that the employer’s Social Security contribution would be subtracted from the 25% contribution to the defined contribution retirement plan. Pursuant to the Council Rules regarding chairmanship of the Committee of the Whole, the Council agreed to allow President Boyer to continue to act as the Chair for the remainder of the meeting while debate and votes on bills take place. Mr. Gabriel said that the on-file documents attached to the City collective bargaining agreements are unchanged from the time of filing. Jody Brooks of the General Counsel stated that the on-file documents for the JEA collective bargaining agreements are substantively unchanged from the filed versions except for being the clean versions rather than the red-lined versions as filed. 2017-246 (approving collective bargaining agreement between JEA and Professional Employees Association) Motion: amend to attach Revised On File Agreement (signed and executed version) – approved unanimously. Motion: approve 2017-246 as amended – approved unanimously. 2017-247 (approving collective bargaining agreement between JEA and AFSCME Local 429) Motion: to attach Revised On File Agreement (signed and executed version) – approved unanimously. Motion: approve 2017-247 as amended – approved unanimously. 2017-248 (approving collective bargaining agreement between JEA and JEA Supervisors Association) Motion: amend to attach Revised On File Agreement (signed and executed version) – approved unanimously. Motion: approve 2017-248 as amended – approved unanimously. 2017-249 (approving collective bargaining agreement between JEA and LIUNA Local 530) Motion: amend to attach Revised On File Agreement (signed and executed version) – approved unanimously. Motion: approve 2017-249 as amended – approved unanimously. 2017-250 (approving collective bargaining agreement between JEA and IBEW 2358) Motion: amend to attach Revised On File Agreement (signed and executed version) – approved unanimously. Motion: approve 2017-250 as amended – approved unanimously. 2017-251 (approving 3 collective bargaining agreements between the City and FOP Lodge 5-30) Motion: approve 2017-251 – approved unanimously.
2017-252 (approving collective bargaining agreement between the City and IAFF 122) Motion: approve 2017-252 – approved unanimously. 2017-253 (approving collective bargaining agreement between the City and Communications Workers of America) Motion: approve 2017-253 – approved unanimously. 2017-254 (approving collective bargaining agreement between the City and AFSCME) Motion: approve 2017-254 – approved unanimously. 2017-255 (approving collective bargaining agreement between the City and Jax Supervisors Association) Motion: approve 2017-255 – approved unanimously. 2017-256 (approving collective bargaining agreement between the City and LIUNA Local 630) Motion: approve 2017-256 – approved unanimously. 2017-257 (levying a ½ cent pension liability sales surtax) Motion: approve the Council Auditor’s 4 amendments marked on the agenda margin (corrects title of Sec. 776.104; inserts the word “year” in Sec. 776.105; adds sales tax growth rate of 4.25%; clarifies which fiscal year is impacted by a change in the growth rate) - approved unanimously. Motion (Anderson): the bill to require a super-majority (13) vote of the Council to increase the sales tax assumed growth rate above 4.25% - the motion was tabled. Motion (Hazouri): amend the bill to require the Council to approve the sales tax assumed growth rate each year by October 31st – approved unanimously. The Anderson amendment was removed from the and debated. The Anderson amendment was approved. The President directed that all the amendments be rolled into one. 2017-257 was approved unanimously as amended. 2017-258 (amend Ordinance Code Chapter 120 to close the defined benefit pension plans and create defined contribution retirement plans) Motion: approve the substitute to 2017-258 as shown on the marked agenda (clarifies language for active employee death/disability program and the portion of employer and employee contributions as a funding source; clarifies that employees hired prior to October 1, 2017 will still have the options to switch between the DB and DC plans after September 30, 2017 in limited circumstances; inserts “five” as the floor for the liquidity ratio left blank in the bill as filed; inserts minimum dollar contribution amounts for General Employees and Corrections Officers that were left blank in the bill as filed; clarifies the basis for