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High Springs proposes 12% tax hike

By On 07/20/2012 · 10 Comments

In an agenda posted today, the City of High Springs has released a draft version of the resolution setting property tax rates for the coming year.

The resolution, 2011-J, proposes High Springs paying a miillage rate of 6.9000, or $690 per $100,000 of assessed property value.  The current property tax rate is rate is 6.15, making the [...]

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Poe Springs, City Manager Votes Tuesday

By On 01/17/2012 · 7 Comments

A special meeting has been called by High Springs commissioners for Tuesday, January 17, with only two agenda items: a final vote on the decision to operate Alachua County’s Poe Springs Park, and narrow down the field of city manager applicants and schedule interviews with the applicants.

The vote on Poe Springs comes after several [...]

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Two Workshops: Poe Springs & Economic Development

By On 01/02/2012 · 25 Comments

The High Springs city commission will be holding two separate workshops Thursday, January 5, to discuss two very different issues.

The first workshop — at 5pm — will serve as the reveal of Commissioner Bob Barnas‘ plan for how the city will operate Poe Springs Park, a county owned facility. This comes one week after [...]

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Another Last Minute Meeting Called

By On 12/28/2011 · 15 Comments

In what is becoming a bit of a regular occurrence, another last minute special meeting has been called at the request of Commissioner Bob Barnas, only this time the public has a few more hours to learn of the meeting.

With roughly 30 hours notice, the meeting was called during the expected holiday break between [...]

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Loaded Agenda Thursday

By On 12/05/2011 · 4 Comments

The High Springs city commission may only have one regular meeting in December but there’ll be no less business handled for the month.  Between two meetings Thursday — a CRA meeting at 5pm and a regular commission meeting at 6:30pm — the commission will consider  23 separate items and they’re nowhere near routine.

Decisions facing [...]

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Jeri Langman appointed city manager

By On 11/29/2011 · 19 Comments

After passionate debate both pro and con, the High Springs city commission voted 3-2 to appoint Jeri Langman, a former office manager and current city resident, as interim city manager, replacing Jenny Parham, who has served in the position for 14 months. Newly elected commissioners Bob Barnas and Linda Clark Gestrin joined Mayor Dean Davis [...]

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Commissioners push new city manager

By On 11/27/2011 · 17 Comments

The special city commission meeting this Tuesday may have been non-controversial when scheduled but now may be anything but the case. Some commissioners are pushing a new candidate be hired with no public process or application process.

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Commission to Consider Range of Issues Thursday

By On 05/10/2011 · 1 Comment

This Thursday’s regular city commission meeting promises to cover a wide range of topics including the police department, a possible competitor to the city’s farmer’s market, and the option of asking the State Attorney if High Springs violated any statutes in the past.  For the full agenda, including backup materials, click here.  For [...]

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02/10 Regular Commission Meeting

By On 02/07/2011 · Leave a Comment

The High Springs City Commission will be holding its first regular meeting in February on Thursday, February 10th at 6:30pm.

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January 13 Regular Commission Meeting

By On 01/10/2011 · Leave a Comment

This Thursday, January 13, the High Springs City Commission will hold their first regular meeting of the month to address a variety of new and old business. See the link below to view the agenda.

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