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Rules committee confirms multiple council staff and cultural appointees; debates non‑resident nominee for DIA board
Summary
The committee confirmed several staff and cultural appointments, including the City Council chief of research and legislative services appointments, and discussed a waiver request for a Downtown Investment Authority nominee who lives outside Duval County.
The City of Jacksonville Rules Committee on Feb. 18 confirmed several council staff and cultural appointments and debated a waiver for a Downtown Investment Authority (DIA) nominee who does not live in Duval County.
Among confirmed appointments, the committee approved Eric Preacher as division chief of the Fleet Management Division (bill 20 25 0 0 7 5), Colleen Hamsey as City Council chief of research (20 25 0 1 2 0, emergency), Jessica Danson as assistant chief of the Legislative Services Division (20 25 0 1 2 1, emergency), Alana Laxha to the Cultural Service Grants committee (20 25 0 1 2 4, emergency) and Sally Pettigrew to the Cultural Council Grants Review panel (20250125, emergency). Votes ranged from unanimous 6–0 ballots for council staff and cultural nominees to 5–0 roll calls…
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