Jacksonville City Council

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The Jacksonville City Council is the elected legislative body responsible for creating laws, setting policies, and overseeing the budget for the consolidated city-county government of Jacksonville, Florida.

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instanceOf city council ⓘ
local government body ⓘ
municipal legislative body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction residents of Jacksonville, Florida ⓘ
residents of unincorporated Duval County, Florida ⓘ
budgetFunction adopts annual operating budget ⓘ
adopts capital improvement program ⓘ
buildingLocation downtown Jacksonville, Florida ⓘ
composition elected council members ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
electionMethod popular vote ⓘ
governmentType consolidated city-county government legislature ⓘ
hasPart Council President ⓘ
Council Vice President ⓘ
at-large council members ⓘ
district council members ⓘ
interactsWith Duval County School Board ⓘ
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office ⓘ
Mayor of Jacksonville ⓘ
jurisdiction City of Jacksonville ⓘ
Duval County, Florida ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalBasis Jacksonville City Charter ⓘ
locatedIn Jacksonville, Florida ⓘ
meetsAt Jacksonville City Hall ⓘ
partOf Government of Jacksonville, Florida ⓘ
policyArea infrastructure and transportation policy in Jacksonville ⓘ
land use and zoning in Jacksonville ⓘ
local economic development policy in Jacksonville ⓘ
parks and recreation policy in Jacksonville ⓘ
public safety policy in Jacksonville ⓘ
power power to adopt resolutions ⓘ
power to override mayoral vetoes subject to charter rules ⓘ
power to pass ordinances ⓘ
responsibility adopting the city budget ⓘ
approving certain mayoral appointments ⓘ
enacting local laws and ordinances ⓘ
establishing local tax rates within its authority ⓘ
overseeing expenditures of Jacksonville’s consolidated government ⓘ
redistricting council districts after each decennial census ⓘ
setting public policy for Jacksonville’s consolidated government ⓘ
role legislative branch of Jacksonville’s consolidated government ⓘ
state Florida ⓘ
subjectOf local media coverage in Jacksonville ⓘ
supervises legislative staff of the council ⓘ
votingSystem citywide elections for at-large seats ⓘ
single-member districts for district seats ⓘ

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Jacksonville Super Bowl Host Committee → collaboratedWith → City of Jacksonville government ⓘ
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Jacksonville City Hall → houses → Jacksonville City Council offices ⓘ
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Jacksonville City Hall → associatedWith → Jacksonville City Council ⓘ
Jacksonville City Charter → governingBody → City Council of Jacksonville ⓘ
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Jacksonville City Charter → establishesOffice → Jacksonville City Council ⓘ
Government of Jacksonville, Florida → legislativeBody → Jacksonville City Council ⓘ