The chief of Jacksonville’s Building Inspection Division is stepping down after 20 years of service in city government.
Joshua Gideon, who has led the division for more than five years after starting as a field inspector and coming up through the ranks, said March 3 he was leaving to pursue a new opportunity within another local government.
He said his decision also was based on a city policy that allows employees ages 55 and older with 20 years of experience to receive a stepped-up level of retirement benefits.