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The winding journey for a proposed doubling of Jacksonvilles local gas tax is nearing the end of its trip through City Council and headed toward likely passage with support from at least 11 council members, based on their public comments through Tuesday. Council will meet Wednesday for a special meeting devoted to the gas tax legislation and a final vote by the 19-member body. Ten council members have taken public stances in solid support for the tax increase while five council members have ...

Jacksonville City Council voted 14-5 to double local gas tax. Council rejected attempt to strip $247 million Skyway conversion from list of projects

The Jacksonville City Council voted 14 to 5 Wednesday to pass the local option gas tax increase, slated to fund more than $900 million in infrastructure projects.

For the first time in the 53-year history of Jacksonville and Duval County’s consolidated government, City Council will be led by two African American lawmakers.  The 19-member Council chose at-large members Sam Newby and Terrance Freeman on May 25 as president and vice president for its 2021-22 year, starting July 1. Council members unanimously chose Vice President Newby as president. He ran unopposed. Newby, 57, is a second-term Republican elected to the Council’s Group 5 At-Large seat i...

Council member Danny Becton, who opposes increasing the gas tax, said the Jacksonvilles growth keeps generating tax money that city leaders can use for infrastructure needs. "It certainly validates the fact that our city continues to receive additional revenue increases every year as our city continues to grow," Becton said. "At some point, when is enough enough in terms of asking the taxpayers to pony up revenue?" Mayor Lenny Curry, who proposed the gas tax increase, has said that while t...

Final vote on Jacksonville gas tax expected next week after committee approves bill with some changes One council member says they are not all there yet on approving the gas tax increase up to 12 cents. Author: Troy Kless (First Coast News) Published: 7:22 PM EDT May 19, 2021 Updated: 7:25 PM EDT May 19, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An extra six cents of gas tax is one step closer to becoming reality in Duval County. On Wednesday, a committee of th...

The Jacksonville City Council on May 19 earmarked $132 million for the 30-mile Emerald Trail network in a bill that would increase Duval County’s local option gasoline tax. The Council’s 13-6 vote moves the legislation from the Committee of the Whole, setting up a final vote at a special meeting May 26 on Mayor Lenny Curry’s proposal to increase Duval County’s gas tax from 6 cents to 12 cents per gallon to pay for nearly $1 billion in infrastructure projects. Council member Matt Carlucc...

There is a potential solution in the works for the thousands of missed trash complaints that have come to the city of Jacksonville for at least two years. But that potential solution has become a problem unto itself for hundreds of homeowners.

Jobs announcement showcases Daniel Davis ahead of expected Jacksonville mayoral bid Daniel Davis is not running for Mayor ... yet. In Northeast Florida, the mosaic of the 2023 mayoral picture continues to take shape. Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce CEO  Daniel Davis has been on hand for many endorsement events and business development announcements over the years, but Thursday was in the new context of his expected entry into the mayoral race. Despite polling at just 6% in the only public p...

Jacksonville City Council modifies gas tax hike, sets stage for full council vote Jacksonville council member vote to include Emerald Trail in $1 billion infrastructure program Lexi Suda, Producer Updated:  Tags:  Councilwoman Randy DeFoor speaks at special City Council meeting discussing proposed gas tax increse to pay for infrastruction projects. (COJ.net) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville City Council, meeting Wednesday as a committee-of-the-whole on the proposed $1 billion gas tax incre...