Daily Record FINANCIAL NEWS &
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2017
VOL. 104, NO. 191 • ONE SECTION
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MAYOR CURRY’S CITY BUDGET
THE SCRUTINY BEGINS BUDGET STORYLINES Police & Fire Budgets for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department include money for new positions, and upgrades to technology and equipment. The fire department would like to build two fire stations, while the sheriff’s office would like to add 80 officers. Both budgets will see relief from pension reform passed this year.
Demolishing old City Hall and County Courthouse In an attempt to remove blight Downtown, Mayor Lenny Curry proposes to raze the former City Hall building and old Duval County Courthouse on Bay Street. The cost, $8 million, will be debated when City Council members on the Finance Committee look over the Capital Improvement Program on Aug. 23.
Parks & Recreation Jacksonville’s parks and public spaces could receive more financial attention from the mayor’s budget, including $500,000 for new cameras and enhanced lighting. Through Curry’s Safer Neighborhoods Investment Plan, city pools could be retrofitted for year-round use.
What to expect as the City Council Finance Committee begins to review the mayor’s 2017-18 budget. By David Cawton Staff Writer Starting Thursday, the City Council Finance Committee is scheduled to dissect Mayor Lenny Curry’s proposed $1.273 billion budget line by line. The seven-member committee, chaired by Garrett Dennis, will review Curry’s general revenue budget during at least seven daylong public hearings at City Hall. That proposed budget is up 6.33 percent from
this year’s $1.198 billion. Council members Dennis, Vice Chair Danny Becton, Lori Boyer, Katrina Brown, Reggie Brown, Matt Schellenberg and Reggie Gaffney comprise the committee. The 9 a.m.-5 p.m. hearings are scheduled Thursday, Friday, Aug. 17-18, Aug. 23-25 and, if needed, Aug. 26, a Saturday. Meetings could last beyond 5 p.m. Representatives from city departments, BUDGET
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The process begins Thursday The City Council Finance Committee will begin debating the budgets for the city’s departments, boards, commissions and capital improvement projects proposed by Curry. For the 2017-18 fiscal year, Curry has proposed a $1.273 billion budget, a 6.33 percent increase from this year. Meetings are scheduled for Thursday, Friday, Aug. 17-18 and 23-25.
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Benco Dental Supply Co. filling Tradeport building Dental supplier almost doubling in size, will add employees. PUBLIC
Benco Dental Supply Co. will almost double the size of its Southeast distribution center when it moves from Westside Industrial Park to Jacksonville International Tradeport. Asked about a move to the Tradeport, spokeswoman Rachel Pugh said by email that Benco Dental leases 70,000 square feet and will move to the
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124,000-square-foot building in February. Dallas-based Jackson-Shaw developed the 124,000-squarefoot International 3 building at 13525 International Parkway. Jackson-Shaw also developed the 54,000-square-foot International 4 building at 13475 International Parkway that will be leased by Ecolab Inc.
Ecolab will be expanding into that building in September. It already leases a building next door. Benco Dental will relocate from 8291 Forshee Drive, No. 4, in Westside Industrial Park. It has 33 employees and three field-service technicians, four sales representatives and two equipment specialists in the
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Jacksonville market. The spokeswoman said Benco Dental expects to add five associates over the next two years. Pittston, Pennsylvania-based Benco Dental distributes dental supplies and equipment. It is privately held and was established in 1930 by Benjamin Cohen and MATHIS
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