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Nick Howland
Council President
At-Large Group 3
Jacksonville, FL
October 6, 2026
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at 15:20Through the chair to Councilmember Gay, we have three separate contracts, including an in-house bus stop crew that works in quadrants around the city to take care of that.
at 46:45I just couldn't miss this opportunity to thank Mr. Mole, Mr. Tarbert, Ms. Trimmer for your patience
at 30:09So, you know, I'm open and to listen to what the desire of the committee is, but I also want to poise the question is what Mr. Dennis had mentioned about the ongoing, I guess, scrutiny of the business
at 30:34to where if it's deferral and it keeps staying on the agenda, that it's still going to be lingering to where if it's just done as a withdrawal and then come back at another point in time to reintroduce, I think that would probably be a cleaner pathway.
at 56:32with, um, presumptive, uh, Florida statutes, um, and, uh, not avoid getting lawsuit by Florida
at 58:29Everybody received the letter from Florida Carry back in the first week of July, and I forwarded
at 8:10It was always because he got into the details of the spreadsheet of the business case for any development downtown.
at 13:57And the reason we're doing that is that would be consistent with Duval County Public Schools spring break and all our university spring breaks, which would then give staff time to be off while their kids are off.
at 24:29For the record, I wanted to note that someone brought up during public comment that a member of ONU's staff is one of my board members at the Firewatch Project, Inc., and I checked with ethics, and there's absolutely no conflict there whatsoever.
at 24:52The way that the Firewatch board works is we've, rather than have donors on our board, we have folks from influential veteran-serving organizations, which have helped us expand rapidly, including Wooded Warrior Project and Canines for Warriors and others.
at 3:13I think every CPAC will have 20 minutes to just talk about the things going on in their district that we should be mindful of in their region,
at 4:00we're absolutely going to hear and consider every single concern of the CPAC as we approach the month of August for the budget hearings.
at 48:34So this is delaying the vote because a district council member came and said there might be some concerns.
at 48:54It's just special accommodation for the council district member who might be expressing some community concerns.
at 3:36When public revenue comes from taxes, whether it comes from taxes, fees, in entities' operations,
at 31:13At this point, I'd like to open up to any of my colleagues if they have any questions on the budget for the mayor.