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Recorded committee votes and available details from the transcript are summarized below. Where the transcript did not provide subject matter or motion text, the description is marked “not specified.”

Votes at a glance

- Item 25‑217: Approved by committee, recorded vote 8 yeas, 0 nays. Description: not specified in the transcript.

- Item 25‑251: Approved, recorded vote 7 yeas, 0 nays, 1 abstention. (One abstention was noted by Council Member Pittman.) Description: not specified.

- Item 25‑252: Approved as amended, recorded vote 7 yeas, 0 nays. Description: amendment attached to adjust appropriation exhibits; total appropriation unchanged.

- Item 25‑253: Approved as amended, recorded vote 7 yeas, 0 nays, 1 abstention. Description: amendment increased appropriation to include an in‑kind match of $462,000 and adjusted Exhibit 2 and Schedule M references.

- Item 25‑254: Approved, recorded vote 8 yeas, 0 nays. Description: not specified.

- Item 25‑256: Approved as amended (Neighborhoods Amendment), recorded vote 7 yeas, 1 nay. Description: lease and redevelopment provisions with WJCT; includes extension of a $30,000 annual disbursement tied to negotiated construction accommodations.

- Item 25‑259: Approved as amended, recorded vote 7 yeas, 1 nay. Description: resolution to forward a copy of the measure to the governor’s office and Department of Government Efficiency team upon adoption; other language changes made to align with executive order wording.

- Item 25‑261: Approved as amended, recorded vote 7 yeas, 1 nay. Description: amendment added a reference to incentive clauses and a milestone grant in the whereas clauses; committee noted no cash is leaving the city by the recorded action.

Multiple other agenda items were deferred by the chair or listed for second reading and were not voted on during this session. The chair also said he would introduce an ordinance for a property purchase at a future meeting and that a committee‑of‑the‑whole would be scheduled to consider purchase vs. swap options.

Committee members briefly discussed process matters and asked staff for follow‑up information (for example, staff said they will provide an annual scope of services related to the WJCT production work).","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of Jacksonville, FL - Finance Committee - May 06, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Finance Committee recorded votes on multiple agenda items at the May 6 meeting; most items passed with unanimous or near-unanimous support. This roundup lists each recorded vote and key details available from the transcript.","taxTitle","Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida","taxId",2881,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6566918,"Finance committee approves WJCT lease amendment, including $30,000-a-year payment tied to construction disruption",1889,831000,2720000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3200615-74940b1eb78651c663617a1d456105a0&start=831&end=2720","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3200615-74940b1eb78651c663617a1d456105a0/thumbnail_831000.jpg","/articles/6566918/Jacksonville/Duval-County/Florida/Finance-committee-approves-WJCT-lease-amendment-including-30000-a-year-payment-tied-to-construction-disruption","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6566918-c79caa54f089a08e90914c63b051b513/orig.mp4?Expires=1771180890&Signature=b53fncukXCU55WDYP6lJZWVdQUbN9clCApgpmiyquhx7dcFmiF-97jbXkFsIaDf9vWX26is-ZGVjZqUeI7iZ9L5ISJ5qPvTirynMSwA0lnha1UuvClz9HOy6KUnHTOcwmrfgrrGWXcl8K8dWVa5Dg3l4N94Xye-YXXXLk41Wq8DBIcxGIoKe~hkatHASto~cfdKqgdbYDgonavbjltqHCY5nBXOAkwecQgDvdnncXoFtcEIHXxRtk~BCgrDbFXMQWzYfEECeVx6sI9-ziaoloOhOAEytHKCSMEUwq0gSl5WXoFIq0zRMq0ZA3oGxLM9kCUQN5~cnLjxcYA8nLJ-ZCA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee on May 6 approved amendments and the ordinance identified in the agenda as item 25‑256 that adjust the lease agreement with public broadcaster WJCT and include a $30,000 annual disbursement tied to disruptions from planned city construction.

David McGowan, chief executive of WJCT, told the committee WJCT had negotiated for more than three years with multiple city departments to allow construction to begin and that the organization agreed “in good faith to allow the construction to begin in April” after discussions about penalties if work did not start. McGowan said the station hosts more than 100 public events and that the negotiated agreements are intended to allow construction to proceed.

City staff described the legal and funding history around the property. “When we took that money, we recorded a restrictive covenant that lasts in perpetuity that gives the Department of Housing and Urban Development say over when and how we could ever sell the property,” a city representative said, and staff also said the state provided a grant in 1977 to the parent company of WJCT to build the facility. Staff described a 99‑year lease that allows certain sublease and use rights and said that, under the existing agreements, the city must seek state and federal approvals to alter the long‑standing arrangements.

Council members debated whether the $30,000 annual payment—already in the lease and set to run through 2027—should be extended for an additional 10 years. Supporters said the payment compensates WJCT for disruption and is part of negotiated consideration to allow the city to dig up part of WJCT’s parking area to install utilities and allow construction of Festival Park Avenue and a marine fire terminal. Opponents argued the annual payment should be decided through the city budget process or borne by the Downtown Investment Authority rather than locked into a long lease amendment.

Council Member Rory Diamond said the $30,000 payment was “ridiculous” and argued the nonprofit should not be given the amount under threat of impeding construction; other council members said the payment is tied to past agreements and to the city’s need to access and modify the property to build public infrastructure.

After debate and several procedural amendments, the committee approved the Neighborhoods Amendment and the ordinance as amended. The recorded vote was 7 yeas and 1 nay.","The committee approved amendments and the ordinance (No. 25-256) that extend a $30,000 annual payment to WJCT for 10 years to compensate for disruption related to construction that will affect WJCT property; vote was 7–1.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6566923,"PACE industry and legal aid urge Jacksonville finance committee to slow or bar residential PACE program",172,71000,243000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3200615-74940b1eb78651c663617a1d456105a0&start=71&end=243","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3200615-74940b1eb78651c663617a1d456105a0/thumbnail_71000.jpg","/articles/6566923/Jacksonville/Duval-County/Florida/PACE-industry-and-legal-aid-urge-Jacksonville-finance-committee-to-slow-or-bar-residential-PACE-program","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6566923-9db1e8a72faf28c8dc126c1527f29d3b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771180890&Signature=S2jD4UPkqnV3~KGH0OZhkQ0xu42ILQnTHtEIRw4WhAj9SkFZPvSQB-b05FGQrmTGfJ~pP309CQZxfmJna7CPwFueN4KxxNp9cD39w19YJXCscVDNce2qqRFuh9cSsorfMLqwb0yga548ICLbOoS44VVllJfdwuPqbEI6N~tPXAIe5xAh5oL0y42Icr57fKQPJavFvQaUyYQogDrPCzVMTObBp~n-5N5A56rsNv4FWIBZAqR7iejObyPCGsc-oAA8ffr-4i8LWTT3X-EkBUuWyhyZLlV5OIHOkp3AjH-4d21gk40uKdW98BwzcoK3212G4S2tpGOdP-HJlgF4n0ZkaA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee meeting on May 6, two public commenters asked the committee to slow or block a measure on residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing.

Chris Peterson, senior vice president of government affairs for Fortify Financial, a PACE provider, told the committee the industry asks the city to “respectfully to slow this item down” and warned the ordinance as drafted lists only one provider, which he said would limit competition and consumer choice.

Peterson said limited provider options can raise rates and reduce service levels, and he urged the committee to “table this item and maybe come back to it and then have some more discussions about why it's important to have all providers in.” The chair noted the item is on second reading and that Council Member Arias, the introducer, would consider the comments.

Linda Isdale of Jacksonville Area Legal Aid urged the committee to go further. “I would agree with Mister Peterson that the matter should be tabled, but in our opinion, it should be permanently tabled as to residential PACE liens,” she said. Isdale characterized the program as neither cost-effective nor a conventional loan program, and said the PACE product being considered carries interest rates she described as “anywhere from 11% to 12%” and rests on a secured super lien that can have priority over a mortgage and may lead to a tax deed sale.

Isdale also said the structure being proposed strips typical consumer protections required for other loans, such as disclosure and term limitations, and recommended the city “stick with its resolution of 2023 and prohibit residential PACE lending in the city and county.”

No committee motion or vote on the PACE item occurred during the public-comment segment; the chair noted the item will be in committee in two weeks for the second reading.

Supporters and opponents in the public record asked for more time for review and for broader competition among providers rather than immediate approval.","At the May 6 Finance Committee meeting, industry and legal-aid speakers asked the committee to delay action on a residential PACE item and urged the city to prohibit residential PACE liens because of consumer-protection and cost concerns.","actionData","errors"]

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