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Finance committee adopts opioid-model East Side grant program after debate over home repairs and blight
Summary
The Jacksonville Finance Committee approved a finance substitute adopting an opioid-model distribution for East Side CBA funds and auditor-recommended clarifications. The vote followed extended debate over whether CBA dollars should explicitly cover home repairs and blight removal; a proposed amendment was withdrawn pending written agreement from the Jaguars.
Jacksonville’s Finance Committee on Feb. 3 voted to adopt a finance substitute that implements an 'opioid model' for distributing East Side Community Benefit Agreement (CBA) funds, shifting oversight to the city’s grants and contract compliance division and clarifying initial terms for grant administration.
The substitute, rolled together with auditor-recommended amendments, passed on a recorded ballot, 5 yays to 1 nay. The measure sets program goals for board member qualifications (economic development, workforce/affordable housing, workforce housing or mitigation of homelessness as desirable experience), revises applicant eligibility (organizations must exist two years for the initial cycle, three years thereafter), and clarifies how administrative costs and grant timing are handled.
Philip Peterson of council staff explained the substitute and the auditor changes, saying the amendments: confirm initial committee terms; make city administrative costs part of annual budget allocations rather than a fixed line item; allow, under certain circumstances, unallocated funding within categories to…
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