St. Johns County Commissioners extend administrator’s contract 3 years amid tense debate

St. Johns County’s Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday extended the contract of its County Administrator.

This comes weeks after Action News Jax’s Ben Becker confirmed that Joy Andrews applied for the Palm Beach County Administrator position, then withdrew her name from consideration.

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“I made a decision, regardless of the differences of opinion about me or my role or how I’m performing, my hope is that I can at least show my commitment to my staff, my children, my community who have shown up today,” Andrews said at Tuesday’s meeting.

County Commissioner Krista Joseph, who has been a critic of Andrews, said during the meeting she was now “all for” Andrews, but said she just wanted to see more initiatives fully completed…

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