Votes at a glance: finance committee approves multiple budget, CIP and East Side substitute items

The Finance Committee on Feb. 3 approved multiple amendments and bills. Key votes recorded in committee:

- 20260039 — Amendment carried; bill approved as amended (recorded 5–0).
- 20260040 — Amendment carried; bill approved as amended (recorded 5–0).
- Stair Road/Yellow Bluff Road CIP amendment (budget transfer) — Amendment carried; bill approved as amended (recorded 5–0). The neighborhood amendment revises funding sources and redirects $1,230,034 to the Stair Road/Yellow Bluff Road intersection project.
- 20260003 — Amendment carried; bill approved (recorded 5–0).
- 20260004 (Neighborhoods amendment requiring City Council approval for expenditures over $100,000) — Amendment carried; bill as amended approved (recorded 5–0).
- 20260030 — Amendment carried; bill approved (recorded 5–2).
- 20260032 (Waterways grants; Florida Inland Navigation District) — After Q&A on three projects (downtown dredging, Sisters Creek dock/transient facilities, TK Stokes bulkhead replacement), bill approved (recorded 5–0).
- 20260033, 20260034, 20260035 — Approved (recorded 5–0 for each).
- 20260036 (Neighborhood substitute adopting the opioid model, rolled up with auditor-recommended amendments) — Approved as substituted (recorded 5–1). The substitute adopted the opioid model, shifted oversight to Grants and Contract Compliance Division, clarified administrative cost treatment, refined eligibility and evaluation criteria, and set timing and payment rules for capital grants.
- 20260038 — Motion to drop/withdraw approved (recorded 6–0).
- 20260042 — Approved (recorded 6–0).
- 20260043 — Approved (recorded 5–1).

All items showing vote tallies in the committee were recorded from the committee ballot as announced at the meeting. Items listed as deferred or on second reading were not decided at this session. The committee adjourned after completing the agenda.