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04:43 PM EST Share The utility’s board of directors also is monitoring Plant Vogtle delays but expect a “neutral” impact on residential electric rates in 2022. The JEA board of directors scheduled a public rate hearing for Aug. 24 where it is expected to vote on the first water, sewer and irrigation capacity fee increases in 15 years, affecting builders and customers connecting to the city-owned utility’s system. The board also will vote on adjustments to electric rates, but JEA CEO Jay Stowe said at the June 22 board meeting that the changes will have a “net neutral” impact and not raise the average residential customer’s bill in fiscal year 2022.
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05:20 AM EST Share President Tom VanOsdol says the system plans to expand clinical offerings, add offices and improve telehealth services. Ascension Florida and Gulf Coast President Tom VanOsdol said the pandemic, which shut down the economy a year ago, didn’t keep the health system from moving forward with expansion projects and executing strategic goals. If anything, Ascension St. Vincent’s is as busy as ever. As the hospital moves away from COVID management, it intends to develop a hospital in St. Johns County, expand ambulatory and satellite campuses and provide new services, VanOsdol said. “We’re committed to growth and continuing to invest,” he said. “We haven’t shelved any plans and we haven’t pulled back on any capital investment. We want to be here to meet the long-term needs of the individuals.”
For at least two decades, the CEOs of Duval County's hospitals have gotten together for monthly meetings — occasions to swap notes, share experiences, figure out what works and what doesn’t. They’re competitors, and they don’t lose sight of that. But that kind of sharing is helpful even in the best of times. And in the worst of times? It was, they say, a lifesaver, many times over. In a Zoom interview with The Times-Union, the CEOs of Jacksonville's hospitals said their regular meetings left their institutions well-equipped to coordinate health care, from early testing to recent vaccinations, as the COVID-19 pandemic struck the area.
08:13 PM EST Share The publicly owned utility’s vice chair is the first member appointed under a process approved by voters in November. The Regency Group Inc. President Bobby Stein will remain on the JEA board of directors. The Jacksonville City Council voted 19-0 as part of the consent agenda Feb. 9 to reappoint Stein to his first full term on the municipal water and electric utility board through February 2025. Council President Tommy Hazouri and the five JEA labor unions nominated Stein in January for reappointment. He is the first JEA board member nominated and reappointed under the utility’s new board selection process.