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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
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City to discuss information plan for changes to public input
By MEGHAN BRADBURY
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Cape Coral City Council will discuss today plans to best inform residents of changes to meeting times and procedures. Council will hear a strategic communications plan designed to “inform and educate Cape Coral residents, media, and stakeholders about the updated City Council meeting procedures and encourage meaningful participation under the new format.” As proposed in a resolution to amend Council’s Agenda Rules of Procedure, Council meeting start times will move
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from 5 p.m. to 4 p.m. Council workshops, which are followed by South Cape Redevelopment Agency meetings will start at 9:30 a.m. instead of 10:30 a.m. In addition to changes to meeting times, the amended rules would move public comment from near the beginning to towards the end of Council meetings. Council also would now require that residents who wish to speak to fill out, and turn in, a public comment card before the start of its meetings. Comment cards could still be submitted electronically. The resolution amending rules of proce-
dure was developed as per Council discussion and direction at its May 14 workshop where there was a consensus to place Citizen’s Input toward the end of the meeting just before Councilmember Reports as well as to implement the comment card system. It is No. 18 on Wednesday’s lengthy consent agenda. Consent agenda items are passed as a whole without discussion unless otherwise pulled by a member of Council. If the resolution to amend is approved, at future meetings, public input on consent agenda items would be come after Council votes on its consent agenda.
Cape Coral Animal Shelter holding Microchip Clinic today
The Cape Coral Animal Shelter & Veterinary Clinic will hold a Microchip Clinic Wednesday, June 4, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the shelter’s clinic. For just $10, pet owners can have their dog or cat microchipped and registered for life — a simple step that offers lasting peace of mind in case a beloved pet ever goes missing. Additional microchip clinics are planned for the future. Stay connected through the clinic website and social media channels for upcoming dates and events. The Cape Coral Animal Shelter Veterinary Clinic is at 325 S.W. 2nd Ave., off of Santa Barbara Boulevard near Lake Kennedy Community Park and Sun Splash Family Waterpark. Pet owners are asked to use the side door of the clinic towards Sun Splash. The microchip clinic is open to the public and pets must be leashed or in carriers. For more information, please contact Cape Coral Animal Shelter at 239-5732002, extension 106.
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Breeze Breakfast of Champions honors student-athletes
Athletes, team and coach of the year named at annual awards ceremony cjhaddad@breezenewspapers.com
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City budget workshops this Thursday and Friday See PUBLIC INPUT, page 4
By MEGHAN BRADBURY
By CJ HADDAD
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In other business: n The public hearing portion of Wednesday’s meeting includes Resolution 172-25, which would establish an increase in administrative costs charged to a violator if the city prevails in prosecuting a case before the special magistrate. The city set the monetary amount of $94 for the recovery of administrative costs, an amount that was established for several years. If passed, the amounts will include: l Stipulated agreements and agreed
The Breeze Newspapers celebrated student-athletes from all over Cape Coral and the West Zone on Saturday with its fourth annual Breakfast of Champions held at Cape Vineyard Community Church. “We’re committed to growing our Athlete of the Week program in the future because we realize the thrill that competition brings to fans and communities and the important lifelong lessons
that sports provide to young people willing to learn them,” said Breeze Newspapers Publisher Ray Eckenrode. Cape Coral Breeze Editor Chris Strine added, “We had a great turnout for our fourth annual Breakfast of Champions Saturday. It was an honor and a privilege to recognize all of the student-athletes, coaches, teams, parents and supporters at the event. Our congratulations to all for their accomplishments during the 2024-25 school year.
See STUDENT-ATHLETES, page 4 Athletes and coaches from Mariner High School at the Breakfast of Champions Saturday at Cape Vineyard. MARK CLIFFORD
Cape Coral City Council will hold its summer budget workshop this week with a larger proposed budget again on the table. The two-day workshop is scheduled at 9 a.m. both Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6, in City Council chambers at City Hall. The first day of the workshop will focus on the budget overview and development, the 2026 proposed budget, 2026 general fund, general fund revenues, ad valorem taxes and taxable revenue, general fund expenditures, structural balances, millage rates, departments and funding discussion/ wrap-up. The proposed budget includes an all funds requested budget of $1,495,767,829, an increase over the $1,155,431,101 FY25 budget. The proposed FY-2026 budget includes a millage rate of 5.2188 for general operations, which is unchanged from FY25. One mill is equal to $1 for every $1,000 of assessed, taxable property valuation. The city’s fire services assessment is proposed at a recovery of 70% of the cost of operations. The proposed budget also includes an 11% increase in water and sewer rates; 4.7% increase in stormwater rates; and 14.7% in solid waste rates. Cape Coral City Hall is at 1015 Cultural Park Blvd. The meetings are open to the public.