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    Cape Coral council ends City Manager Michael Ilczyszyn's contract without cause

    Cape Coral City Council voted 4-1 on Monday, Nov. 2, to end City Manager Michael Ilczyszyn's contract without cause, effective at 11:59 p.m. that night; three council members had left the meeting before the vote. The council named Maureen Buice, assistant to the city manager, as interim city manager at a $290,000 salary. The city attorney said Ilczyszyn is entitled to four months' salary as severance.

    Source: Cape Coral Breeze and 2 more

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    Cape Coral council to consider historic designation for Four Freedoms Park

    Cape Coral City Council is set to take up a resident's nomination of Four Freedoms Park as a historic resource at its 4 p.m. meeting Monday, Nov. 2. Part of the park, which has a playground, walking path and city-run preschool, would be used for the marina in the $500 million Bimini East redevelopment council approved Oct. 22, and a historic designation would make changes to the park much harder. City staff recommend declining the nomination and instead working with the Cape Coral Historical Society on a monument in the park; the developer has agreed to build a new one-acre park nearby.

    Source: WINK News

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    Cape Coral council backs push for full-service VA hospital and veterans campus

    Cape Coral City Council voted Oct. 21 on a resolution supporting expansion of the city's outpatient VA clinic into a full-service veterans hospital, with a campus offering independent living, assisted living, nursing and memory care. The measure also lets city staff seek funding help from the Legislature and other partners. Veterans say many now make a two-hour trip to the Tampa Bay area for specialized or inpatient care, and a grassroots committee plans to ask the five Southwest Florida counties for similar resolutions.

    Source: WINK News

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    Florida DOGE review calls Cape Coral staffing lean, flags $3.8M to $6.5M in savings

    A state DOGE review of Cape Coral estimated the city could save $3.8 million to $6.5 million, mostly through changes to personnel costs and purchasing. The city says the review, dated Oct. 16, found its staffing below the median of comparable cities and no misuse of funds. Cape Coral plans to post a response to each recommendation by the end of October.

    Source: WINK News and 3 more