Category: Government

During the regular Tuesday meeting of the Board of St Johns County Commissioners, a vote was taken to immediately terminate the remaining contract with 69-year-old Michael David Wanchick, the embattled County Administrator whose last contract was not renewed.

When Freshman City Commissioner John Valdes of St Augustine floated a proposal for a referendum to be placed on the ballot in the upcoming Presidential Preference Election that would silence the City’s 14,000 voters when it came to selecting their mayor, Historic City News Editorial Board members scratched their heads and asked, “Why?”

It was a low-speed escape, but taxpayers in the City of St Augustine witnessed almost a half-million dollars, lifted from city reserve funds March 5th, as it made its escape out of the city limits, out of St Johns County, and, by nightfall Tuesday, was stashed 62-road-miles away in Flagler County.

One of the items recently approved by the St Augustine City Commission, was a new branding identity for the city.  This is not the first time City Hall has felt the need to re-invent the logo used by the various offices of local government.

The City of St. Augustine Beach’s annual Veterans Day Ceremony will be held on Monday, November 11, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.  The event will take place at Lakeside Veterans’ Memorial Sculpture Garden (2200 A1A South, St. Augustine Beach, FL 32080), behind the Beach Police Station.  This event is open to the public and the public…

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A relentless resident of the City of St Augustine Beach, Tom Reynolds, has been on the warpath about an ordinance that assesses property owners $74 for trash collection at certain properties within the city limits.

Historic City News readers interested in the St Augustine City Commission meeting, which would normally be on the second Monday of the month, will want to attend or tune-in on Tuesday, November 12 instead. Offices for the City of St. Augustine will be closed on Monday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day

All departments of the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners, St. Johns County Administrative offices, library branches, the Pet Center, the Supervisor of Elections’ Office, and the Property Appraiser’s Office will be closed Monday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day. All offices will resume standard business hours on Tuesday, November 12.