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BUSINESS & LEGAL NEWS IN BAKER, CLAY, DUVAL, NASSAU AND ST. JOHNS COUNTIES
CITY GOVERNMENT
WHAT’S IN THE MAYOR’S $24.2M TASK FORCE BUDGET
INSIDE
THE MATHIS REPORT
Reports show Sam’s Club is tenant for warehouse PAGE 4
DEVELOPMENT
Beach Road Chicken Dinners is demolished
YOUTH & FAMILIES Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan’s proposed Task Force Budget includes $5.87 million for youth and families, including after-school, youth civic engagement and more.
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The Mayoral Task Force budget, developed after numerous community meetings, prioritizes city projects and initiatives.
BY DAN MACDONALD STAFF WRITER
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acksonville Mayor Donna Deegan’s Mayoral Task Force budget includes more than $24 million for projects and initiatives around the city, including preparing swimming pools for the summer, providing services to the homeless and boosting small businesses. The funds are primarily from the general fund and leftover federal coronavirus pandemic money that
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must be spent on qualifying initiatives. The City Council is expected to vote on about $23 million of the expenditures by year-end. The administration is drafting the legislation that it wants to file by Nov. 8. City Council President Ron Salem will then assign the bills to the appropriate committees, where they will be examined and amendments may be offered.
RESTAURANTS
SEE THE BUDGET Chart offers a lineby-line breakdown of Mayor Donna Deegan’s proposed $24.221 million Mayoral Task Force budget. Page 7
SEE BUDGET, PAGE 6
Two area Burger Kings close Restaurant on East State Street opened in 1985 and on Kings Road in 2004. PAGE 13 WHAT’S TRENDING
Chick-fil-A may hatch in Nocatee Pre-application files for the fast-food franchise off Crosswater Parkway. PAGE 2
THE BASCH REPORT
CITY GOVERNMENT
Redlining settlement not in Ameris Bank earnings report
Fackler advances as top attorney
The $9 million settlement includes $7.5 million for a loan subsidy fund that is a small percentage of Ameris’ total loan portfolio, which the bank reported at $20.2 billion as of Sept. 30. PAGE 10
Michael Fackler, acting city general counsel since Sept. 29, is recommended for permanent appointment. PAGE 8
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