Mayor’s Task Force Funding Approved
Mayor Donna Deegan held a signing ceremony at City Hall on Wednesday, Dec. 13 to enact the near $26 million legislation package for the Mayor’s Task Force. The evening before, at its regularly scheduled meeting, the Jacksonville City Council passed the funding through a series of votes. “This is a transformational moment for Jacksonville. In […]
City Council Approves Florida Blue Office Space for JSO
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s (JSO) Homeland Security Division will soon be getting new office space in Brooklyn’s Florida Blue office tower. Currently, 135 of the division’s 205 employees are housed at a JSO facility at the intersection of Liberty and Beaver streets while the remaining officers are at additional off-site locations. At a Sept. 5 […]
City Council approves settlement agreement in redistricting lawsuit
At a May 9 meeting, the Jacksonville City Council voted 15-to-3 to approve a settlement to end the ongoing litigation regarding the redistricting of the city council and school board district map. The three dissenting votes were from Council Members LeAnna Cumber, Brenda Priestly Jackson and Reggie Gaffney, Jr. In May 2022, the Jacksonville branch […]
Legislative Services Improving Integration for Access to Bills, Meetings
Citizens can access with greater ease, instruction In an effort to educate the public, the Jacksonville City Council Legislative Services Division held its first public-facing PegTalk on Thursday, April 20 to show ways to access its updated Legislative Gateway platform at jaxcityc.legistar.com. The goal was to teach users how to access Jacksonville City Council meetings […]
From the open road to the open sea: Borum Boats’ chapter at the old Ford Motor Plant
Since last October, Jacksonville has been preparing to bid farewell to the old Ford Motor Plant as time inevitably draws it closer and closer to total demolition. In November, The Resident reported on the Land Use and Zoning (LUZ) committee ruling supporting Amkin Hill Street LLC’s appeal of Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission’s denial of its […]