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A.G. GancarskiNovember 18, 2016

Two heads of Jacksonville departments are being promoted from within, it was announced Friday by the office of Mayor Lenny Curry. Diane Moser, chief of Talent Management, has been promoted to serve as director of Employee Services. Stephanie Burch, chief of Real Estate, has been promoted to director of Neighborhoods. Curry described these roles as “critically important” […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 14, 2016

Jacksonville has well-documented blight issues: so well documented, in fact, there was a city council special committee to deal with that issue alone. Though legislation was passed earlier in 2016 regarding the city’s inventory of 436 tax-reverted parcels, the reality is that the number of properties with active liens on them dwarf that. Liens can be imposed […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 14, 2016

One of the primary policy initiatives of the Lenny Curry administration in Jacksonville has been the reinstitution of the Neighborhoods Department. As of April 15, however, the search is on for a new permanent head, as Acting Director Derek Igou has tendered his three sentence resignation letter. Igou wrote Curry that while he wanted to thank Curry […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 26, 2015

The Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee continued its budget reviews on Wednesday afternoon. Documents were sparse in terms of change recommendations from Council Auditor Kirk Sherman, yet with the Jacksonville City Council, the potential is always there for lively discussion. The discussion of the Court budget, with Chief Judge Mark Mahon, was notable more for its […]

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New Jacksonville department heads are promoted from within

Jacksonville considers ‘batch foreclosures’ to solve residential blight

Derek Igou out as acting head of Jax Neighborhoods Department

Jax Finance Committee looks at regulatory compliance, debt affordability