TEU Committee passes multiple measures, defers one public hearing
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Summary
The Transportation, Energy and Utilities Committee approved several ordinances and emergency measures Feb. 18, including a $180,000 appropriation for air monitoring equipment and project listings for regional review; one public hearing was continued for noticing requirements.
The Transportation, Energy and Utilities Committee voted on multiple items during its Feb. 18 meeting in Jacksonville, approving appropriation and infrastructure measures while continuing a public hearing because of noticing rules.
The committee approved ordinance 20 26 0 0 6 4, an appropriation to replace ambient air monitoring equipment, after the chair opened the ballot and the committee recorded a vote of 6 yays, 0 nays. Public commenter John Nooney described the item as an ordinance appropriating $180,000 from the air pollution fund balance to replace ambient air monitoring equipment.
The committee also passed item 20 26 0 0 6 6 by voice (6 yays, 0 nays). The official item text was considered on the agenda; a public speaker had earlier asked whether that item related to a well-permitting agreement with the St. Johns River Water Management District, a point the council did not resolve in committee remarks.
Two items were treated as emergencies. Committee staff explained that item 20 26 0 0 9 9 needed to be approved and sent to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) by the end of the month; Edwin Linsky of the council auditor’s office told the committee the timing was the reason for the emergency designation. The committee approved the emergency and recorded a ballot vote of 7 yays, 0 nays.
Item 20 26 0 1 1 3 was also considered an emergency so the council could forward a project listing to the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) for consideration before the TPO’s final approval. The committee approved a technical amendment to correct scrivener's errors in the revised project listing and then approved the emergency as amended, recording 7 yays, 0 nays.
Item 20 26 0 0 0 5, the public hearing the committee opened at the start of the meeting, was continued (deferred) because the required public-notice procedures had not been completed.
What’s next: Passed ordinances and emergency measures will proceed according to standard council and intergovernmental review: the appropriation will move through council and finance committee processes and the FDOT- and TPO-related items will be sent to those regional agencies for their actions.
