In the city of Fort Myers, each member of the city council has $5,000 in discretionary funds through which public groups can receive donations of city funding for worthy programs.
This week, Councilman Liston Bochette questioned whether the council does a good enough job of vetting distribution of the funds, recalling his disappointment with one group he chose to fund during his prior term. I had distributed some discretionary funds and was dissatisfied by the lack of reports I got back on how that money was used, Bochette said. It makes sense that if we re going to be disbursing public funds, taxpayers money, that we follow a procedure, a letter or request a proposal how that money would be used.