On Monday the Fort Myers Beach Town Council initiated its first action against the Lee County School District which the town believes is in “material breach” of the Interlocal Agreement the district signed with the town to rebuild the the Beach School.
The town vote 5-0 to set November 5th at 1PM as the date and time to hold a meeting at the Town Hall building. The meeting is the first step in the conflict resolution process prior to possibly filing a lawsuit. We reached out to the School District to see if they planned to attend that meeting.
Town Attorney Nancy Stuparich said now the town needs to provide a detailed letter about the process to Superintendant Denise Carlin. The district then has 10 days to respond to the town’s request for a meeting and to file their own request for a conflict resolution. Vice Mayor Jim Atterholt and Mayor Dan Allers will attend the meeting which will be open to the public and public input is allowed during the meeting. Town Attorney Becky Vose said, “We need to get this in front of the public. This needs to get out in front of the public and to the voters.” If there is a second meeting Vose says it will include a mediator…