FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:    Pete Winton, Lee County Administration
                (941) 335-2221

FORT MYERS, Fla. (January 25, 2001) – Lee County Government has put three of its most important financial documents online for easy access by citizens. They are:

• Fiscal Year 2000-01 Budget Book (324 pages) – details how the county spends taxpayer dollars with breakdowns by department, division and function. It also includes the county’s $298 million of proposed spending on capital projects such as roads, parks, libraries, utilities and beaches.

• Revenue Manual (239 pages) – lists the sources, uses and rates of the county’s major revenues, including property taxes, other taxes, licenses and permits, state revenue sharing, user charges, fines and forfeitures and miscellaneous.

• Debt Manual (249 pages) – includes detailed schedules of each of the county’s bond issues along with issuance information such as interest rate, payment schedule and purposes for the bond proceeds.

The documents can be viewed on the county’s web site at www.lee-county.com. Once in the site, the books are listed under the "Lee County Documents Online" heading. To view the documents, your computer must have Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4, which can be downloaded free from the "A quick guide to using our site" link on the county’s home page.