Replacing a board member who is the first member to ask any critical questions in years just before getting replaced by a long-time local politician? On paper, that doesn't sound good at all - in fact seems like a blocking play w/ Desantis' recent appointments.
So Hayward is now removed from the JTA website, replaced with Brown. There are only 2 officers on the board with the chair and the treasurer position vacant.
The last meeting didn't start with a quorum, so only the Pledge of Allegiance and staff awards could be conducted until someone joined late to establish the quorum. The DeSantis appointees apparently were not present for the February or March meetings, and, shockingly, neither was the District 2 secretary.
Last meeting, the questions Hayward asked in the February meeting were addressed. A second legal opinion was sought on whether there was a conflict of interest with Wallace voting for JAXUSA budget items, which supported the original opinion. There was a word salad answer that ridership numbers the board gets could be +/- 2,000 and whether or not they are or should be amended.
Hayward posed a question why executives don't have a hard cap on tuition reimbursement like what is imposed on non-executive employees. Additionally, since the employees receive the reimbursement, it counts as earned income, whereas executive tuition is paid directly to the school with no tax liability.
