The new city of Fort Myers budget for fiscal year 2024-25, beginning on Oct. 1, was adopted with a millage rate of 6.5255. This was reduced from this year’s rate of 6.6999, the ninth consecutive year of millage rate reductions. City officials said the approved budget of $662,583,964 strikes a balance between the revenues projected to be collected and expenditures to ensure continued delivery of essential city services while commencing a five-year capital improvement program for fiscal years 2025-29. The capital improvement program centers on city structures, infrastructure, parks and recreation, public safety, stormwater, technology and public utilities.
Collier County management gathered in the Emergency Operations Center on Oct. 9, monitoring approaching Hurricane Milton and warning the public...
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