Lee County Residents: Use Bottled Water
Notice from Alert Lee: Due to water system distribution pipeline damage in Lee County, a countywide boil water notice has been issued. While most residents do not have power to boil water, please use bottled [Read More.]
Storm clean up begins; garbage collection to resume Oct. 3
Lee County Solid Waste garbage collection will resume Monday, Oct. 3, on the normally scheduled day for all routes in Lee County franchise areas that are accessible to collection trucks. This collection is for household [Read More.]
Lee County update on response and recovery efforts in aftermath of Hurricane Ian
September 29, 2022 – Lee County is actively engaged in search and rescue efforts, assessing infrastructure and structural damage and intensifying other response and recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Ian, which caused catastrophic [Read More.]
Hurricane Ian update from Lee County September 28, 2022
Lee County has the following updates Wednesday morning on Hurricane Ian: If you need to get to a shelter, proceed with caution as conditions worsened overnight, and drivers may encounter debris and squalls. About 3,800 [Read More.]
Estero’s tax rate reduced by Council at their meeting on September 21, 2022
Public Budget Hearings Resolution 2022-27 – final millage rate Council approved this resolution adopting the ad valorem taxes for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 at a millage rate of 0.75 mills, which is a reduction from the [Read More.]
Council declares a state of local emergency at a special meeting on September 27, 2022
As weather predictions determined the risk of dangerous storm conditions related to Hurricane Ian, Council met to declare a state of local emergency to provide for emergency governmental operations. The Village of Estero’s charter assigns [Read More.]
Special Village Council Meeting
The Village of Estero Council will hold a special meeting at 10 am on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. The agenda can be viewed here.
Canceled: the PZDB Meeting scheduled for Sept. 27, 2022
The Planning, Zoning and Design Board meeting scheduled for Sept. 27, 2022 has been cancelled due to anticipated inclement weather. We will announce the rescheduled date when that decision has been made. The Board will [Read More.]
Final budget hearings scheduled for Council on September 21, 2022
Council will start their regular meeting at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday. The second and final reading and public hearings for setting the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 millage rate and adopting the tentative budget will begin at 5:30 [Read More.]
ReadingPals volunteers needed for 2022-2023 school year
United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades is recruiting volunteers for the United Way ReadingPals program to read with PreK to 2nd graders at 12 school sites in Lee County, including Estero’s Pinewoods Elementary and New [Read More.]