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Rules Committee approves targeted survey of JEA managers after heated debate; amendment directs presentation to JEA board
Summary
The Rules Committee approved ordinance 20260268, authorizing a focused survey of roughly 144 JEA managers about workplace culture and race-related issues. The committee adopted an amendment requiring Selection Link Inc. to present findings to the JEA board; the measure passed in committee 6-1 after extensive argument over oversight and charter authority.
The Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee voted to approve ordinance 20260268 as amended, authorizing a focused survey of about 144 JEA employees (managers and above) to gather information about workplace culture and race-related issues.
Councilman Ron Salem, the ordinance sponsor, told the committee the targeted survey will be administered by Selection Link Inc. and will separate responses from former employees so the active-employee data remains distinct. He said the committee will turn findings over to the JEA board rather than use them directly for personnel action. "We will provide that to the board of JEA," Salem said, describing the effort as an informational supplement to the utility's own work.
Why it matters: The survey was the meeting’s most contested item because it probes an independent authority with large rate-making…
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