Eastside Grants Program Grant Appeals Board; Appeals Procedure.
Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 118.915
in effectSec. 118.915. - Eastside Grants Program Grant Appeals Board; Appeals Procedure.
(a) Appeals Board Responsibility; Composition. The Eastside Grants Program Grants Appeals Board (the "Appeals Board") shall hear and make final determinations on all appeals made by requesting organizations pursuant to this Section. The Appeals Board shall consist of three members: (i) the Chair of Committee, (ii) the Manager, and (iii) the Chief of Procurement, or his or her designee. The Manager shall be the Chair of the Appeals Board.
(b) Notice of Meetings; Standard of Review. All meetings of the Appeals Board shall be quasi-judicial, noticed and open to the public. The standard of review for the Appeals Board shall be de novo as to the specific matters contained in the requesting organization's Notice of Appeal.
(c) Appealable Matters. A requesting organization may only appeal a tentative funding allocation or eligibility decision regarding the requesting organization's grant application to the Appeals Board for one or more of the application or scoring defects stated below:
(1) Mathematical errors contained on the application score sheet or tentative funding allocation spreadsheet;
(2) An error by the application scorer in deducting points from a requesting organization's application score for not including a required application item or attachment that was included in the requesting organization's application submittal and such error was determinative in the requesting organization's inability to receive a funding allocation;
(3) A minor irregularity in the application contents or requirements which (i) is not prohibited under Section 118.911; (ii) adversely impacts a requesting organization's eligibility or application score and ranking; and (iii) will not result in an unfair competitive advantage to the requesting organization if such irregularity is waived;
(4) An error made by the Manager in the eligibility determination or disqualification of a requesting organization's application from consideration pursuant to Sections 118.910 and 118.911, respectively; and
(5) A determination made by the Manager that a requesting organization's application is ineligible or disqualified due to such organization being on the Council Auditor's Chapter 118 noncompliance list.
(d) Appeals Deadline; Contents; Procedures. A requesting organization shall have five business days from the decision date of the Committee or Manager, as applicable, to deem a requesting organization ineligible to apply for an Eastside Grants Program grant under Section 118.910, disqualify an application under Section 118.911 or tentative funding allocation under Section 118.912 to file a Notice of Appeal. The Manager shall determine the timeliness of an appeal. The Notice of Appeal shall be addressed to the Manager and must:
(1) Identify one or more of the stated reasons in Section 118.915(c) above for the appeal and include any supporting documentation or information evidencing the same; and
(2) State the amount of the requesting organization's application grant request and the Committee's tentative funding allocation.
The Appeals Board shall meet as soon as practicable to hear appeals and render final decisions to grant or deny the same. The Appeals Board shall afford requesting organizations, and as applicable the Committee member(s) pertinent to the appeal, an opportunity to comment at the Notice of Appeal meeting, and the Appeals Board shall notify the Committee of the results and final determinations regarding each appeal.
(e) Remedy. Any appeals filed under Sections 118.915(c)(4) and (5) above and granted in favor of the requesting organization by the Appeals Board shall be immediately allowed into the grant review and evaluation process and the Chair shall assign such application to the Committee or scoring subcommittee for review, as applicable. In instances where the Committee must make adjustments to tentative funding allocations based on the appeal outcome, the Chair shall call a special meeting of the Committee to make adjustments to the tentative funding allocations and adopt final funding allocations pursuant to this Part.
(f) Additional Procedures. The Appeals Board may promulgate additional appeals procedures consistent with the procedures contained in this Section.
(g) Appeals Board Decisions to be Final. All decisions of the Appeals Board shall be final and non-appealable.
(Ord. 2026-36-E, § 1)
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