• A group of local business leaders is organizing Cygnet Private Bank, a privately-owned, independent bank targeting high net worth individuals, which will be based in Ponte Vedra Beach. Organizers include Luther Coggin, Gasper Lazzara, Rodney McLauchlan, Guy Nix and Charlie Tomm. Nix, former president and CEO of Ponte Vedra National Bank and executive vice president of SunTrust Bank, North Florida, will serve as the new bank’s president and CEO. They expect to open by the end of the year.
• Starting today, the London Bridge Pub will deliver food orders throughout downtown. A new summer menu also makes its debut today.
• Couple of additions and a change for the law firm of Edwards & Cohen, P.A. Gregory Dawson and Karl Sanders have joined the firm as shareholders and the firm has a new name: Edwards, Cohen, Sanders & Dawson, P.A.
• Sheriff-elect John Rutherford visited the General Counsel’s Office Tuesday morning. No problems, he just want to meet-and-greet the staffers.
• Gretchin Brantley, who was last seen holding a sign near downtown in an effort to find work, says her luck may be changing. Since last week, Brantley has received more than 60 responses by e-mail and phone and has already started arranging meetings. Not every response was for an interview, however. Several calls were from people in the same field who wanted her leftovers.
• He may not be out of office yet, but Mayor John Delaney is already looking more relaxed. Said the outgoing mayor, who was dressed in khakis and a polo shirt at the Brewer Center’s $1 million check reception: “You can tell I’m a lame duck. Four years ago I would have been wearing a suit and tie.” For more on the Brewer Center, see page 3.
• There are only 300 items left on the punch list for the new Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville. Not too bad considering the original punch list had 3,500 items.
• Better Jacksonville roadwork update: approximately 1,064 miles of streets have been resurfaced and 58 miles of sidewalks completed.
• The Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art’s Cafe NoLa is hosting a wine tasting on Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. Cost is $5 per person.
• There’s a bill working its way through City Council that affects what Council members have to declare as gifts. The amended ordinance would change the threshold for gift reporting from greater than $100 to greater than $25.
• The City and Iron Mountain, Inc. have reached a $182,500 settlement in Iron Mountain’s suit against the City. The suit was a dispute over fees for storage of public records.
• Mayor John Delaney will participate in one more big Better Jacksonville Plan event before leaving office. On June 19 at 10:30 a.m. he’ll host a topping off celebration of the new Cecil Equestrian Center and Recreation Complex at Cecil Commerce Center. Per tradition, Delaney will place an evergreen on the last steel girder as it is set.
• Former mayor’s office executive and current Dalton Agency VP Michael Munz has resigned as the Republican Party of Florida State Committeeman for Duval County.
• According to City officials, all six new branch libraries will be completed during the next fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1. No word on exactly when, but the branches are: East Regional, South Mandarin, University Park, Argyle, Maxville and West Regional. The new branches and renovations to another dozen are being funded by $55 million from the Better Jacksonville Plan.