January 2021Photo by Ada Rathet
JANUARY 2021
Jan 1 New Year’s Day – City Offices Closed
Jan 9 Town Hall Meeting – Baker Center 10 am to Noon
Jan 11 Commission Meeting 6:30 pm
Jan 13 Environmental Stewardship Committee 6 pm
Jan 14 Commission Priority/Visioning Workshop 5 pm
Jan. 15 Arbor Day
Jan 18 Martin Luther King Day - City Offices Closed
Jan 19 Community Development Board 6 pm
Jan 20 ESC Outreach Subcommittee 6:30 pm
Jan 25 Commission Meeting 6:30 pm
FEBRUARY 2021
Feb 8 Commission Meeting 6:30 pm
Feb 10 Environmental Stewardship Comm. (ESC) 6 pm
Feb 11 Pension Board 6:30 pm
Feb 15 President’s Day – City Offices Closed
Feb 16 Community Development Board 6 pm
Feb 17 ESC Outreach Subcommittee 6:30 pm
Feb 22 Commission Meeting 6:30 pm
Updates and information on attending and participating
in meetings are published at www.coab.us/calendar.
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Greetings for the New Year!
2020 wasn’t the year anyone expected. A worldwide
pandemic marked by a state of emergency, separations
from and loss of loved ones, economic and business
challenges, sheltering and quarantines, demands on
our health care system and essential workers,
food/housing/job insecurities, a new virtual culture,
face coverings, social distancing, and - yes -
scrambling for toilet paper. If you’re like me, you felt
the highs and lows, but you believe we were fortunate
to have travelled this journey together in our great city.
In the spirit of optimism for the future, it helps to have
a sense of humor. According to the Mayo Clinic, a good
laugh can enhance your intake of oxygen-rich air,
stimulate your heart, lungs and muscles, and increase
endorphins released by your brain. Laughing can
relieve stress and pain. If you laugh enough, positive
thinking can improve both your overall outlook on life.
When you read this, our COVID numbers will have
changed, but know that we are monitoring data
closely, and we are serious about local decisions with
your safety in mind. Please adhere to public health
guidelines about hand-washing, face coverings, social
distancing, and avoidance of risks in groups.
This year, I hope you’ll consider checking out City
platforms where we share information. These include
public meetings and agendas, our website, official
Facebook pages, the Nextdoor app, newspaper
notices, and email subscriptions. Feel free to engage
directly by official email or phone with elected officials
or City staff. Think about serving on a Committee. We
welcome your participation in local government!
This month, the Commission will meet for our annual
Visioning Session, and we have Commission meetings
on Jan. 11 and Jan. 25. In other public opportunities,
I’ll give a “State of the City” talk on Jan. 13 at Beaches
Watch and I’ll share stories with former and current
female Beaches mayors on Jan. 30 at the Beaches
Museum.
Thank you for the opportunity to serve another term as
your Mayor. And, thank you for allowing all of us here
at the City to serve YOU!
In Gratitude and Humor,
Ellen Glasser/eglasser@coab.us
The City of Atlantic Beach Utilities Department performs
drinking water testing for harmful bacteria such as Coliform/E.
coli on a pre-approved rotating list of 30 residences around
the city, and 8 deep wells at the water treatment plants, twice
monthly.
You may see one of our licensed plant operators at your
residence carefully collecting the sample from an outside
spigot where the water must be flushed for 3-5 minutes and
the spigot cleaned of any possible contaminants. The water
sample is taken, chlorine and pH levels are recorded, and the
samples are taken to a lab where results are returned within
24 hours.
The latest sample results taken in November were all returned
from the lab with an “A” result, meaning Absent of Coliform/E.
coli. These tests are just one of many that the COAB Utilities
Department is responsible for to make sure you have safe
drinking water. For more information, visit
www.coab.us/utilities.
WWW.COAB.US/14/PUBLIC-UTILITIES YOU CAN ALSO REACH US BY CALLING (904) 247-5886.
MAYOR'S
MESSAGE
ELLEN GLASSER
TESTING YOUR DRINKING WATER
Congratulations and welcome aboard to
new City Commission members Bruce Bole
(left) and Mike Waters, who along with
Mayor Ellen Glasser were administered
oaths of office on Nov. 27. Mayor Glasser
was re-elected and is now serving her
second term. Also, special thanks to
outgoing City Commission members
Blythe Waters and Cindy Anderson for their
service to our community.
WWW.COAB.US/14/PUBLIC-UTILITIES YOU CAN ALSO REACH US BY CALLING (904) 247-5886.