The lawyer for the city of Jacksonville drafted what would have been a legally binding opinion that found Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams vacated his office when he moved from Duval County to Nassau County last year.
City Council President Sam Newby had requested the OGC look into the issue after reports first surfaced that Williams had moved out of the county during his term, a move that possibly violated the city’s charter.Newby gave the city’s general counsel office until Thursday at 2 p.m. for a legal opinion on the issue. Newby told News4JAX on Thursday morning that he withdrew his request for a report after Williams announced his retirement.
City council member Brenda Priestly Jackson who is also an attorney isn’t buying that and is asking questions. Priestly Jackson said she has no personal problems with Williams but said this goes into the integrity of all elected officials in following the rules and laws.Priestly believes we will see many lawsuits filed as a result of all of this and that is why she thinks it will be important to have a legal option from the city attorney.
However, Williams said state law, which does not require a sheriff to live in a county where they serve and said the state law would overrule the city charter in this case. The city’s general counsel disagreed, according to the draft opinion.Earlier this week, Williams said he had no intention of resigning as sheriff, but he changed his mind sometime after meeting with city attorneys at the sheriff’s office on Tuesday.
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