I hope everyone is aware of the finance committee debates about Public Service Grant funding for nonprofits in Jacksonville. As a newbie to city government myself, I am still learning about the effect of Governor Christ's property tax cuts on local budgets and city services. Here is a super quick synopsis.
In July, the Florida Legislature passed a bill that will require cities throughout Florida to rollback city budgets to the 2006-7 fiscal year amount. Added to the COJ's existing deficit, this legislation will create a $65 million shortfall in Jacksonville's city budget. The Mayor proposed a budget that would cut department budgets by 10% while adding fees for trash, storm runoff, etc. Visit coj.net to see the Mayor's entire presentation. Currently, City Council is "ripping to shreds" the Mayor's proposed budget. A final budget must be past by October 1, 2007.
The finance committee meeting to discuss Public Service Grants will be held Thursday, August 23 from 9-12pm at City Hall. Over $11 million in PSG funds are in jeopardy of being lost to offset the deficit. Visit helpsaveourcity.com
for more information about what Jacksonville will lose as a result of Christ's property tax legislation.
6 comments:
I heard on NPR a couple of weeks ago that the average annual saving will be about $127.00 per houshold per year.
The region that will see major differences is South Florida.
this makes me sick
thaks for posting this! Really Important!
it's a really cool site too.
you can email the entir city council with one form here:
http://helpsaveourcity.com/contact_council.html
check it out.
Please go to the link
http://helpsaveourcity.com/
that is on the orriginal post. There is an
easy form to send to your representative.
(as Byron said)
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