JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville City Council is currently in session, expected to vote on an amendment to the city's budget.

The council’s 19 members will be deciding whether to cut the city’s millage rate by one-eighth of a mill. Mayor Donna Deegan has been against the cut from the beginning. Jacksonville’s police and fire unions, and the city’s civic council are also against it, but Finance Committee Chair Raul Arias believes they will be able to push it through.

“I feel confident that we will be able to pass a millage rate to reduce the millage rate for our citizens in Jacksonville," Arias explained.

Councilman Jimmy Peluso has also been against the cut from the beginning. He said he will continue to fight against the millage rate reduction Tuesday.

"I feel slightly nervous at

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