Council Meetings

Council will start their meeting at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, addressing Corkscrew Road wetland mitigation credits and conducting a second reading of an ordinance updating the Capital Improvements element. Council will then conduct four workshops.  Topics include: Introduction to Public Trust advisors, State Legislative session update and Appropriations Report, Capital Improvement Plan and American Rescue Plan Act. The full agenda is available here. Meetings are held in the Council Chambers, Village Hall, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, near the entrance to the Estero Park. Residents may view the meeting here and provide public comment by utilizing the eComment Card on the Village [Read More.]

Public comment on non-agenda items: A resident from Verdana Village spoke of safety concerns for children boarding the school bus on Corkscrew Road where there are no sidewalks. See See Street utility expansion The meeting started with Council approving a supplemental task authorization to a contract with Banks Engineering, Inc. for the See See Street utility expansion design and permitting for $240,500, with a $24,000 contingency fund. See See Street is an approximately .25-mile-long road off Corkscrew Road just west of Three Oaks Parkway.  It is close to the south branch of the Estero River, the Corkscrew Road ditch and [Read More.]

The meeting will start at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, addressing a contract with Banks Engineering to design utility improvements at See See Street off Corkscrew Road. Council will then review Staff’s recommendation of three firms to provide supplemental staffing to the Village, and adopting a revised travel and expense reimbursement policy. There will be a first reading of Ordinance 2023-05 updating the capital improvements element which includes the Capital Improvement Program approved for Fiscal Year 2022/2023. Council will hold a workshop with an update of code compliance mitigation and payment. The full agenda is available here. Meetings are held in the [Read More.]

The meeting started with Mayor Jon McLain reading a proclamation for Arbor Day. Marlene Naratil and Mayor Jon McLain This was followed by Mayor McLain presenting a proclamation for the former Vice Chair of the Planning, Zoning & Design Board Marlene Naratil.  Naratil was one of the original board members and had served on the board for six years and seven months. Front row: Jim Boesch, Mayor Jon McLain, Katy Errington, Jim Wilson. Second row: Councilmembers Lori Fayhee, Larry Fiesel, Vice Mayor Joanne Ribble. Third row Councilmembers George Zalucki, Rafael Lopez. Mayor McLain then presented keys to [Read More.]

Council will start their meeting at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, with a proclamation for former Planning, Zoning & Design Board member Marlene Naratil. They will then present former Councilmembers Katy Errington, Jim Boesch and Jim Wilson with a key to the city, followed by a short reception. Topics to be addressed include: the re-appointment of 3 Planning, Zoning & Design Board members, Phase 1 Estero Parkway reuse main design contract, Williams Road widening preliminary design and engineering project, and revisions to a contract for disaster management services. The full agenda is available here. Meetings are held in the Council Chambers, Village [Read More.]

New councilmembers sworn in; Jon McLain named mayor and Joanne Ribble named vice-mayor on April 5, 2023 Councilmembers front row, left to right: Dist. 1 Vice-Mayor Joanne Ribble; Dist. 3 Mayor Jon McLain; Dist. 5 Rafael Lopez. Back row, left to right: Dist. 4 Lori Fayhee; Dist. 2 Larry Fiesel; Dist. 7 George Zalucki; Dist. 6 Jim Ward. The meeting started with the Honorable Elisabeth Adams, 20th Judicial Circuit Judge, reading the Oath of Office to the councilmembers for District 3 Jon McLain, District 4 Lori Fayhee, District 5 Rafael Lopez and District 7 George Zalucki.  This was followed by [Read More.]

Four councilmembers will be sworn in at the beginning of the meeting at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday.  They include: District 3 Jon McLain, District 4 Lori Fayhee, District 5 Rafael Lopez and District 7 George Zalucki.  This will be followed by the election of mayor and vice-mayor. Action items include resolutions for obtaining state funds for Sandy Lane bike/pedestrian improvements and replating of Tract “F1” and Tract “L6”, Rivercreek, on Corkscrew Road. There will also be workshops on Senate Appropriations/Legislative – UEP Status, Vieste, LLC, and Florida Department of Transportation I-75. The full agenda is available here. Meetings are held in [Read More.]

Pictured above, left to right: Estero High School Cambridge AICE Coordinator/AICE Exams Officer Carolyn Hutto, Bryce Krohnfeldt, Peter Waszkowski, Mayor Katy Errington, Askar Rice, Jack Calder and Estero High School Principal Michael Amabile.  See slide show at the end of this article for the remaining photos of this presentation. The meeting started with Mayor Katy Errington reading a proclamation for the Estero High School and high school students who were awarded the Cambridge Outstanding Learners Awards. These are a group of awards which recognize exceptional learner achievement in Cambridge examinations around the world.  Four of the 51 student honorees [Read More.]

Council will start their meeting at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, with a proclamation for five Estero High School Cambridge Student Awardees. Action items include ranking of consultants for disaster management services, a landscaping contract for US 41 medians and recreational proposals for the Village-owned Williams Road property. Council will then conduct workshops for the Planning, Zoning & Design Board’s annual report and have an update on Estero development projects. The full agenda is available here. Meetings are held in the Council Chambers, Village Hall, 9401 Corkscrew Palms Circle, near the entrance to the Estero Park. Residents may view the meeting here [Read More.]

Public Comment on non-agenda items: A volunteer with the Coccoloba Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society gave an update on the River Oaks Preserve at the east end of Broadway Avenue. She stated there have been over 3,000 hours of volunteer service provided at the preserve in the past 8 months and the preserve is up and running following a massive cleanup. They have added a native plant nursery. Workshop Eagle’s nest on Corkscrew Road and US 41 Cathy Olson, M.S. CWB, environmental consultant to the Village, provided Council with information on the new eagle’s nest on the Village’s [Read More.]