Council members: Is JEA even allowed to sell itself?

City council members clashed with the city lawyers on Wednesday over whether JEA even has the authority to pursue privatization.

During the council’s first workshop to examine the privatization process, Council member Randy DeFoor pushed General Counsel Jason Gabriel on whether the procurement systems allowed JEA to pursue a sale.

“I have never seen a procurement process used to sell oneself,” said DeFoor, who is national agency counsel with Fidelity National Title Group. “Can you explain…

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