Category: Government

On a unanimous 5-0 vote, Historic City News looked on last night as St. Augustine city commissioners followed actions taken by commissioners in adjoining jurisdictions by temporarily extending alcohol sales from 1:00 a.m. until 2:00 a.m.

“A serious threat to Florida’s economic recovery is the possibility that a major hurricane will strike a large metropolitan area”, District 20 State Representative Bill Proctor told Historic City News local St. Johns County news desk today.

Chief Operation Officer John Regan told the St. Augustine local news desk that at Monday night’s City Commission meeting; he will present a plan to convert high-pressure sodium lighting used in the downtown parking facility to LED panels “providing an annual energy cost savings of $103,102”.

The St. Augustine local news desk at Historic City News is expecting lengthy testimony on ordinances that will go to public hearing and final action Monday.

The St. Johns County local news desk reported earlier this month that a proposed Senate Bill (SB 218) will provide a great deal of savings for taxpayers by avoiding overpayment of medical care costs for arrested persons.

The 2009-2010 Flagler College Forum on Government and Public Policy reported to the St. Augustine local news desk that McClatchy Newspapers Senior White House Correspondent Steven Thomma, will be their next speaker.

The St. Johns County local news desk watched the beginning of yesterday’s County Commission meeting, when retired Army National Guard Sgt. Major Ray A. Quinn of St. Augustine was sworn into office as a county commissioner.

The St. Johns County local news desk has be notified that the regularly scheduled public meeting of the County Planning and Zoning Agency will be held on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. in the County Auditorium at the Administrative Complex located at 500 San Sebastian View.