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Will Lahnen
Council Member
District 3
Jacksonville, FL
October 19, 2026
Last heard
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at 1:11:03When we met, you had shown me the new state law, and I guess what I'm trying to get to with what you've heard on Councilmember Salem's amendment, and Ms. Shelby, this is a question for you.
at 1:11:33And through the chair to Dr. Salem, just one more time, your amendment is going to put the degree requirement, but will there also be language on or equivalent, or will that just be dropped essentially?
at 2:21:14And, again, I feel okay about that because we did lower the fiscal year 26-27 debt borrowing versus what was originally proposed in the budget as well by some changes we made in the finance committee.
at 2:24:11But like we've seen a lot of times, what they thought it may cost at the beginning of the year when they submitted it as a request turned out to be different than what the settled sales price for this piece of property will be.
at 49:49Similar to what Council Member Diamond said, I think our biggest concern, even though we're not doing an amendment or changing anything to the budget we're about to vote on,
at 50:17But we just want your word that as we're in this area of kind of looking at what the new project list should be, that we all agree as a Council, as a Board, that anything that hasn't started is not going to start during this time period.
at 1:44:26Okay, so District 7, you will work with the auditors, and there's a couple-way swap here going on CBA dollars for the tower, and then Mr. Peterson and his shop will help you with the debt proceeds.
at 1:48:03Correct, and I'll recognize you, Mr. Peterson, in a second, but, yeah, we will put out directions like we do every year on what the floor amendment process will be, and it's nearly always the final budget night because the first night, remember, is the tentative budget.
at 5:43Thank you colleagues for approving this resolution and Pastor Spike. We appreciate everything you've done.
at 6:26him and again just thank you for everything you've done here for your church and the citizens of Jacksonville.
at 34:52So, given that the HIC, it's their recommendation and they think it'll move faster, I'll support it then.
at 59:21it's the annual Travis Jeffries show. So, this will be our fourth time having, there's either five or six
at 37:58I just want to make sure we're not breaking that precedent by giving out any more money for this project that was not required by the contract.
at 42:09I listened to First Coast Connect for the first time ever last week, found out I'm going to be a finance chair, so looking forward to that as well.
at 1:05:14change from one year to another, uh, too significantly, and then, uh, 58% of our budget, which was the
at 1:22:07So through the Chair to Ms. Berchet, whatever advanced communications, conversations we can all have,