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.
The City of Atlantic Beach is looking for an artist or artist team to create a permanent patriotic public art installation for the Marsh Oaks Community Center, the city'
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
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
City staff have proposed revisions to Jacksonville Beach's Special Events Policy covering alcohol rules, holiday scheduling and sea turtle nesting protections, alongside a plan to move Country Fest
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
The effort is designed to be "educational, direct, and highly local," explaining the value of city services "without telling residents how to vote or what conclusion to reach about property-tax policy."
"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.
