Civil Service Board

The Civil Service Board meets as needed and with proper public notice.

The board has five members. Three are appointed by the city commission and serve 4-year terms. One is elected from within the St. Augustine Fire Department and one is elected from within the St. Augustine Police Department. The elected members each serve 1-year terms. In addition, the Fire Chief and Police Chief serve as ex-officio members of the board.

The Civil Service Board has the duty to adopt, enact, and amend a code of rules and regulations covering the conduct and direction of the members of the police and fire departments; to prescribe discipline and control; to provide for examinations and lists of those eligible for employment and promotion; and to hear appeals of discharged and suspended employees.

Qualifications: Must be of different vocations; not employed by the city in any capacity, official or otherwise.


The current members of the Civil Service Board are:

Police Representative
Diane Ham
P. O. Drawer A-E
St. Augustine, FL 32085
(Term expires January 1, 2009)

Fire Representative
Michael Hines
P. O. Box 210
St. Augustine, FL 32084-0210

(Term expires January 1, 2009)

Joan Broudy
198 W. King St.
St. Augustine, FL 32084
(Term Expires January 1, 2010)

John Giannotta
226 Herada Street
St. Augustine, FL 32080
(Term Expires January 1, 2012)

Steven Moranda
4220 Wicks Branch Road
St. Augustine, FL 32080
(Term expires January 1, 2009)

Ex-officio members

Loran K. Lueders
Chief of Police
St. Augustine Police Department
P. O. Box 1950
St. Augustine, FL 32085-0210

Michael S. Arnold
Fire Chief
P. O. Box 210
St. Augustine, FL 32085-2210