{"id":54414,"date":"2025-11-20T18:22:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/54414\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T18:22:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:22:39","slug":"lee-county-operations-adjust-schedules-for-thanksgiving-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/54414\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee County operations adjust schedules for Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most Lee County administrative operations will be closed Thursday, Nov. 27, and Friday, Nov. 28, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Other schedules will be adjusted.<\/p>\n<p>The adjustments include:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Solid Waste<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Thursday, Nov. 27: All county facilities are closed and no garbage, yard waste or recycling will be collected. Collections will be delayed by one day for the remainder of the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Friday, Nov. 28: Thursday collections will be picked up. The Waste-to-Energy Facility in Buckingham will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. to accept waste. The Lee-Hendry Landfill will be open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The LaBelle and Clewiston Transfer Stations will be open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All other Solid Waste facilities will be closed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Saturday, Nov. 29: Friday collections will be picked up. The Buckingham site will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. to accept waste. The Lee-Hendry Landfill will be open from 7 a.m. to noon. The LaBelle and Clewiston Transfer Stations will be open 7 a.m. to noon.<\/p>\n<p>All other Solid Waste facilities will be closed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Community Development<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 27, and Friday, Nov. 28, in observance of Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The electronic permitting portal will remain open during the closures.\u00a0Visit\u00a0www.leegov.com\/dcd.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>LeeTran<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Thursday, Nov. 27: No bus, trolley, beach tram, Mobility on Demand or Passport service.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Friday, Nov. 28, Normal service resumes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Parks &amp; Recreation<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Thursday, Nov. 27, Friday, Nov. 28, and through the holiday weekend: Boat ramps, beaches, parks and preserves will be open. Check\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeparks.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.leeparks.org<\/a>\u00a0for the list of open locations, hours and amenities.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Administration offices, pools and recreation centers are closed Thursday, Nov. 27, and Friday, Nov. 28. Recreation centers and pools resume normal operating hours Saturday, Nov. 29. Administration offices resume normal operating hours Monday, Dec.1.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Library System<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 All branches will close at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, with the exception of Captiva Memorial Library, which closes at 4 p.m., and Home Borrower Services, which closes at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Thursday, Nov. 27, and Friday, Nov. 28: All libraries will be closed. The library always is available online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leelibrary.net\/online\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.leelibrary.net\/online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Saturday, Nov. 29: Normal library hours resume.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Domestic Animal Services<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Thursday, Nov. 27, and Friday, Nov. 28: The shelter at 5600 Banner Drive, Fort Myers, will be closed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Saturday, Nov. 30: The Lost &amp; Found Pet Center will reopen for regular hours at 8 a.m. The adoption center will open at 9:30 a.m. Doors open at 8 a.m. for paperwork.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Utilities<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Call Center and the drive-thru window at 7391 College Parkway are closed Thursday, Nov. 27, and Friday, Nov. 28, and will reopen Monday, Dec. 1.<\/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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/myutilities.leegov.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/myutilities.leegov.com<\/a>\u00a0or 1-855-895-6939.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u2014<\/p>\n<p>To receive updates from Lee County Government, sign up for the newsletter here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leegov.com\/resources\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.leegov.com\/resources\/newsletters<\/a>. Follow Lee County Government 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 Thursday, Nov. 27, and Friday, Nov. 28, in observance of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-54414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54414","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=54414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}