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Lee County Utilities Offers Online Payments
Aug 8, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Patricia DiPiero, Lee County Utilities LEE COUNTY UTILITIES OFFERS ONLINE PAYMENTS FORT MYERS, Fla. (August 8, 2006) - Lee County Utilities announces the ability to pay utility bills online at www.lcupayments.com. The free, online payment option allows Lee County Utilities' customers to view their account balance and pay their bill 24 hours a day, 7 days a week using either credit cards, debit cards, or by check. The new online system is a secure way to pay with a confirmation of payment immediately. Not only does this ease the way of making a payment for local customers, but Lee County Utilities has many customers that are seasonal residents that live out of state and out of the country. The online payment system allows them to make instant payments, alleviating the worry of lost or misdirected payments resulting in late fees. All that is needed to pay online is the account number and the billing address zip code. Payments can easily be made using a savings account, checking account, MasterCard, VISA, Discover, or American Express. Lee County Utilities will still offer the traditional ways of making payments through mailing the payment, stopping into our Customer Service located at 7391 College Parkway, using automatic withdrawal from a checking or savings account, or dropping off a payment in one of our drop boxes located throughout the county. For more information or help getting started with the online payment system, please call 239-936-0247. Lee County Utilities currently has more than 75,500 water and 54,500 sewer accounts. The county operates eight wastewater-treatment plants – Fort Myers Beach, Fiesta Village, Waterway Estates, Three Oaks, San Carlos, Gateway, Highpoint, and Pine Island – with a total of 16.5-million gallons of capacity per day, and seven drinking water-treatment plants – College Parkway, Corkscrew, Green Meadows, Olga, Pinewoods, Bartow, and Waterway Estates – with a combined 35-million gallons of capacity per day. The Utilities Division has an annual operating budget of about $53.7 million and 272 employees.
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