Category: Government

Want to ensure a shorter wait on your next visit for your driver license? Historic City News readers can now check the current wait-times at any office location of the St. Johns County Tax Collector when they visit www.sjctax.us and click on the Mobile Check-in icon.

Florida has been the model by which other states have crafted their public records and open meetings laws.  “Government in the Sunshine” was the mandate of the citizens of this state, it is incorporated into the Florida Constitution as well as our state statutes.

Closed captioning for the hearing impaired is coming to St Augustine’s streaming video of City Commission meetings when viewed on-demand; typically, a day or two after the meeting is held.

Do Historic City News readers believe that extending the restricted hours on weekdays by three hours, in the evening from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., during which the Bridge of Lions may only be opened once every thirty minutes will help relieve traffic congestion downtown and on Anastasia Island?

Carl Halbirt, Archaeologist for the City of St. Augustine, announced to Historic City News that he will retire from the position he has held for 27 years, effective on September 30, 2017.

Last week, Historic City News was informed that a Florida Senate bill (SB 406 by Senator Bradley), was passed unanimously by the Senate Health Policy committee after it underwent substantial amendment.

In a 29-page joint pretrial stipulation obtained by Historic City News from the Circuit Court for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, local voters get a glimpse of the degree of corruption involved in electing a sheriff in neighboring Putnam County.

After about three and a half hours of presentations, public comments, debate and discussion, the St Augustine Planning and Zoning Board, in a split decision, voted 4-2 Tuesday to deny an application by local hotelier Kanti Patel to rezone the former Barnacle Bill’s property from HP-5 to PUD to be used as hotel parking.