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Cape Council passes $1.1 billion budget

The Cape Coral City Council unanimously approved a budget of more than $1 billion during its final budget meeting Thursday night. The budget passed is $1,095,678,549, a 13.25% increase over the fiscal year 2023 budget. The city’s General Fund component, which funds operations, was set at ...

Health officials lift blue-green algae bloom alert for multiple locations

Lee County - The Florida Department of Health in Lee County (DOH-Lee) has lifted the health alerts issued on June 29, July 5, July 7, and July 17 respectively, for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins at the following locations: • Caloosahatchee River - Jaycee Park • ...

Cape Coral seeks public input on Multimodal Transportation Master Plan

The city of Cape Coral has launched a public survey that will allow residents to provide input on the city's first Multimodal Transportation Master Plan. Running until Feb. 2, 2024, the Multimodal Transportation Master Plan Survey is one tool the city will use to gather valuable feedback ...

Teachers ask for ‘living wage’

Lee County public school teachers continue to voice struggles with the pay they receive and the related challenges of living in Southwest Florida. Many spoke during public comment at Tuesday’s school board meeting, saying the 8% pay increase shared with teachers the night before via email ...

Cape Coral Together: Resilience Rally to mark one-year milestone post-Ian

To mark the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Ian, the city of Cape Coral is organizing a community rally for a cause. The “Cape Coral Together: Resilience Rally” will be held Friday, Sept. 29, from 6-10 p.m. at the German-American Social Club. The event will feature live music from Deep ...

Car seat safety check offered

Are you strapping your child into their car seat correctly, or have the properly-approved apparatus? These are questions that will be answered this Saturday at Cape Coral Fire Station 12. Lee Health's Safe Kids SWFL, along with the Cape Coral police and fire departments, will host a “seat ...

City Council eliminates appointed Budget Review Committee

The Cape Coral City Council eliminated the city’s long-standing Budget Review Committee Wednesday. The original motion, to deny the elimination of the council-appointed panel, was made by Councilmember Tom Hayden. The motion deadlocked 4-4 and died. Those who voted in favor of his motion, ...

Cape Council opposes county charter change on annexations

Cape Coral City Council has opposed a proposed change to the Lee County Charter that would change the process for voluntary annexations. The elected board on Wednesday unanimously approved a resolution in opposition of a charter change proposed by the Lee County Charter Review Commission that ...