At the May 6, 2025 Lake Wales City Commission Meeting, a re-authorization of the city’s Citizen Advisory Task Force (or CATF) was approved. This task force exists to provide public input on city projects. In the past, the task force has been used to review grant applications made by the city, and will likely continue to do so.
The city is looking to apply for a Community Development Block Grant (or CDBG); previous iterations were reviewed by the CATF in 2015 and 2020.
A new fire station will be constructed at the southwest corner of the intersection of Nest Egg Road and Hunt Brothers Road in Lake…