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Lakeland Electric Power Academy GET INTO ENERGY!

Edgewood Drive Project Details

Meet Winston Dailey: Solid Waste Collector

Tigers’ Spring Training

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Monday-Friday PUBLIC MEETINGS City Commission and Utility Committee meetings occur

every month. The public is invited to attend or watch live on Channel 615 (Brighthouse) or Channel 43 (Verizon FiOS) CITY COMMISSION 9:00 a.m.

UTILITY COMMITTEE 1:00 p.m.

IMPORTANT NUMBERS City Hall 863.834.6000

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Lakeland Electric Customer Service 863.834.9535 Power or Water Outages 863.834.4248 PAYING YOUR UTILITY BILL ONLINE www.lakelandelectric.com

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