Everglades City officials are offering a settlement on a 2019 lawsuit settlement to reduce the remainder of its payments and interest over the next three years. The mayor and City Council met Sept ...

In its Nov. 26, 2019, settlement, Everglades City agree to pay Veolia $507,300 through monthly payments over eight years with a 3% annual interest. The city has paid $345,124, ...

Everglades City couldn't have paid for the $14.8 million plant through utility fees, Pernas said. And the collection system rehabilitation is going to cost another $10 million.

In 2024, the city's taxable values are $131.3 million, up from $121.4 million in 2023. That will equate to ad valorem taxes for the city of $910,093, up from $776,756 in FY24, according to the budget.

Everglades City will pay a former operator of its water and wastewater system more than $500,000 to settle a federal lawsuit brought against the city.

Rehabbing Everglades City's historic bank building is no easy task. It's a task Patty Huff and the Everglades Society of Historic Preservation have been working on since the society was gifted the ...

Everglades City is a place used to taking a beating when a hurricane swerves its way. In 1960, it lost its place as the county seat after Donna barreled through.

Everglades City couldn't have paid for the $14.8 million plant through utility fees, Pernas said. And the collection system rehabilitation is going to cost another $10 million.

A wastewater treatment plant might not be sexy or exciting to most but to those in Everglades City, it's a thing of beauty. Mayor Howie Grimm says a new plant should have been built 10 years ago ...