JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville City Council passed Mayor Donna Deegan’s $1.9 billion budget, which focuses on issues like addressing public safety and homelessness. The billion-dollar budget passed with a 16 to 1 vote on Tuesday but the approval did come without heated discussion. There was a lot of back and forth between council members surrounding one amendment that would reintroduce a staff position that was eliminated in the mayor’s office.