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A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2015

Jon Heymann is here from the Jacksonville Children’s Commission for the Sam Mousa Transition Team Budget Review. 9:40: Fingerprinting costs removed. Rental of city facilities reduced. 9:44: A discussion of pension contributions. Health insurance and workers comp are both up. Elections of coverage are a driver. 9:47: Travel expenses are up $10K. Heymann says that he’s not […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2015

I watched a lot of Quincy in my time, but I never saw the budget review episode, so this should be interesting. As with all of these today, we are in the third day of Sam Mousa‘s budget review of Jacksonville City Departments. 9:20: Mousa: “Angela [Moyer] told me that your budget items aren’t necessarily accurate.” An […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2015

The third day of Sam Mousa‘s review of Jacksonville City Government departmental budgets starts with Employee Services. These are, in theory, separate half hour sessions. As we have the last two days, and as we will until the end of this process, we will be posting blogs of these sessions after each one completes. 8:33: Employee […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2015

The final budget review of the day was sort of brutal. 4:33: Sports and Entertainment was bundled into Economic Development; was spun out in 2014. Four positions in the department total. 4:34: Salaries have gone up $74,000. Dave Herrell was hired at a rate that was the lowest in the salary range. About $125,000 number went […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2015

3:54: Some animated discussion over what’s in the Journey budget, versus what once was. Many Journey items have been moved to other departments. 3:56: Juvenile Re-Entry Center. The JREC provides help, counseling, et al. Free clothes, job programs, and so on. 3:58: A significant increase in the out of school suspension budget, at the expense […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2015

Assuming these two are not controversial, these discrete budget items will be combined in this blog. As has been previously stated, we are covering the complete run of Transition Executive Director Sam Mousa‘s budget review meetings with the various city department heads. 2;58: Tax Collector piece starts now. Driver’s license renewal fees are up. “Increased revenue […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2015

The afternoon session of Transition Executive Director Sam Mousa‘s budget reviews with Jacksonville’s city departments begins with a foray into the Finance Department’s budget. On hand were Glenn Hansen and Ronnie Belton from the Alvin Brown administration. 1:15: Assistant Budget Officer Angela Moyer starts. The revenue piece from the Jax Pier is $36,000. Salaries and benefits up $48,000. Looking for additional […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2015

The latest in a series of Jax Transition Budget Review blogs for the Jacksonville Aviation Authority and Jacksonville Port Authority. 10:26: Sam Mousa just kvetched to Ron Littlepage about the library budget. “They have $1.5M. They need to spend what they’ve got.” 10:30: Mousa seems to want this to be a quick meeting. Library running 30 minutes over is […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2015

The third session of Tuesday morning is for the Library budget, which is perpetually under siege. 9:30: The library representative has offered a narrative story in brochure form. Sam Mousa prefers to talk about the numbers. 9:32: Overdue fines are being deposited into an account for capital improvements. Projected to be over $950K Mousa wants to […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2015

For the second session in a row, Jerry Holland, the outgoing Supervisor of Elections, sits in with Sam Mousa and the budget “swat team.” 9:04: Ron Littlepage is in the house for the T-U. 9:07: Holland discusses the cyclical nature of the SOE budget. Going from three elections to two elections in a year cuts the SOE budget. […]

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Jax Transition Budget Review: Children’s Commission

Jax Transition Budget Review: Medical Examiner

Jax Transition Budget Review: Employee Services

Jax Transition Budget Review: Sports and Entertainment, and Special Events

Jax Transition budget review: Jacksonville Journey

Jax Transition budget review: Tax Collector and Clerk of Court

Jax Transition budget review: Finance department

Jax Transition budget review: Jacksonville Aviation and Port Authorities

Jax Transition budget review: Jacksonville Public Library system

Jax Transition budget review: Supervisor of Elections