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Fort Myers Beach directs staff to press FEMA, legal avenues over school rebuilding funds
Summary
Town council members directed staff to seek clarity from FEMA and explore legal options after incomplete responses from Lee County Schools about more than $11 million in FEMA grant money tied to Fort Myers Beach Elementary School.
Mayor Dan Allers and Town Manager Will McKinney told the Fort Myers Beach Town Council on Sept. 24 that the town will press federal and state officials for clarity after receiving what staff called an inadequate response from the Lee County School District about FEMA grant funding tied to Fort Myers Beach Elementary School.
The council voted by consensus to direct staff to work with the town attorney and the town’s lobbyists and to seek assistance from federal representatives to determine whether district-allocated FEMA funds originally tied to the Beach school have been reallocated. The move follows public-records requests from the town and an exchange with congressional staff and FEMA.
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