Florida Senate President, Mike Haridopolos, announced his appointment of St. Augustine Senator John Thrasher to Historic City News yesterday; saying that Thrasher will be one of his three picks to decide the date when Florida will hold its Presidential Primary Election.
City taxpayers have one more opportunity for input on the City of St. Augustine FY 2012 budget at a public hearing on Thursday, September 22, 2011, beginning at 5:05 p.m. in the Alcazar Room of City Hall located at 75 King Street in St. Augustine.
Historic City News reporters received the breakdown of how the City of St. Augustine’s administration intends to spend the $15.4 million net proceeds, after financing costs, received from the sale of $18 million in public utility bonds that were approved by commissioners in March.
City Manager John Regan invited Tourist Development Council director Glenn Hastings and director of the Visitor & Convention Bureau, Richard Goldman, to attend Monday afternoon’s 450th workshop.
Kirby B. Green III, Executive Director of the St. Johns River Water Management District for the last decade, announced to Historic City News last week that he is moving up his retirement date — he will leave the agency October 3, 2011.
The Special Democratic Primary Election for Senate District 1 will be held September 20th, according to an announcement received by Historic City News today.
Historic City News was on hand when the Board of County Commissioners met Tuesday evening at a Public Hearing, expecting to adopt the county’s millage rate increases and budget for the next Fiscal Year — what they found waiting at the front door were “pink slips” for them and the County Administrator .
