Terrance Freeman is currently the Senior Project Manager of Apprenticeship Programs at Miller Electric, Talent/Workforce Development . On June 25, 2022, Council Vice President Terrance Freeman was sworn in as Jacksonville City Council’s President. After a successful professional baseball career, he earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in physical education and sports psychology. Mr. Freeman has always believed that helping our young people succeed is a tremendous calling, and he spent over ten years as a teacher, a school administrator, and coach.
A hard worker and student of government, in his time on the Council Mr. Freeman has been the primary sponsor of legislation to extend an Inter-local Agreement continuing the City’s participation in the First Coast Workforce Development Consortium; to honor the legacy of community activist Gary Lee Mills, Sr. with an Honorary Street Designation; to appropriate $350,000 to purchase playground equipment for Lonnie Miller Regional Park; and to authorize an agreement for management of the City’s Moncrief Community Center by 100 Black Men of Jacksonville, Inc. and the I'm A Star Foundation; Creating a new Chapter 180 to establish a Continual Program for Apprenticeship and Workforce training programs called Jacksonville Upward Mobility Program (JUMP); Sign Regulations legislation in reaction to recent incidents which anti-Semitic images and text that have been projected onto prominent public and private buildings without consent of the property owners. In addition, Mr. Freeman sponsored legislation to provided funding for the Jacksonville Small and Emerging Business program, the Public Service Micro-Grant program and Hearts 4 Minds as well as created the Dockless Mobility Program in downtown and in an effort to increase the public participation in City Council meetings, moved the public comment period to earlier in the meeting so citizens who wish to be engaged with their representatives have an opportunity earlier in the meetings.