Fort Myers Beach |
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Address
2523 Estero Blvd.
Fort Myers Beach, FL 33931
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Phone
239-765-0202 |
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Now in its second year of existence as a town, the Town of Fort Myers Beach is the newest municipality to be incorporated in Florida. After a vigorously debated campaign, the citizens of Fort Myers Beach passed a referendum asking the Florida State Legislature to allow Fort Myers Beach to become a municipality. The State Legislature passed the required legislation, and it became law without Governor Chiles' signature on June 17, 1995. Elections for Town Council were held in November and December and on December 31, 1995, the Town of Fort Myers Beach was born.
While the bill to create the Town was working its way through the legislature, a Transition Team was formed to do the necessary advance preparation. A Town Charter was drafted with a City Manager/Town Council form of municipal government. Through numerous visits and telephone calls to other communities the Transition Team became informed about which policies and procedures would and would not work for the Town.
The City of Sanibel was of major assistance to the Transition Team and in the first months of the Town's existence.provided their Assistant City Manager, Bill Mills, to be the Town's Acting Town Manager until a search could be completed and a full-time Town Manager hired.
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