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The government of Jacksonville is organized under the city charter and provides for a "strong" mayor–council system. The most notable feature of the government in Jacksonville, Florida , is that it is consolidated with Duval County , which the jurisdictions agreed to in the 1968 Jacksonville Consolidation .
Its county seat is Jacksonville, with which the Duval County government has been consolidated since 1968. [6] Duval County was established in 1822 and is named for William Pope Duval, Governor of Florida Territory from 1822 to 1834. Duval County is the central county of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The Jacksonville City Council is the legislative governing body of the city of Jacksonville, Florida and of Duval County, [1] with which the City of Jacksonville consolidated in 1968. The council meets in its chambers at Jacksonville City Hall, 117 W. Duval St.
The Jacksonville city budget has to be adopted by June 30, but city manager Richard Woodruff said the city council plans to adopt on June 7. Jacksonville government: Here's what to know about the ...
Jacksonville also has several quasi-independent government agencies which only nominally answer to the consolidated authority, including electric authority, port authority, transportation authority, housing authority and airport authority. The main environmental and agricultural body is the Duval County Soil and Water Conservation District ...
In 1967 a mandate was given by residents of Jacksonville and Duval County with 65 percent of the votes cast in favor of consolidating the city (Jacksonville Police Department) and county governments (Duval County Sheriff's Office). On October 1, 1968, the two governmental bodies were replaced with "a single unified government".
He was the "key architect of Jacksonville's consolidated government", transition coordinator and chief administrative officer following consolidation. [9] Claude Yates was among the 50 business and civic leaders invited to participate; elected officials and government employees were intentionally excluded.
The Jacksonville Port Authority (JPA) also known by its brand name, JAXPORT, is the independent government agency in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, that owns and operates much of the seaport system at the Port of Jacksonville.