{"id":122679,"date":"2026-01-18T10:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/122679\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T10:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:12:11","slug":"lee-county-operations-adjust-schedules-for-martin-luther-king-jr-day-jan-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/122679\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee County operations adjust schedules for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most Lee County administrative operations will be closed Monday, Jan. 19, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The county\u2019s holiday schedule adjustments are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Solid Waste<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 There will be no change to collection schedules on Monday, Jan. 19.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Resource Recovery Facility on Buckingham Road will be open regular hours 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Lee County Solid Waste offices and the Household Chemical Waste Collection Facility, 6441 Topaz Court, are closed Jan. 19.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Lee-Hendry Landfill, LaBelle Transfer Station and Clewiston Transfer Station will be open normal hours, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Jan. 19.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Community Development<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 All Lee County Community Development lobbies and phones will be closed Monday, Jan. 19, and will reopen for regular hours on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The electronic permitting portal will remain open during the closure.\u00a0Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leegov.com\/dcd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.leegov.com\/dcd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Parks &amp; Recreation<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Swimming pools, recreation centers and administrative offices are closed Jan. 19 and will reopen Tuesday, Jan. 20. Lee County Parks &amp; Recreation beaches, parks, preserves and boat ramps are open on the holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Lee County Utilities<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Call Center and the drive-thru window at 7391 College Parkway are closed Jan. 19.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A drop-box is on-site at the front door and another accessible via the drive-thru for payments by check.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Payments can be made at any time at <a href=\"http:\/\/myutilities.leegov.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">myutilities.leegov.com<\/a> or 1-855-895-6939.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Libraries<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 All library locations will be closed Monday, Jan. 19. Each branch will resume regular operating hours Tuesday, Jan. 20. The library system is always available online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leelibrary.net\/online\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.leelibrary.net\/online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Domestic Animal Services<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Animal Services, 5600 Banner Drive, Fort Myers, will be closed Monday, Jan. 19, and will resume regular business hours Tuesday, Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LeeTran<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 There will be no change to LeeTran\u2019s bus, trolley, tram, paratransit or ULTRA on-demand services on the holiday. Route schedules and maps are available at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rideleetran.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.rideleetran.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To receive updates from Lee County Government, sign up for the newsletter at\u00a0www.leegov.com\/resources\/newsletters\u00a0and follow on social media:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leegov.com\/socialmedia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.leegov.com\/socialmedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most Lee County administrative operations will be closed Monday, Jan. 19, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-122679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}