Assistant City Manager Tim Burchfield cautioned St. Augustine commissioners last night as Historic City News reporters observed a two-to-two tie vote stymie his recommended millage rate increase from 7.5 mills to 8.146 mills.
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Historic City News observed the last budget meeting by the Board of County Commissioners, when St. Johns County Sheriff David B. Shoar received praise from senior staff and commissioners as he announced that his 2012 budget would come in $5 million less than the current budget.
Historic City News received calls from readers confused by an article that appeared in The Record titled, “New plan decentralizes Sheriff’s Office — Leadership changes names, duties added”.
St. Johns County Energy Efficiency Coordinator Lowry Shuler extended an invitation to all Historic City News readers to attend a special free workshop to learn more about the growing field of wind energy.
The St. Augustine Tea Party invites Historic City News readers to hear their guest speaker, KrisAnne Hall, at their regular meeting on Tuesday, July 26th.
Justin Mertis Barber, an unassuming 39 year-old man, weighing only 150 lbs. and standing 5’09”, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole by a St. Johns County jury on September 15, 2006 for the first degree murder of his wife April Barber.
