• If you are interested in helping the United States land the 2018 or 2022 World Cup — and Jacksonville get matches — there’s an on-line petition. Go to www.gousabid.com/jacksonville.
• City Council will consider four appointments for full-time City positions: Jeff Beck as deputy director of Public Works, Lawrence Theriault as chief of right-of-way and grounds maintenance in Public Works, Fred Forbes as chief of solid waste and Dr. Max Solano as division chief of health services for the sheriff’s office.
• Speaking of Council, through resolution it will honor Jacksonville University on its 75th anniversary.
• Steve Nichols is up for a second term as a member of the Jacksonville Waterways Commission. His term will expire Oct. 31, 2012.
• Unforeseen judicial vacancies have created the need for extra funding for the court system. Mayor John Peyton is sponsoring legislation that would approve $63,000 to pay senior judges to hear cases. That money will come from the courts innovations/judicial support account.
• The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission will provide $184,242 for a 26-foot boat for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. The JSO’s Waterborne Response Team for Domestic Security will use the boat.
• Lee’s ice cream in Atlantic Beach near Ragtime has closed. The last day was Sunday. An employee said the new owners may keep it an ice cream store, but that decision isn’t final yet. The store was selling cones for $2 Sunday to sell as much inventory as possible.
• Visit Jacksonville will hold their annual meeting Nov. 18 at Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville. Networking starts at 3 p.m. and Paco Saldana of the U.S Travel Association is the guest speaker.
• The University of North Florida is holding its second “market day” Wednesday at the Student Union Osprey Plaza from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The event is open to the public and free but you’ll need to buy a $3 parking pass. The school will do it again Nov. 18.
• It might technically be the offseason now for the Jacksonville Suns, but the work doesn’t really stop for the team’s officials. They’ll have a press conference Wednesday to announce upcoming changes for the 2010 season, including color and uniform changes.
• Speaking of the Suns, they open the 2010 season — and the defense of their Southern League title — April 8 at home against West Tennessee.
• Gov. Charlie Crist today announced the following reappointments and appointments of nine people for Board of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services. Two of the nine people appointed are from Jacksonville. Joseph “Jody” Brandenburg, 66, is president of Hardage-Giddens Funeral Homes and Cemeteries and was appointed for a term from Oct. 16 to Sept. 13, 2013. Virginia “Ginny” Taylor, 52, is president of Oaklawn Cemetery Association and appointed for a term from Oct. 16 to Sept. 30, 2011.
• The Jacksonville Coastal Cleanup, the Sept. 19 citywide volunteer effort to improve our waterways, was a success. Individuals, families, students, scouts, businesses and other organizations spent time that morning collecting litter. This year 587 volunteers contributed 1,193 hours and collected 10,880 pounds of bagged litter. Since 1999, 4,050 event volunteers have logged 9,476 hours and have collected 128,000 pounds of litter through the annual event.
• Worker’s compensation attorneys with the Friends of 440 Scholarship Fund will be battling it out over the Fourth Annual Dan Wiser Cup Kickball Tournament and Family Cookout Sunday from 1-4 p.m. at Murray Hill Park. The proceeds will go to scholarships for the children of injured workers and others. For more information please contact Andy Goshen at 502-4712.