The Rules Committee of the Jacksonville City Council met on Monday, June 1, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 3:46 PM in the Council Chamber. Chair Chris Miller presided. Seven members were present (Miller, Freeman, Amaro, Salem, White, Gay, Boylan); Vice Chair Freeman arrived late. The committee heard public comments, received a presentation on state property tax proposals, and acted on numerous ordinances and resolutions, including several amendments and emergency items.
All right, welcome everyone to the June 1st rules committee meeting. We'll start out with introductions and uh let's please start with Mr. Dennis. Good afternoon, Garrett Dennis Administration. Colin Hamsey, Council Research. Carla Schell, Office of General Counsel. Tristy Carreher, Council Auditor's Office. Philip Peterson, Council Auditor. Canamar, City Council, District One. Randy White, District 12. Chris Miller at large group five. Ron Salem, group two at large. Mike Gay, district two. Nick Howland at large, group three. I'm here in a non-voting capacity, just visiting, probably for the first 30, 45 minutes. Thanks. Okay, thank you. We'll get started with public comments. We have one card. Uh Mr. Nooney, if you'll come down, please. Come on, Mr. Nooney. Hello. I am John J. Nooney. Jacksonville City Council resolution 2023 0819. I'm in City Council District 4, CPAC 3 School Board District 3. And yeah, I'll touch on uh 8356 Bascombe Road. Thank you. And uh, you know, first, you know, I just want to. Okay, I'll be touching on the big one's gonna be uh agenda item 21, 2026 0396. But uh I'm gonna start with uh a couple of uh donations. You know, first will be 2009 442, that's the Artificial Reef Trust Fund. The next one will be 2026 0004, that's the Parks Trust Fund, and then right after that is 2025 0463. That's the veterans trust fund. Now, the last time we did this, I'll tell you it was like a reunion up there. And I'll tell you, it's it's gonna be uh it works, it happens. And so, what are I'm just down to a minute forty-eight, but this one, you know, uh this one. I I mean, like I said, this is like a dream right here. Ordinance making certain findings and improve the authorization of the public investment policy, okay. OED to add endowment grants to the Jacksville Fostering Filmmakers Grant Program. Now, you know, I spoke to it at the public hearing. So, when you look at the bullet points, clarify that there is no maximum for the annual number of endowment grants that can be awarded. Amends the public investment policy to authorize endowment grants not to exceed 10,000 per grant, subject to available funding as part of the Jacksonville Fostering Filmmaker Grant Program. And this is massive. This is awesome. There are men sections of the Jacksonville Film and Television Office Trust Fund to include endowment grants within the authorized uses of funds. So here we go. We can have an OED.