Sec. 80.104. - Organization and proceedings.

(a) Officers. (1) The PSG Council select a chairperson and any other positions from among its members to serve for a one-year term commencing in January and may create and fill such other offices as it may deem necessary or desirable. (b) Rules of procedure. The PSG Council shall establish rules of procedure necessary to its governing and the conduct of its affairs, consistent with the applicable provisions of the Ordinance Code. (c) Voting; quorum. All decisions and recommendations of the PSG Council shall require a concurring vote of a majority of the members present. A majority of the current membership of the PSG Council, excluding vacant seats, shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of meetings and transacting business. A vacancy shall not impair the ability of a majority of the remaining members to execute all the duties and perform all the functions of the PSG Council. (d) Administrative support. The PSG Council shall receive staff support from the Grants and Contract Compliance Division. (e) Meetings. The PSG Council shall meet at least monthly. All meetings shall be open to the public, but these are not public hearings; the public does not have a right to speak but may be invited to speak by the chair or any member of the PSG Council. (f) Notice. Notice of meetings shall be posted at least two days in advance on the City of Jacksonville web events calendar. No other advertisement or notification is required. (g) Compensation. Members shall serve without compensation, pension or retirement benefits; however members may be compensated for travel expenses as provided in Chapter 106 , Part 7, Ordinance Code. (h) Compliance. The PSG Council shall be subject to the provisions of F.S. Chapter 112, Part III, and Chapters 50, 58 and 602, Ordinance Code, except as may be otherwise set forth in this Chapter. (i) Annual Training Requirement. In November of each year, the PSG Council members shall attend and complete a minimum two-hour annual training course ("Annual Training Course"), which training course shall include, without limitation, instruction on (i) Most Vulnerable Persons and Needs recommendations; (ii) the eligibility qualifications for Public Service Grants; (iii) the Public Service Grant application requirements; (iv) the review, scoring and evaluation of Public Service Grant applications; and (v) limitations on funding allocations. In order to review, evaluate and score Public Service Grant applications each year, PSG Council members must attend and complete the Annual Training Course. The Annual Training Course shall be conducted by the Office of General Counsel, the Grant Administrator, or his or her designee, and may include other organizations specialized in grant writing and grant review, provided that any such organization participating in the course shall be ineligible to apply for a Public Service Grant in the same fiscal year that such training occurs. The Annual Training Course shall be conducted twice in November and Public Service Grant Council members may attend either course to meet the requirement under this Section. The Grant Administrator shall notify and invite the assigned City Council Member liaison to the Annual Training Course. The Grant Administrator shall maintain records regarding each Public Service Grant member's compliance with this Section and shall notify both the Mayor's Office and the City Council of any PSG Council members who fail to attend and participate in the annual training course. (Ord. 2016-56-E , § 1; Ord. 2019-210-E , § 1; Ord. 2021-851-E , § 1; Ord. 2023-33-E , § 6)