Category: Government

Historic City News applauds a Visitor Center custodian who talked a distraught woman off the fourth floor ledge of the parking facility and a city Marine Operations officer who has rescued seven people and a dog in the past month, who will be honored by the City Commission Monday.

Compliance Coordinator Jason Rickards reported a precautionary Boil Water Notice to Historic City News that affects customers who work or reside in a limited area of Ponte Vedra Beach serviced by the St. Johns County Utility Department.

St. Johns County Administrator, Michael Wanchick, is encouraging Historic City News readers to participate in the process that will establish the county’s operating budget for the Fiscal Year 2012.

Mark Knight, Director of Planning and Building, reported to Historic City News today that the City of St. Augustine has been working with a flood mitigation consultant for the past six months in an effort to lower the City’s flood rating score from an “eight” to a “seven”.

The City of St. Augustine will join governmental entities across the nation in celebration of National Public Works Week, May 15-21 with an open house for the public on Saturday May 21.

The scientific community has put Drug Courts under a microscope and concluded that Drug Courts work; today, commissioners “made it official” in a proclamation recognizing local drug court successes and naming May as Drug Court Month in St Johns County.

US Representative John L. Mica notified Historic City News local reporters that just thirteen days after calling an emergency meeting with VA officials at St. Augustine City Hall, final accreditation for the Clyde E. Lassen State VA Nursing Home in St. Augustine has been granted.

Becky Reichenberg, Republican State Committee Woman for St. Johns County, alerted Historic City News that tomorrow, Monday May 2, 2011, the Duval County Republican Party will hold an important press conference concerning the imminent Jacksonville elections.