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Committee splits UNF/ESports and JFRD funding: esports carved out, JFRD and UNF appropriations advanced; separate bills planned for esports and after-school aid
Summary
The finance committee removed esports funding from a multi-item appropriation and advanced the rest of the package, including JFRD and UNF-related appropriations; the committee will file separate addendum bills for esports and a roughly $600,000 after-school funding request.
The finance committee on April 1 separated an esports appropriation from a larger rules amendment and advanced the remaining appropriations, including funding for Jacksonville Fire & Rescue Department (JFRD) building projects and a University of North Florida item. Members agreed to file separate addendum legislation to handle the esports appropriation and a follow-up emergency measure for roughly $600,000 requested to support after-school and summer programming for students.
What the committee did
- Council Member Rory Diamond offered and won an amendment to remove the esports appropriation from the rules amendment; the committee approved the Diamond amendment and directed that esports be handled as a separate addendum item so members who oppose esports funding can vote on it independently. - Committee members approved a finance amendment to correct fiscal-year appropriation language, attach a revised Exhibit 1 excluding esports, and address other technical fixes to the rules amendment. - The final motion to move the bill as amended passed in committee with a recorded vote of 7 yays, 0…
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