Jax transition budget meetings: City Council

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New Lenny Curry Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa continues with his budget reviews. Next on tap: Jacksonville City Council.

3:26 p.m.: There is no city council revenue. Perhaps they can market trading cards?

3:27 p.m.: A slight increase in travel expenses. Liability insurance down. Not a lot going on in this budget.

3:28 p.m.: The starting salary is $45,000 in the Council Auditor office. A four-year accounting degree is the prerequisite. Kirk Sherman says they need outgoing people. Hard to find. Mousa: “Engineers are the same damn way.”

3:32 p.m.: To move up, one must be a CPA. An additional 30 semester hours of credit.

3:35 p.m.: A slight increase in PT and OT in the Value Adjustment Board side.

3:40 p.m.: Parking spaces, communications allowance based on their rate plan, et al.

3:43 p.m.: Discussion of the two executive council assistant positions that were not filled. Robin Lumb‘s left to get Curry elected. Crescimbeni does without (read: uses everyone else’s).

3:47 p.m.: Mousa on enhancements: “We know what your bosses can do. We know who you work for.”

3:48 p.m.: Apparently, the council has $9 an hour positions open.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. He writes for the New York Post and National Review also, with previous work in the American Conservative and Washington Times and a 15+ year run as a columnist in Folio Weekly. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski



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