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Committee removes disparity‑study item from its charge, members disagree where it should be housed
Summary
Council members debated whether the city’s planned disparity study belongs with the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission, data analytics, procurement, or the executive branch. The committee discharged the item from its current charge for future, broader review
Members of the Jacksonville City Council’s Special Committee on JSEB discussed on April 7 where a proposed disparity study should be housed and who should execute it, and decided to remove the study from the committee’s immediate charge and address it in a separate forum later.
Why it matters: The disparity study was described by commenters and community groups as essential to documenting gaps in city contracting and to justifying race- or gender‑conscious measures. Committee members disagreed about whether the study is a…
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