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DEEGAN’S FIRST BUDGET IS A $1.75 BILLION PLAN
INSIDE
RESTAURANTS
How a phone call led to Angie’s Subs landing at JIA PAGE 3
$1.75 billion*
WHAT’S TRENDING
TIAA Bank is no more: EverBank has come back PAGE 2
City of Jacksonville
The mayor makes her mark with resiliency and infrastructure priorities on the proposed fiscal year 2023-24 spending plan. BY MIKE MENDENHALL ASSOCIATE EDITOR
When the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee gavels in the first of seven budget hearings Aug. 8, its members will vet a proposed record $1.75 billion city budget and the third-most expensive Capital Improvement Plan in the past decade at $406 million. In the weeks after her election and in her first 17 days in office, Mayor Donna Deegan worked to put her stamp on a city budget that was well underway before she took office July 1.
Chris Hand, a government law attorney who served four years as former Mayor Alvin Brown’s chief of staff, said the two-week window after taking office for an incoming mayor to file a budget means it is a hybrid of Deegan’s spending priorities and a framework drafted by former Mayor Lenny Curry’s administration. Hand said it’s notable that Deegan was able to insert $10 million in unrestricted funding for infrastructure resiliency efforts in addition to $75 million for specific resilience SEE BUDGET, PAGE 7
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INSIDE: THE BREAKDOWN Where it goes: Chart shows where the city is spending money, how it compares with last year. Page 6 Road repairs No. 1: A list of the Top 25 Capital Improvement Projects. Page 6
$406 million*
Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan announced her proposed budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year to a special meeting of City Council on July 17.
Spending highlights: Millions for public safety, ballpark. Page 6
Landstar sees the trend of weak demand continue Jacksonville trucking firm says “it is difficult to forecast truckload volume levels beyond the next few months as future economic conditions are very unpredictable.” PAGE 4
Flying Fish Taphouse owner Jim Franks buys the legendary restaurant, plans to rebuild and reopen it. PAGE 12
Jacksonville Daily Record honored
General budget
THE BASCH REPORT
Clark’s Fish Camp will return
AWARDS
Capital Improvement Plan
*Proposed spending plan
RESTAURANTS
2023-24
Staff collects nine awards for editorial and advertising excellence at the Florida Media Conference. PAGE 14 LAW & THE COURTS
JU College of Law nearing year two The second class for the school comprises 27 students with all first-year members returning as well. PAGE 18
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