Cape News
New board repeals Council stipend
The newly seated Cape Coral City Council repealed a resolution that had doubled the paychecks of the previous Council. The motion to repeal Resolution 351-23, which created a council stipend in addition to council salaries, passed 5-3 with all new members voting in favor and Mayor John Gunter and council members Keith Long and Bill Steinke voting against. Councilmember Donald Donnell brought the stipend to the table as part of his first council member report. “I would love for this new council to get this stipend thing done and moved off our plate. We just have to deal with it. It is not going to go away,” Donnell said. Once the correct verbiage was presented by the city ...
