However, special taxing districts could be in for a shock come this time next year. Matt Caldwell, Lee County Property Appraiser, said things for special fire districts, like North Fort Myers and Bayshore, are particularly complex. In North Fort Myers, Chief Jeremy Dunn said the new tax reform bill has created a lot of uncertainty regarding a new fire station No. Voters in North Fort Myers eventually approved a 3.5 millage rate two years later. Property taxes would be restricted to funding public safety, infrastructure, natural resource projects and flood control, local bonds, employee retirement benefits, and government operations.