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Finance Committee votes: approvals, withdrawals and key amendments from June 3 meeting
Summary
The committee recorded votes on multiple ordinances, budget items and agreements. Several bills were approved as amended, one major capital request (Jacksonville Zoo funding) was deferred for additional review and one earlier item was withdrawn by committee vote.
The Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee voted on a series of ordinances, appropriations and contract items on June 3. The committee approved multiple bills (listed below) after amendments or standard procedure; one item was withdrawn and one capital request to accelerate zoo funding was deferred for further committee review.
Votes at a glance (selected items recorded in committee minutes):
- Ordinance 2025-325 — Withdrawn by committee (recorded vote: 6 yays, 0 nays). The committee recorded the withdrawal during the meeting.
- Ordinance 2025-340 — Approved as amended (recorded vote: 6 yays, 0 nays). Amendment: neighborhood amendment moved funds to council contingency; appropriation and BT adjustments noted.
- Ordinance 2025-304 — Approved as amended (recorded vote: 6 yays, 0 nays). Amendment attached revised exhibit and clarified documentation and chapter references.
- Ordinance 2025-317 — Approved (recorded vote: 6 yays, 0 nays).
- Ordinance 2025-318 — Approved (recorded vote: 6 yays, 0 nays).
- Ordinance 2025-320 — Approved (recorded vote: 6 yays, 0 nays).
- Ordinance 2025-322 — Approved (recorded vote: 60 ayes, 0 nays — recorded as unanimous in committee record).
- Ordinance 2025-323 (independent-auditor contract) — Approved (recorded vote: 6 yays, 0 nays). Committee attached a three-year agreement for audit services with Carr, Riggs & Ingram.
- Ordinance 2025-326 — Approved (recorded vote: 60 ayes, 0 nays).
- Ordinance 2025-327 — Approved (recorded vote: 60 ayes, 0 nays).
- Ordinance 2025-328 — Approved as amended (recorded vote: 6 yays, 0 nays). Amendment clarified uses of funds (part-time salaries, vehicle purchase, equipment and supplies).
- Ordinance 2025-329 — Approved (recorded vote: 5 yays, 0 nays).
- Ordinance 2025-330 — Approved as amended (recorded vote: 5 yays, 0 nays). Amendment adjusted CIP language and removed out-year funding on Hodges Boulevard project.
- Ordinance 2025-337 — Approved (recorded vote: 6 yays, 0 nays).
- Ordinance 2025-338 — Approved (recorded vote: 6 yays, 0 nays).
- Ordinance 2025-3902 (Project Bluebird / Auto Aviation rev-grant) — Approved as amended (recorded vote: 6 yays, 0 nays). Committee attached a revised agreement requiring a minimum-job performance condition (failure to create minimum jobs may terminate the rev grant). The package describes a potential $400 million private investment and up to $20 million in rev-grant support over 20 years; the Airport Authority and state-level incentives were discussed as complementary actions.
- Ordinance 2025-393 — Approved (recorded vote: 5 yays, 0 nays). The item passed after amendment specifying a default if a minimum number of jobs is not created.
- Ordinance 2025-395 — Approved as an emergency and amended in committee (recorded vote: 5 yays, 0 nays). The committee adopted a neighborhood amendment that removed certain council hiring/firing authorities and adjusted governance language.
Deferred or notable non-approvals:
- The zoo funding request (appearing in committee as a request to move forward $12 million of a multi-year $20 million capital commitment) was deferred for two weeks for additional member briefings. Presenters provided project status materials showing the manatee exhibit and new entrance at roughly 68% completion and asked for cash-flow relief; members requested more time to review financial and schedule details.
Notes on voting: The committee record used shorthand tallies that were recorded in audio as variations of “6 yays, 0 nays,” “5 yays, 0 nays,” or “60 ayes, 0 nays” (the latter recorded in the transcript as committee-confirmed unanimous). All items recorded as approved will proceed per council rules for finalization or full-council consideration.
Why it matters: The committee’s approvals move a large package of capital, contract and ordinance items forward; two items with larger fiscal implications (the zoo cash-flow request and several CIP reallocations) drew extended discussion and, in the zoo case, deferral for additional review.
Provenance: Each listed number and action corresponds to the committee’s recorded minutes and the items on the June 3 Finance Committee agenda.
