City Manager - Max Royle
What are the office staff of the City Manager's Office responsible for?
- Preparing the agendas and corresponding information for the City Commission, Beautification Advisory Committee, and various committees.
- Issuing business tax receipts and dog licenses.
- Providing bookkeeping and financial accounting services for all of the City's departments.
- Maintaining and storing City records.
- Providing human resources services (hiring, firing, payroll, leave records, etc.)
- Preparing the City's annual budget (with department heads).
- Maintaining health, life and workers' compensation insurance for all employees, as well as liability and property damage insurance for the City's buildings, vehicles and equipment.
- Preparation of the quarterly newsletter.
- Doing routine correspondence as well as special projects for the City Commission.
- Scheduling weekly lawn trash/special wastes pickup at specific addresses.
By City regulations, all dogs in the City are supposed to be licensed. The licenses
expire at the end of September each year. Residents can renew dog licenses during
normal business hours (8 a.m. - 5 p.m.) in the City Manager's office at 2200 A1A
South. Proof of a rabies vaccination within one prior year is required. The fees are
$3.00 for each male or spayed female dog, and $5 for an unspayed female dog.
All persons with a business address in the City must pay a Business Tax and receive a
Business Tax Receipt (formerly Occupational License). New Receipts require approval
by the City's Building Department, and an application and tax at the City Manager's
office. Tax amounts vary according to the type of business to be conducted. Existing
receipts expire at the end of September of each year and may be renewed beginning July
1st of each year.. Persons with questions about occupational licenses may call the City
Manager's staff at 904-471-2122.
The City of St. Augustine Beach was incorporated in 1959, with a land area of 1260 acres
or about 2.2 square miles. Lying approximately five miles southeast of the City of St.
Augustine, St. Augustine Beach's boundaries are the Atlantic Ocean on the east, the
west right-of-way of SR-A1A on the west, the north right-of-way of Pope Road on the
north, and Sandpiper Village subdivision on the south.
St. Augustine Beach has a commission/manager form of government. The Board of
Commissioners has five members elected at large in non-partisan elections for
staggered terms of four years each. The next election for two incumbents will be
Election Day in November 2010. The City Commission has a regular meeting on the
first Monday of every month at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall at 2200 AlA South. Copies
of the agenda are available at the City Manager's office the week before the regular
meeting.
The City of St. Augustine Beach provides the following services: law enforcement,
planning and zoning, code enforcement, building inspection, solid waste collection,
road and right-of-way maintenance, maintenance of City buildings, drainage and
storm water management, and street lighting.
The City has 51 employees in the following departments:
Public Works: 20
Police: 19
Building Dept.: 6
City Manager's office: 6
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St. Johns County provides the following services to residents of St. Augustine Beach:
water and sewer, recreation, library and fire protection. - Under contract with St. Augustine Beach, the County manages the City's beach and provides toll collectors, life guards, and trash collection on the beach.
- St Johns County Animal Control provides dog control service to the City.