The City Commission

Contact the City Commission
Phone: 904.825.1005 | Fax: 904.825.1096

Email: cosa@citystaug.com

   

   

City Commission

The St. Augustine City Commission is the elected governing body of the city. Of the five commissioners, four serve 4-year terms, and one serves a 2-year term as Mayor. Every two years, city elections are held for two of the 4-year seats and the 2-year Mayor's seat.

The Mayor of St. Augustine is the official head of the city government and presides at all commission meetings and other official city functions.  To see a list of past mayors since 1821, click here.

The St. Augustine City Commission meets at 5 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of each month in The Alcazar Room, City Hall, 75 King St.

   

Joseph L. Boles - Mayor/Commissioner
Seat Three - Two year term expires December 2012

Email:  mayorboles@comcast.net
Mailing address: 19 Riberia St., St. Augustine 32084
Business phone: 904.824.4278

Commissioner Boles, a native of North Carolina, moved to St. Augustine with his parents in 1967. A graduate of St. Augustine High School, he attended the University of Florida where he obtained a Bachelor of Design and Advertising degree and a law degree. He was admitted to practice in 1984, and his areas of interest are elder law, asset protection, estates and trusts, business law and family law. Mr. Boles served as chairman of the city’s Planning and Zoning Board during the development of the city’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan and currently serves on the boards of the St. Johns County Council on Aging, St. Johns County Welfare Federation and the Buckingham Smith Benevolent Association.

 


Leanna Freeman - Vice Mayor - Commissioner
Seat Two - Four Year term expires December 2012

Mailing address:  236 San Marco Ave., St. Augustine 32084

Business phone:  904.829.1960

Fax:  904.829.5773

Email:  cityfreeman@yahoo.com

Office Hours:
By Appointment - Call 904.825.1006.

Commissioner Freeman holds a law degree and is an attorney in the firm of Freeman Law, LLC, St. Augustine.  A resident of St. Augustine since childhood, Ms. Freeman is married with two children.  Commissioner. Freeman was a member of the City of St. Augustine's Planning and Zoning Board for five years with one year serving as chairperson.  Ms. Freeman's community service includes volunteer work for the St. Johns County Legal Aid, Ancient City Soccer, Inc., Kid's Bridge Advisory Board and Good Samaritan Health Centers, Inc. 

 


Errol D. Jones - Commissioner
Seat One - Four year term expires December 2012
Email: joneserrol@bellsouth.net

Office Hours:
By Appointment - Call 904.825.1006

Commissioner Jones, a native of St. Augustine and graduate of Richard J. Murray High School, holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in political science from Florida A&M University and a Masters Degree in social work from Adelphi University.  Mr. Jones is a member of the First Baptist Church.  His community involvement includes Community Hospice of N. E. Florida, Boys and Girls Club, Sunrise Rotary, president of the Fort Mose Historical Society and Past Exalted Ruler of the Fountain of Youth Elks Lodge #649.  Mr. Jones, retired as a social worker with the St. Johns County School District and an adjunct professor of sociology at Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach.

 


Nancy Sikes-Kline - Commissioner
Seat Five - Four year term expires December 2014

Cell phone: 904.806.6203
Email: NancySikesKline@aol.com

Office Hours:
By Appointment:  Call 904.825.1006

Commissioner Sikes-Kline has served on the City's Historic Preservation Advisory Committee; Vice Chair of the Parking and Traffic Committee; and the Historic Architectural Review Board. Commissioner Sikes-Kline currently serves on the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization as Treasurer, the St. Johns County Cultural Resources Review Board and the University of Florida, College of Design, Construction and Planning, Department of Historic Preservation, Board of Advocates. She is a native Floridian and has lived in St. Augustine since 1984. Commissioner Sikes-Kline received her bachelor's degree in geography from the University of Florida. Her community involvement includes the Junior Service League; the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum and Archaeological Maritime Program; the FDOT Bridge of Lions Community Awareness Team and the St. Augustine North Davis Shores Neighborhood Association. She has received her Certificate of Completion from the Florida League of Cities and Scott Daily Institute for Elected Municipal Officials training program. She is an urban land use planning consultant.

 


William "Bill" Leary - Commissioner
Seat Four - Four year term expires December 2014
Mailing address: 28 E. Park Ave.
Email: bleary@citystaug.com

Office Hours: By appointment

9:00am - 4:00pm, M-F
Phone 904.827.0280

Commissioner Leary retired to St. Augustine in 2005 from Virginia where he served as White House environmental advisor to Presidents Clinton and Bush. He was senior advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Interior and as staff for the U.S. Senate Banking and Environment Committees and for several Florida legislative committees. He is a graduate of the Florida State University School of Business and College of Law. His St. Augustine community service includes vice chair and member of the Planning and Zoning Board, the Entry Corridor Review Board, Government Relations chair for the 450th Commemoration of St. Augustine, the St. Augustine Rotary Club, Leadership St. Johns, Chamber of Commerce, St. Johns County Amphitheater Management Committee and the St. Johns Cultural Council.

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