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Cape to raise utility charges 11% per year

A utility rate increase of 11% a year for the next three years was approved by Cape Coral City Council Wednesday. Finance Director Mark Mason said the resolution approved, 222-24, updates water, sewer and irrigation rates as well as incidental fees. The utility rate adjustments will begin ...

City moves forward with design plans for the Yacht Club

Cape Coral City Council approved design plans for both the Yacht Club and its pier Wednesday. The elected board passed a pair of resolutions: • Resolution 194-24 to authorize preparation of the final design and construction documents for the Yacht Club Community Center at a not to exceed ...

Cape Council receives city budget proposal

FINAL Proposed Budget Book 2025 The budget presented to members of Cape Coral City Council today shows a proposed downtick in both overall total and the property tax rate while funding 22 new public safety positions, more sidewalks, additional miles of roadway paving and money for the ...

Lee GOP officials attending RNC comment on shooting

Lee County GOP officials, attending the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, shared comments about Saturday’s shooting in Pennsylvania that injured former president Donald Trump and left one man dead and others injured. The assassination attempt on Trump was carried out Saturday ...

FEMA decision on flooding insurance ratings expected this week

The city of Cape Coral received correspondence from FEMA that the agency is still working on its final decision regarding the Community Rating System retrograde. Last week, City Manager Mike Ilczyszyn said he received correspondence from FEMA Region IV Administrator Robert Samaan that he ...

More signs installed at Blind Pass after drowning

Following the recent drowning of a local teen and the rescue of two others at Blind Pass, island authorities have taken additional measures to make the area safer. The body of missing swimmer Isaac Breese, 17, of Cape Coral, were recovered on July 4 by the Sanibel Police Department, two ...

New Ms. Oktoberfest crowned

Alexandra Reifschneider has volunteered at Oktoberfest for years and was asked last year by some of the members at the German-American Social Club to enter the Ms. Oktoberfest contest. “To be Ms. Oktoberfest would be amazing. I’m German-American so to represent the club would be ...

Cape woman faces DUI, crash-related charges

A Cape Coral woman is facing 19 charges involving DUI, property damage, and battery on an officer stemming from a July 12 incident. Layla Martinez, 22, was arrested Friday just after 7:30 p.m. after a traffic stop was initiated by a Charlotte County Sheriff's Office deputy in the area of 400 ...

Council to consider agreements benefiting burrowing owls.

Funds appropriated to help protect the city of Cape Coral's official bird may finally take wing Wednesday. Two resolutions are on Wednesday’s Cape Coral City Council agenda that, if approved, will further protect burrowing owl habitats. The resolutions are memorandums of agreement. The ...

Council to consider final design plans for the Cape Coral Yacht Club Wednesday

Renovation of the Cape Coral Yacht Club will move ahead if Cape Coral City Council approves the final design and construction documents at its Wednesday meeting. This resolution, 194-24, authorizes a fourth amendment between the city and Kimly Horn and Associates at a not-to-exceed amount of ...