The County Commission had an early discussion of the 2012 budget this week, with the Office of Management and Budget reporting an anticipated $12 million decline in revenue due to decreasing property values, which would be in addition to the $151 million cut from the budget since 2007.

Tonight’s meeting of the Anastasia Mosquito Control District is set for 6:00 p.m. at AMCD headquarters; located on Old Beach Road between SR-312 and Pope Road.

On the opening day of the 2011 Legislative Session, Governor Rick Scott outlined his priorities in his first State of the State Address. Earlier in the day, he thanked crowds of Floridians who traveled to Tallahassee to voice their support for reducing the size of government, cutting taxes and getting Florida back to work.

Bonds totaling $15,360,000 that were approved by the City Commission will go to work soon, according to a report from Assistant City Manager Tim Burchfield that was received by Historic City News today.

Communications Director, Brian Burgess, reported to Historic City News that Governor Rick Scott is re-establishing the Office of Open Government in order to provide full and expeditious compliance with Florida’s open government and public records laws.

Historic City News learned that the bayfront redesign that was tentatively approved by city commissioners two weeks ago will go to a workshop before the commission’s next regular meeting March 14th.

What started as a request before the St. Augustine City Commission for permission to borrow $22.5 million for capital improvement projects, through the sale of municipal bonds, has been approved — with a pared-down ceiling of $18 million.

Historic City News reported from the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners meeting today where the body voted unanimously to adopt revised impact fees; resulting in significant decreases for non-residential categories and moderate increases for residential units.