Live updates from Maryann Batlle

3rd & 7 37yd

#SWFL Now all you have to do is wait for your tax bills, Lee County.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:43:31 PM
#SWFL Commissioner Mann objected to the final total budget. Four other commissioners voted for it. And meeting adjourned!

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:41:57 PM
#SWFL Commissioner Pendergrass said the impact fee reductions and other budget policies are the right approach.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:37:44 PM
#SWFL Commissioner's Mann's no vote on the general fund was because he disagrees with the county's impact fee reduction.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:36:29 PM
#SWFL Lee County "all other budgets" approved unanimously by commissioners.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:30:57 PM
#SWFL Lee County's unincorporated area tax and its unincorporated budget passed unanimously in two separate votes.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:29:35 PM
#SWFL Lee County's library tax was unanimously approved unanimously.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:28:52 PM
#SWFL Lee County passes its budget and property tax rate in two separate 4 to 1 votes. Commissioner Frank Mann dissented on both.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:28:31 PM
#SWFL No public comment to take on the special taxing districts. Commissioners took the vote. Unanimous approval for the rates and budgets

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:26:46 PM
#SWFL Pretty sure the woman reading the special taxing units (looooong list) into the record just yawned ...

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:25:19 PM
#SWFL PSA: Want to see all my tweets in one place? naplesnews.com/news/local-gov…

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:21:18 PM
#SWFL To rehash: Lee County's property tax, tentatively approved last week, is roughly $4 .15 per every $1 ,000 of taxable value.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:17:34 PM
#SWFL Lee County attorney says they still have to read the other items required by statute -- including the special taxing unit millages.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:14:48 PM
#SWFL County Manager Desjarlais asks commission if it's OK to skip last week's budget powerpoint presentation. Commissioners say OK.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:13:57 PM
#SWFL No constitutional officers (ex. Sheriff or County Clerk) are here to voluntarily speak about their budgets, so we're moving on.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:12:20 PM
#SWFL No public comment for the Lee County Port Authority budget. The county commissioners, as port commissioner, unanimously approve it.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:11:34 PM
#SWFL I'm at the final Lee County 2015-16 budget and property tax public hearing. Stay tuned ...

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/15/2015 9:11:32 PM
#SWFL Check out the spread http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COk8XZeUcAEMu6U.jpg

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/10/2015 11:02:04 PM
#SWFL You still have time to make it to Estero's village manager candidates meet-and-greet. 21500 Three Oaks pkwy http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COk1rgPWIAAkDop.jpg

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/10/2015 10:32:50 PM
#SWFL VR Labs has countersued Lee County naplesnews.com/news/local-gov…

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/10/2015 10:18:54 PM
Meeting adjourns about five minutes shy of an hour. Next budget hearing is at 5:05 p.m. Sept. 15.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 10:01:35 PM
#SWFL Nearly done ... "Are we about to go home," Commissioner Mann says. "Yes, sir," Chairman Hamman responds.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:59:59 PM
#SWFL Here's the powerpoint presentation Salyer reviewed earlier: documentcloud.org/documents/2392…

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:58:47 PM
#SWFL Lee commissioners OK the 2015-16 county budget. (Need one more vote later this month to make it legit.)

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:54:29 PM
#SWFL Lee commissioners OK special MSTU 2015-16 budgets.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:53:45 PM
#SWFL And those are tentative approvals today folks ... there's still one more public hearing. This clears a step, though.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:53:20 PM
#SWFL Lee BoCC approved the special taxing unit tax rates.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:52:45 PM
#SWFL Chairman Hamman cleared his throat, said thank you and we've moved on.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:50:37 PM
#SWFL Third speaker, in a bombastic tone, "You are destroying the greatest country that God had ever made ... and fornicating the truth ..."

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:50:08 PM
#SWFL Second speaker asks for more funding for Extension Services, which was a hot button issue a couple budgets ago and lingers.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:47:38 PM
#SWFL First speaker commends Lee commissioners: "I would be honored to fish with either of you."

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:45:17 PM
#SWFL Aaaaand done.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:43:08 PM
#SWFL Useppa Island Fire MSTU lets me know we're in the homestretch

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:42:32 PM
#SWFL still going.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:39:34 PM
#SWFL Still going ... we're on "H"

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:37:36 PM
#SWFL Still going ...

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:36:18 PM
#SWFL This is my favorite part of the budget, when a county employee has to rattle off the special MSTU rates ...

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:35:40 PM
#SWFL Also, this is updated: "Manufacturing company set to grow in Lee County" naplesnews.com/news/local-gov…

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:31:38 PM
#SWFL New EMS positions & ambulances included in 2015-16 budget may improve response times in Estero/Bonita, Asst County Manager Brady.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:27:09 PM
#SWFL Salyer: Lee County's proposed 2015-16 budget refinances some debt, builds new youth baseball fields and kicks off two library projects

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:18:55 PM
#SWFL Lee County's proposed 2015-16 budget increases tourism marketing, says Glen Salyer.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:17:57 PM
#SWFL Lee County's 2015-16 proposed budget adds 35 @leesheriff jobs, says Glen Salyer.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:17:24 PM
#SWFL Glen Salyer of the county manager's office is giving an overview of Lee County's 2015-16 proposed budget

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:16:23 PM
#SWFL Lee's BoCC is meeting as the port authority to adopt the 2015-16 budget for that agency. The board approved it.

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:16:22 PM
#SWFL Lee commissioners kick off their budget hearing with a reminder to the public that they should not intimidate or discourage each other

by maryannbatlle via twitter 9/9/2015 9:16:21 PM