Jacksonville Beach is restructuring its pay scale to help employees move through salary ranges faster and make it easier for the city to retain workers in hard-to-fill positions.
Jacksonville Beach officials authorized emergency funds to repair a sinkhole at a city lift station after a collapsed pipe caused the ground around a manhole to give way.
Public Works
Jacksonville Beach will use state funding to remove invasive Brazilian pepper from Cradle Creek Preserve, giving native vegetation a chance to recover in the 43-acre coastal preserve.
The City
“In this room tonight, there are more beach icons and legends than I’ve ever seen in one place at one time,” said Legends’ committee member and 2024 honoree Mitch Kaufmann.
Atlantic Beach officials are looking to “set the tone” by cutting recurring expenses ahead of final approval of the city’s budget.
The City Commission approved a tentative millage rate
Atlantic Beach officials have approved a temporary hiring freeze as the city weighs the potential fiscal impact of a proposed property tax amendment that will appear on the Nov. 3
"I'm particularly concerned about the impact the structure could have on the dunes, its size, the ongoing maintenance and expense to the city, its vulnerability to storms and what happens to the structure as the dunes naturally grow and shift over time," resident Al Mansur wrote.
Atlantic Beach police Lt. Chase Jamison said the equipment will strengthen the city's ability to assist in water-based rescues. He said police have responded to multiple incidents over the years involving swimmers in distress when lifeguards were off duty
Proposed improvements to the storage space include institutional-grade floor coverings and furnishings, as well as hardwired computer workstations and secure, portable notebooks or iPads.
Ellen Glasser appealed to Jacksonville Beach officials at the Sept. 8 City Council meeting to consider a joint resolution with Neptune Beach and Atlantic Beach requesting that homeless services not be limited to Jacksonville.
For Jacksonville playwright David Sacks, a prenuptial agreement is the perfect setup for a comedy, especially when the bride’s wealthy Jewish parents and the groom’s blue-collar Irish
