City staff reported to Historic City News that they will recommend to St. Augustine City Commissioners Monday that a period for proposals be extended to August 11th after only one bid was submitted regarding the North City Water Works building.
City Manager John Regan announced to Historic City News that he will outline a proposed “mission statement” and concise “action plan” to implement the 450th Commemoration before the St. Augustine City Commission workshop on Monday.
Flagler College spokesman Brian Thompson informed local Historic City News reporters that the school has launched a fundraising effort called “Setting the Stage” to raise money for one of St. Augustine’s cornerstone event venues.
For as long as there have been bank-issued credit cards like VISA and MasterCard, merchants have paid a fee to authorize and collect their transactions through those payment systems — and, for almost as long, Historic City News has known of schemes by merchants to recover those costs.
Although St. Johns County’s budget will not be finalized until August, the Board of County Commissioners has announced to Historic City News that they will have a Special Meeting on Tuesday, July 12th at 9:00 a.m. where staff will present the recommended budget for fiscal year 2012.
South Beach Grill recently became the first restaurant in St. Johns County to participate in the “Be the Wall” underage drinking prevention campaign according to a report received by Historic City News from Heidi Matheny this week.
St. Augustine Visitors and Convention Bureau Communications Director Jay Humphreys informed St. Johns County entertainment reporters at Historic City News that Friday is the Junior Kingfish Challenge as well as tournament registration and Captain’s Meeting for this weekend’s challenge –fishing days are Saturday and Sunday.
