Tag: Lee County Board of Commissioners

Lee County proposes no millage changes, sets public hearing dates

August 1, 2024
Staff Report
News

The Lee County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted proposed maximum millages for the 2024-2025 fiscal year property taxes at the Tuesday, July 30 County Commission meeting. The proposed...

Merchants hold impromtu meetup on parking

A dozen local retailers and officials came to a meeting to discuss possible parking restrictions in Boca Grande on Monday, July 8 at the Boca Grande Community Center. There was some confusion...

Letter inviting Lee Commissioners in November 2024

Below is the text of a letter sent this week by Larry Hannah of Lighthouse United Methodist Church to the Board of County Commissioners: My name is Larry Hannah and a member of the Boca Grande...

If island retail is important, let’s start with an inventory

Currently, the Boca Beacon is digesting hundreds of pages of correspondence between Lee County and Boca Grande as part of a public records request. On June 4, we filed and paid for a record of any...

Parking meeting set for Monday; invite for all this fall

July 5, 2024
Staff Report
Community, News

Editor’s Note: Due to a family emergency, this has been postponed. Sue Sligar of Gilchrist Interiors has invited Vice Chairman Kevin Ruane, who represents the island as District 1...

Community Center expansion plan wins Lee Commissioner approval, go ahead

$16 million plus raised The development agreement between Lee County and Friends of Boca Grande for Boca Grande Community Center improvements was unanimously approved at the regular Lee County...

Lee Commissioners add last minute discussion of parking changes onto agenda

The news that parking in Boca Grande would be an agenda item at the Tuesday, June 4 Lee County Board of County Commissioners meeting was a surprise to many in Boca Grande, including those opposed...

Major parking rule changes discussed at Tuesday Lee meeting

The Lee County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted for Commissioner and Vice Chairman Kevin Ruane to work with County staff to develop a proposed parking plan for the Lee County portion of...

Briefly: Lee County wins state money for bike trail

The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve an agreement with the Florida Department of Transportation to use state funding to design a 12-foot wide, mixed-use trail from the...

Lee officials again consider new parking regulations in Boca Grande

The contentious issue of new parking regulations in Boca Grande has some residents concerned that there could be new regulations in the works by Lee County officials. Over the weekend, emails and...