On Gainesville's July 16 commission agenda: spending seized drug money on patrol car window tint + hi-vis shirts (up to $28.7K), a possible RTS bus fare hike, and an unsolicited proposal to redo Ironwood Golf Course. Agenda-based briefing, free through Aug 3: civic-brief.org

Green Cove Springs city council meets today (2pm): a site plan for a new Culver's drive-through, two zoning changes along US-17, and a Rotary Club 100th-anniversary proclamation. We've already got the agenda briefed — free through Aug 3: civic-brief.org

Hilliard's Planning & Zoning Board recommended a new certified-recovery-residence ordinance 4-1 (Hallman voting no), and unanimously approved plans for a community center/hurricane shelter — plus a construction site-clearing permit, also 5-0. Free briefing: civic-brief.org

Islip's July 14 town board meeting: a license for an organic farm + farm stand, an agreement with Kellie's Dance Studio in Bay Shore, and a $1,000 application fee to seek exemption from the town's data center moratorium. Free briefing: civic-brief.org

Jacksonville Beach city council's July 20 agenda: an ordinance to let mobile food trucks park overnight, a $36,500 donated safety net for Wingate Park's baseball fields, and a $1.6 million DOE grant for storm hardening downtown. Free agenda-based briefing: civic-brief.org

Folkston, GA's June council agenda: a resident's Juneteenth Celebration request, a property variance request from a neighbor, and a proposal from the garbage contractor. Small town, real decisions — minutes aren't posted yet so we can't say how any of it landed. civic-brief.org

Fernandina Beach's July 7 council agenda: a $385,624 street resurfacing contract, a historic preservation grant application, a Gullah/Geechee Nation proclamation — and an actual line item called "Dog of the Month." Local government, in one agenda. civic-brief.org

Nine Clay County residents showed up to speak on the same agenda item: a proposed moratorium on new data center and crypto-mining land-use applications. The record doesn't show how commissioners voted yet — we read what was actually proposed. civic-brief.org

Jacksonville's Rules Committee meets today to consider naming a baseball complex after a living person — council has to waive its own rule to do it. Also up: a $100K cap on the mayor's transfer power, a new $10 court fee. We briefed the agenda already. civic-brief.org

Callahan's town council meets this week to set its tentative millage rate — and separately, to talk about December's Christmas Parade route. Also: a joint proclamation from the mayors of Callahan and Hilliard. Nothing's voted on yet — we read what's actually on the agenda. civic-brief.org

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