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There has been an effort to scam customers who had an item on the Planning & Zoning Board agenda to pay an exorbitant fee through a wire transfer.  The scammers created an email that looked like it was from the City of Lakeland with instructions to wire money to a New York bank account.  Of course, this is a scam, and the City of Lakeland would never initiate and ask for payment for a service over a phone, or through email.  Unsolicited phone calls, text messages, or emails purporting to be from the City of Lakeland demanding immediate payment are frauds. 

                LAKELAND, FL - (September 17, 2024) The Lakeland Police Department will be accepting applications for the 2024 Cops for Kids Toy Donation program for four select days beginning on October 14, 2024. Parents or guardians needing assistance must register at one of the locations listed below.   REGISTRATION DATES AND TIMES Monday, October 14 from 9 AM - ...

Budget Summary City of Lakeland Fiscal Year 2025. The proposed operating budget expenditures of the City of Lakeland are 2.1% less than last year's total operating expenditures. 

LAKELAND, FL (September 11, 2024) - On Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at approximately 10:31 a.m., officers responded to a traffic crash involving a red Toyota Celica and a grey Ford pickup truck in the 1600 block of East Memorial Boulevard. Just prior to the crash, the Toyota was headed westbound on East Memorial Boulevard and Ford was traveling eastbound on East Memorial Boul ...

LAKELAND, FL (September 11, 2024) | The City of Lakeland Parks Division will be on Lake Morton at 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, for the 44^th Annual Swan Roundup. Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts employees will be carefully gathering the swans by boat to get them ready for their annual veterinary check-up.

LAKELAND, FL (September 11, 2024) | The 19^th Annual Cardboard Boat Challenge and Lakes Festival will take place on Saturday, October 12, 2024, at the Lake Hollingsworth Boat Ramp located at 920 Lake Hollingsworth Drive. The Lakes Education/Action Drive and the City of Lakeland is hosting the event to raise awareness for area lakes.

LAKELAND, FL (September 6, 2024) | The Lakeland City Commission participated in the first Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Budget Hearing on Thursday, September 5, 2024.  During the two-hour Budget Hearing, City Commission listened to City Manager Shawn Sherrouse go over the proposed FY25 budget that included calculations based on a 5.5644 millage rate.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Commission of the City of Lakeland, Florida, will consider passage of the following titled ordinance(s) at a City Commission meeting which commences at 9:00 A.M. on Monday, September 16, 2024, in the City Commission Chamber at City Hall, Lakeland, Florida.

Notice is hereby given that assessment(s) have been entered against the following lot(s) and parcel(s) of land in the City of Lakeland, Florida, as provided by Chapter 86 of the Code of the City of Lakeland, Florida, said assessment(s) being payable within 30 days, with interest at the rate of 8 percent per annum as hereinafter specifically set forth.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Commission of the City of Lakeland, Florida, will consider passage of the following titled ordinance(s) at a City Commission meeting which commences at 6:00 P.M. on Thursday, September 19, 2024, in the City Commission Chamber at City Hall, Lakeland, Florida.