School districts will experience an indirect financial squeeze because programs like summer camps are often funded by agencies that would be affected if voters approve the amendment.
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Posted inLocal Government
Is Jacksonville prepared for the $200 million shortfall if Amendment 3 passes? Short answer, no.
So far, the Finance Committee has cut $30 million, most of which likely won’t amount to actual savings and falls millions short of next year’s potential revenue shortfall.
Posted inLocal Government
Mayor Deegan’s budget includes record $209 million payment for police and fire retirement debt
That payment, in addition to Mayor Donna Deegan’s proposed billion-dollar police and fire budget, means costs for police service, fire protection and public-safety retirement costs make up more than 63 percent of the city’s entire $2 billion general fund.
Posted inLocal Government
In tense meeting, Jacksonville aviation officials refuse to drop potential lawsuit
After hearing from city officials, who said the suit would tear away at the fabric of Jacksonville’s consolidated government, the board allowed for a 30-day window to mediate with City Hall outside court
Posted inEnvironment
Toxic Tides: Rising seas increase risk of contaminants in Jacksonville’s waterfront communities
More than 5,000 industrial facilities, water treatment plants, former defense sites, oil refineries and nuclear power plants across the coastal United States – often in or near historically marginalized neighborhoods – are now more likely to experience flooding.
Posted inFlorida
State attorney sends JEA subpoena for records about former mayor’s lobbying firm
The subpoena, obtained by the Florida Trib and News4Jax, suggests prosecutors remain interested in probing what has mushroomed into an increasingly bitter but convoluted feud
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In Florida’s eviction capital, major landlord under the spotlight
The allegations test the reputation of a company that, according to one study, is the top eviction filer in Duval County, but which has also had a run of positive press for its work in housing and downtown development.
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Jacksonville police and fire pension debt tops $3 billion, surging city costs
Jacksonville City Hall’s debt to the Police and Fire Pension Fund now tops $3 billion, one of its worst conditions in the past quarter century, which will require taxpayers to cover a mammoth $201 payment later this year.