A.G. Gancarski
Tuesday’s Jacksonville City Council meeting lacked a lot of punch when it came to legislation. The big bill of the night, the controversial term limits referendum measure, was said (H/t David Chapman) to be tabled ahead of the meeting.
During agenda, Matt Schellenberg confirmed it.
Schellenberg, in Tallahassee last week representing the City Council for the Florida League of Cities and Florida League of Counties, noted that the perception was that Mayor Lenny Curry “had done a fabulous job presenting the half-cent sales tax bill.”
Such a fabulous job, in fact, that there’s a solid chance that there will be a ballot referendum this fall.
To avoid “potential conflict and distraction,” and to allow Council to move forward with a “unified voice,” Schellenberg said that he would withdraw the bill Tuesday evening.
Schellenberg will bring up the bill again “when it is clear where the direction of the city is going.”
