The City of St Augustine held an unusual special meeting this morning; the first held under enhanced restrictions imposed by the White House, Governor DeSantis, and local ordinances to “flatten the curve” of the spread of the novel coronavirus.  Through technology, the members and staff participated from disparate locations with very few technical interruptions.

Pursuant to the Charter of the City of St. Augustine and Resolution 2019-21, Historic City News subscribers are notified of an Emergency Meeting of the St. Augustine City Commission will be held on MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. 

Historic City News learned through a CBS News report, that the price of a dozen Midwest large eggs rose from $1.03 at the beginning of March to a record-setting $3.09 by the end of the month.  Even though eggs may not yet be widely out of stock, some prices have seen a huge surge in recent months.

During tomorrow’s special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of St. Johns County, Florida, Historic City News subscribers will want to consider alternatives to physically attending.

This list was compiled by local Historic City News reporters from information obtained from the St Johns County Supervisor of Elections, Vicky Oakes.  These are the declared candidates for St Johns County and local municipal offices this election cycle.

Michael Ryan, Director of the St. Johns County Communications Division hereby notifies Historic City News readers that one or more members of the Board of County Commissioners of St. Johns County, Florida, will hold a special meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.

St Johns County Supervisor of Elections Vicky Oakes contacted Historic City News this morning to announce that, due to health and safety concerns of our employees and the public, and, in response to COVID-19, the Elections Office will allow only limited public access to the building thru May 1st.

The City of St. Augustine, in collaboration with Kinsa, Inc., is developing a pilot project to provide real-time temperature data that will enable public health officials to monitor, predict, and respond to aggregated changes in fever data with the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city.