Category: Government

Karen Pan reported to Historic City News that Phase II renovations of the Richard O. Watson Judicial Center in St. Johns County are nearing completion.

A reminder for Historic City News readers that early voting for the General Election begins Monday October 18th and will continue Monday through Saturday until October 30th.

On September 29th, Historic City News reported that the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners had adopted the final “Fiscal Year 2011” budget of $582 million — a $29 million decrease from 2010, and, a $151 million decrease since 2007.

Historic City News reporters received a copy of the following open letter to the County Commission, each County employee, and St. Johns County residents from County Administrator Michael D. Wanchick.

Historic City News was watching while Public Works Director Martha Graham told commissioners that representatives of the Florida Department of Transportation would not be able to attend their meeting to discuss the construction schedule for the San Sebastian Bridge as originally planned.

At last night’s regular meeting of the St. Augustine City Commission, Historic City News reporters listened as commissioners called for the county to repair the Galimore Center pool and continue to operate it “as vital to the county as a whole.”

Last night, Historic City News editor Michael Gold attended the Judicial Candidate Forum held at the Northeast Florida Regional Airport at St. Augustine — the room should have been wall-to-wall voters from across the 7th judicial circuit, but it wasn’t.

At Monday evening’s City Commission meeting, commissioners will take up a request for an easement from the Florida Department of Transportation that was tabled at its last meeting.