The Jacksonville City Council met on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 5:00 PM in the Council Chamber. The meeting was called to order by Council President Kevin Carrico and adjourned at 9:06 PM. The agenda included quasi-judicial ordinances, a consent agenda, public comments, public hearings, third-reading bills, and new business. Key actions included approval of a major economic development agreement with Winn-Dixie, several rezoning approvals, and the appointment of a new City Council Auditor.
To the city of Jacksonville's city council meeting. It's Tuesday, May 12th, 2026. Time is 5 p.m. And I call this meeting to order. Thank you, Mr. President. First order of business is the invocation and pledge of allegiance. Please recognize our council chaplain, Councilmember Kennemar. Mr. Chaplin, the floor is yours. Thank you, Mr. President, Mr. Floor Leader. Tonight, our invocation is being delivered by Pastor Waitsea Mask Senior. He is the senior past of Wayside Assembly of God in Dinsmore. He is ordained in the assemblies of God. He has been in ministry at Wayside since 1986. He's married with three children and has lived in Jacksonville for more than 55 years. Please receive pass the way for tonight's invocation. The stirres gives all the information. And she says, when the oxygen mass drops because of Cavas loss pressure, first put the oxygen mask on yourself. And so I want to encourage y'all because if you're flopping in the floor like a fish, you're no good to anybody. But if you'll put that spiritual oxygen mask on first, every day, keep it on continually when you're serving the citizens of Jacksonville and serving your own family. If you'll put your spiritual thing as the priority, and then help you be in line so you can hear from God and make the decisions that need to be made for the citizens here. So always put yours on first. Let's pray. Father, we thank you for these folks that spend day after day caring about others. Dear Lord, we thank you for this city. We thank you for the certainly this state and this country. We we thank you, dear Lord, for the freedoms that we have and the freedom to assemble. Outside right now, there's someone talking about something there is every meeting. But we have that freedom, and we have the freedom to pray like we are now. Dear God, let us never take that for granted. But God, I ask you to bless these folks that are entrusted with making decisions for the people of this city. God, I ask you to bless their homes and their families and their marriages, dear God. God, touch their bodies, dear Lord. And God, we ask you once again that you would help them to hear from you that they wouldn't hear from other sources, dear God, but what you put on their hearts, what you speak, and especially through your word, that that would be the decision maker. And we'll always give you the glory and you the praise that no flesh would ever glory in your presence in that sweet name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. Amen. I pledge allegiance. Roll call, Mr. President. All right, roll call. 18 present. All right, and I'm gonna turn it over to the vice president for a quick announcement. Thank you, Mr. President. I do have an announcement.