Captiva panel OKs budget, elects new members By TIFFANY REPECKI / trepecki@breezenewspapers.com - | Dec 15, 2020 The Captiva Community Panel approved next year’s budget and elected candidates for two seats opening up in January at its recent meeting, as well as heard an update on the iguana control MSTU. On Dec. 8, President David Mintz and staff presented a proposed budget for 2021 that consisted of $65,000 in revenues and $75,000 in operations expenses, resulting in a deficit of $10,000. The budget proposed for 2020 was also unbalanced, with $92,000 in revenues and about $103,938 in expenses. During discussion, he explained that all or part of the funds budgeted for some expenses may not be needed in the end, like the $16,365 for the Sidewalk Engineering Committee, $14,000 for the Sea Level Rise Committee and $4,000 for the Captiva Code/Ordinance Committee, based upon various factors.