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Fort Myers Beach council directs staff to update donation and naming-rights policies
Summary
Council members reviewed a found 2011 donation policy, debated the $10,000 manager-acceptance threshold, donor anonymity and conflict-of-interest language, and asked staff to return with an amended donation policy and a separate naming-rights policy.
Fort Myers Beach councilors reviewed the town's handling of donations on Feb. 5 and gave staff direction to revise the existing policy and draft a separate naming-rights framework.
Nancy (town attorney) told the council staff located a 2011 donation policy in the packet and highlighted examples showing how past gifts were handled, including a $2,000,000 naming donation in Naples used as a model, a roughly $120,000 donation for a K-9 unit and a $52,000 restricted cash gift for license-plate readers. She said the 2011 Fort Myers Beach policy…
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