Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. A majority of the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee came into day one of its review of Mayor Donna Deegan’s $2 billion city budget determined to find cuts.
By 3:30 p.m., the committee had voted 7-1 to hit pause on half the proposed funding for Public Service Grants and the Cultural Council, and stripped $4.9 million in new spending proposed for the mayor’s proposed public housing trust fund.
Committee Chair Will Lahnen and council President Nick Howland said before Tuesday’s meeting that they wanted to fund only what is determined by the committee as core city services…