• The City Council will join Mayor John Peyton and his predecessor, John Delaney, Sept. 22, for a three-hour workshop on the new Duval County Courthouse. Susan Wiles, the mayor’s special initiatives and communication chief, said the workshop would answer Council questions regarding the courthouse, which is now projected to run about $40 million over budget.
• The Oak Ridge Boys, who have opened every show on their current concert tour with the National Anthem, will sing the Anthem before the Jags home opener Sunday against the Buffalo Bills. Halftime entertainment is a celebration of 1950s rock and roll. The Oak Ridge Boys are also performing Sunday night at the Florida Theatre.
• Mark Middlebrook has signed a one-year contract with the City to help acquire the final pieces of land for the Preservation Project. Middlebrook oversaw the project, which buys developable land to conserve for parks, for former mayor John Delaney. He left the position shortly after Mayor John Peyton took office.
• Kelly Mathis has opened the Law Offices of Kelly B. Mathis at 225 Water St., Suite 1280.
• Monday was the first day on the job at Akerman Senterfitt for Sam Maroon. He comes to the firm after four years with Moseley, Warren, Prichard & Parrish. Maroon will concentrate on labor and employment matters and commercial litigation.
• Katie Lee has joined the firm of Liles, Gavin, Costantino & Murphy. She was prosecuting cases in one of the repeat offenders division when she left the State Attorney’s Office. Liles, Gavin is mainly involved in commercial litigation, she said, but the firm has “an extremely diversified practice.”
• The Council’s Audit Committee meeting scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday has been moved to 9 a.m. Why? The meeting is expected to run a little long because a discussion of the new county courthouse has been added to the agenda.
• Seats are still available for The Moody Blues concert Nov. 4 at The Florida Theatre. Ticket sales have been brisk, but they’re not sold out yet.
• Volunteers in Medicine will show off its Duval Street facility with a Friday afternoon reception.
• Looking way ahead: the city’s “Jacksonville Day” lobbying trip to Tallahassee is Mar. 25.