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City agrees to let staff attend county meeting on Nights of Lights amid debate over county role
Summary
St. Augustine commissioners debated whether elected officials should attend a county-requested meeting about Nights of Lights and agreed to let the city manager send staff to represent the city; commissioners criticized late timing and stressed the event is already under contract and under way.
St. Augustine commissioners on Sept. 30 agreed to let city staff attend a county-requested meeting about Nights of Lights after a contentious discussion over whether elected officials should participate and what the meeting’s purpose is.
The commission did not take a formal vote but signaled consensus that the city manager should decide which staffers to send. The city manager told the commission, “I have not spoken to the county commissioner about the creation of this meeting, but we would we can certainly send city staff members to the meeting to participate and to ask or answer any questions that may arise about Knights of Lights.”
Why it matters: Nights of Lights is St. Augustine’s largest seasonal event and draws large numbers of visitors; commissioners said the event imposes significant costs on city services and that planning must protect public safety while limiting demands…
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