At Tuesday’s meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, Public Works Director Joe Stephenson and staff member Rocky Agbunag were recognized for receiving the Special Achievement in GIS Award from the Environmental Systems Research Institute.
On Thursday, City Manager John Regan attended meetings in Tallahassee before a panel of state agencies that makes recommendations on the use of state-owned land, according to reports received by Historic City News.
United States Senate hopeful Marco Rubio will be in town on Thursday, according to an announcement received by Historic City News from the Republican Executive Committee of St. Johns County.
Roy Alaimo reported to local Historic City News reporters that the St. Johns County Young Republicans will hold their August meeting Wednesday night at Creekside Dinery.
One of the three city officials directly appointed by the St. Augustine City Commission is the City Clerk — the position required by the city charter designating the person who shall make verification of authority on official documents.
On the heels of allegations that city commissioners may violate Florida’s sunshine laws if they attend a business meeting together in Aviles, Spain, city staff announced this afternoon that a new e-mail address has been established to collect ideas from the public on how the municipal government can make public records and meetings more accessible.
“As you can see from the news we all learned this morning,” said Paul K. Williamson of Mayor Joe Boles announcement Wednesday evening, “the details of the trip have evolved since this time yesterday.”
After an hour of public hearing and discussion Monday night, Historic City News reporters watched as the St. Augustine City Commissioners advanced a proposed ordinance that will require “registration” and a limit of less than 20 at gatherings in short-term rental property.
