The Jacksonville Mayor issued an executive order encouraging financial training for city board appointees and certification of financial submissions by agency CEOs.
Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan signed the executive order that encourages every appointee to a City board, commission, and independent agency to complete training in governance, audits, ethics, and public finance. The order also calls on each independent agency’s chief executive to certify the financial information the agency submits to the city.
The North Florida mayor announced she will work with the Jacksonville City Council to turn these standards into binding requirements through the legislative process…