Linsky of the Council Auditor’s Office explained multiple amendments that were approved by the committee. Regarding Mandarin Park, Linsky said, “the amendment includes a CIP amendment for the Mandarin Park restroom for the reduction of the project.” On another ordinance Linsky said the amendment “clarifies the use of funds and then also, changes the language to reflect that they are appropriating funding for part time hours and then also, correct the scrivener's item.”

On the tax-collector branch relocation, Councilwoman Clark Murray asked how affected customers would be notified. Sherry Hall of the Tax Collector’s Office said the move is not imminent: “it takes about a year, about 8 months to build it out, but we're gonna it's gonna be a while before we move into that location… we don't anticipate this new branch opening until spring summer of next calendar year.” Hall said the office will use signage, social media, television monitors in branch locations and other media to notify customers, and noted the new location is “less than 5 miles from both of those other existing locations.”

The committee approved a street-name change to honor Tiffany Hollis. Councilwoman Clark Murray described the request as a renaming to memorialize Hollis, who was killed in a mistaken-identity shooting; the ordinance packet includes a request for a waiver from the city’s usual prominence requirement because the application does not meet the threshold the code normally requires for a name change.

An amendment to a Hodges Boulevard project ordinance revised appropriation language, removed out‑year CIP entries for the project, attached a corrected CIP sheet and corrected scrivener’s errors. During discussion, a council member asked whether the item involved Better Jacksonville Plan funds. Committee members said the Hodges Boulevard project was originally budgeted at $500,000; design and engineering increased the project estimate and funds were moved from a recently completed project that finished under budget to cover the increase.

Public hearings were opened and closed for multiple items; most had no public commenters or had speakers who submitted questions only. Hayden Phillips and Caroline Fulton appeared during public‑hearing portions but did not enter substantive testimony on the ordinances before the committee.

On non-legislative business, Bill Delaney of the mayor’s office told the committee that the solid‑waste division has been working with the Council Auditor’s Office on fee reviews. Delaney said the division expects to complete its review in June 2025 with a presentation available July 15; he said his understanding is the results will be incorporated into the next budget.

Votes at a glance (all roll calls recorded as 5 yeas, 0 nays): 2025-0320 (passed); 2025-0322 (passed, neighborhoods amendment approved); 2025-0328 (passed); 2025-0330 (passed, amendment clarifies appropriations and part‑time funding); 2025-0331 (passed, street renaming for Tiffany Hollis; waiver requested); 2025-0332 (passed); 2025-0333 (passed); 2025-0334 (passed); 2025-0335 (passed); 2025-0336 (passed); 2025-0337 (passed, CIP correction for Hodges Boulevard); 2025-0354 (passed); several second‑read items on the agenda were also carried on second reading with no recorded opposition. Two items (2025-0188, 2025-0189) were deferred at the start of the meeting.

Committee members were reminded by the council president that next Tuesday’s regular council meeting will start at 4 p.m. instead of 5 p.m. because of a longer-than-normal agenda.

Less-critical details: The meeting included routine procedural calls and several scrivener corrections enacted through amendments; no item was tabled or failed during the session.