The money is typically in the budget. But this year, the measure was not in the final spending plan, leading to a push to move the funding through in one cycle of committee hearings and a full Council vote.<\/p>\n
The Finance Committee likewise voted in support of the proposal, but not without questions about records.<\/p>\n
Council Auditor Phillip Peterson said the Chamber currently reports quarterly on what they\u2019ve done to market Jacksonville in accordance with their services contract, rather than submitting receipts to show how money is spent in the way that nonprofits getting grants must.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe it\u2019s a three- to four-page document and how much they spent to accomplish that goal,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cIt\u2019s just here\u2019s what we did during the quarter, and here\u2019s how much it cost us, and that\u2019s the report that the city receives. It\u2019s not a very extremely detailed report.\u201d<\/p>\n Republican Rory Diamond, who said he supported and liked the Chamber, said he was \u201cuncomfortable\u201d with the lesser reporting threshold than public service grants have, and suggested the contract can be changed to impose the same requirements on money for the Chamber as grant recipients have to follow.<\/p>\n For Diamond, it\u2019s about \u201cincreased transparency for nonprofits.\u201d<\/p>\n Republican\u00a0Nick Howland wanted to ensure that receipts and invoices \u201cdidn\u2019t present an undue burden\u201d on JAXUSA<\/a>, the marketing arm of the Chamber.<\/p>\n Assured by a representative of the group that they could do so, Howland said he could support an amendment accommodating Diamond\u2019s concerns.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/KatCammack-DigitalAds-floridaPolitics-2025-728x90-1.jpg\")
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