Jacksonville Ethics Officer Budget Hearing Saturday

Saturday, August 29 is the day when the Jacksonville City Council's finance committee will consider the budget for the city's ethics office, a big $95,000. There has been talk of using the city's budget crisis to get rid of the ethics office, but the newspapers and the city's civic organizations want to preserve the office.

The city's ethics officer, who will be making a presentation, is Carla Miller, president of City Ethics. The budget hearing can be viewed live on Saturday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (break from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.) at http://media.coj.net/COJCouncil. Minutes will be available a few days later at http://www.coj.net/City+Council/BudgetHearings.htm.