Entire Jax City Council co-sponsors Lenny Curry pension tax resolution

2016-17, the bill repurposing Jacksonville’s Better Jacksonville Plan 1/2 cent sales tax for unfunded liability pension relief, is sponsored by the entire City Council.

The bill resolves that relevant Florida statute “should be amended in order to permit counties with an already existing 1/2 penny sales surtax for infrastructure to extend and repurpose such tax for up to 30 years.”

The bill, introduced on an emergency basis, seemingly could forego the Committee process, given that the entire Council sponsored it.

Council meets on Tuesday.

The only sticking point that remains, given demonstrated legislative enthusiasm: the dispensation of the 6 city unions for this package.

Offering words of caution tomorrow morning on the radio show of Melissa Ross will be pension expert Tad DeLegal, who served as the counsel for the Fraternal Order of Police from 1993-2007.

That show begins at 9:00 a.m. on WJCT-FM, Jacksonville.