Incoming City Council President Greg Anderson will lean on experience to guide the work of the 19-member body next year.
Anderson informed council members of their committee assignments Monday, making four second-term members heads of standing committees.
Bill Gulliford will lead the Finance Committee; Matt Schellenberg will head Rules; Doyle Carter will rise to take over Recreation, Community Development, Public Health and Safety; while Reggie Brown returns as chair of Transportation, Energy and Utilities.
The lone new face leading a standing committee will be Scott Wilson, who will head Land Use & Zoning. Wilson is familiar with the position, having been council member Don Redman’s executive council assistant for eight years.
Anderson said he thought naming experienced committee chairs was important with 11 new members, but noted that several first-term members were picked as vice chairs. Doing so provides an opportunity to learn in a leadership role.
“They’re very bright, very energetic,” Anderson said of the new group.
An ad hoc committee tackling Jacksonville’s neighborhood blight also will return.
It will be headed by new council member Dennis Garrett. Anderson said he believes the ”amazing” work done by council member Denise Lee on the subject has paid “great dividends” and should continue to be a focus.
Anderson said he could add other subcommittees later dealing with JEA and solid waste. But, for now, he’s satisfied with how things have shaped up.
“I’m confident in this committee structure,” said Anderson. “We have some talented council members … and this allows each of them to show their leadership.”
Finance Committee
Gulliford, chair; Anna Brosche, vice chair; Danny Becton, Aaron Bowman, Lori Boyer, John Crescimbeni and Reggie Gaffney
Transportation, Energy and Utilities
Reggie Brown, chair; Tommy Hazouri, vice chair; Crescimbeni, Al Ferraro, Gaffney, Joyce Morgan and Scott Wilson
Recreation, Community Development, Public Health & Safety
Doyle Carter, chair; Sam Newby, vice chair; Katrina Brown, Reggie Brown, Garrett Dennis, Ferraro and Schellenberg
Rules
Schellenberg, chair; Jim Love, vice chair; Brosche, Carter, Garrett Dennis, Hazouri and Newby
Land Use and Zoning
Wilson, chair; Boyer, vice chair; Becton, Bowman, Katrina Brown, Love and Morgan
Special Ad Hoc Committee on Jacksonville’s Neighborhood Blight
Dennis, chair; Gulliford, vice chair; Katrina Brown, Crescimbeni, Ferraro, Hazouri and Morgan
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