St. Lucie West Services District Workshop Meeting Minutes December 2, 2019, at 9:00 a.m.
450 SW Utility Drive Port St. Lucie, Florida 34986

(Please note: This is not verbatim. A CD recording of the Workshop Meeting is available on file.)

Board Members Present

Vincent D'Amico, Chairman Gregg Ney, Vice Chairman John Doughney, Supervisor Everett Child, Supervisor

Staff Present

Dennis Pickle, District Manager, St. Lucie West Services District ("SLWSD") Bill Hayden, Public Works Director/Assistant District Manager, SLWSD Josh Miller, Utilities Director/Assistant District Manager, SLWSD
Dan Harrell, District Counsel, Gonano & Harrell
Jason Pierman, District Treasurer, Special District Services, Inc. ("SOS")

Guests Present (Sign-In Sheet Attached)

Call to Order

Chairman D'Amico called the Workshop Meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

It was noted that all 4 Supervisors were in attendance.

Consider Appointment of New Board Member to Seat #2

Mr. Pickle noted that James Kawa had withdrawn his name from consideration of appointment to the Board.

Mr. Pickle noted that in the past, the candidates have left the room during the interview process. All the candidates left the room with the exception of Daniel Cerrezuela.

It was noted that Mr. Cerrezuela had experience in the utility industry, once running a water utility. The Board asked several questions to which Mr. Cerrezuela responded.

Next was Dominick Graci, whose experience included running a chemical plant. Mr. Graci answered several Board Member questions.

Via Mocuta was next. Mr. Mocuta noted he attends all Board Meetings and finds the discussions interesting. The Board had several questions for Mr. Mocuta.

Tim Reardon was next. Mr. Reardon noted he had 20 years' experience on a municipal water board. Mr. Reardon answered several questions from the Board Members.

Once all the interviews were completed, the candidates remained outside the meeting room where the Board Members discussed each candidate's qualifications and their areas of expertise.

The candidates were called back into the meeting room and the Board Members thanked them for their time. They were advised that the official vote would be conducted at tomorrow's meeting.

Approval of Minutes
November 4, 2019, Workshop
November 5, 2019, Regular Board Meeting

The Board had no revisions to either set of minutes.

Public Hearing
Consider Resolution No. 2019-10 - Adopting a New Job Description for the Position of Spray Technician in the Exotic Plant Removal Division; and Providing an Effective Date

Mr. Pickle advised that tomorrow's Public Hearing was on the following resolution:

RESOLUTION NO. 2019-10

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE ST. LUCIE WEST SERVICES DISTRICT ADOPTING A NEW JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE POSITION OF SPRAY TECHNICIAN IN THE EXOTIC PLANT REMOVAL DIVISION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

There were no questions from the Members of the Board.

Public Comment

There was no public comment.

District Attorney
DA 1 - Status Report/Updates

Mr. Harrell noted that he was at today's Workshop because he would not be available for tomorrow's meeting.

Mr. Harrell had no updates at this time.

District Engineer
DE 1 - Status Report/Updates

Mr. Pickle was not aware of any items from Mr. Lawson.

District Manager Action Items

DM 1 - Consider Budget Amendment 2020-03 for the General Fund

Mr. Pickle presented the item, indicating that this amendment was due to the recent promotion of Gerard Rouse from Assistant Public Works Superintendent to Assistant Public Works Director and Mr. Hayden's recommendation to not back fill the  Assistant Public Works Superintendent, but rather to fill the Exotic Plant Removal Foreman position. Mr. Pickle noted that the funds were moving from stormwater to exotic plant removal.

The Board had no questions regarding this matter.

DM 2 - Consider Repair of a 48" Reinforced Concrete Pipe (RCP) at McChesney Park

Mr. Hayden presented the item, indicating that this was necessary because of the development of a sink hole. The Shenandoah Construction proposal is based off the piggyback contract with the Broward College Storm Drain Cleaning, Repairs and Maintenance contract RFP-2018-167-EH in the amount of $65,150.

There was no discussion on the item.

DM 3 -  Other Items/Updates

Mr. Pickle advised that the bid date deadline had been extended for the new Administrative Building. He indicated that the information would be presented to the Board at the January meeting.

Mr. Pickle advised that they were awaiting an FPL permit to install the fountain at Lake Harvey.

That concluded Mr. Pickle's updates.

Consent Agenda

CA 1 - Monthly Report on Public Works Department CA 2 - Monthly Report on Utilities Operations
CA 3 - Monthly Report on Capital Improvement Projects CA 4 - Monthly Report on Billing and Customer Service CA 5 - Financial Statements for October 2019
CA  6 -	Consider· Approval to Transfer Funds for the R&R Account Requisitions for Fiscal Year 2020

There were no comments regarding the Consent Agenda items.

Supervisor Requests

Mr. Pickle noted that the All Hands meeting was scheduled for Thursday at 11:30
a.m. and all were invited.

Adjournment

There being no further items to be addressed, the Workshop Meeting was adjourned at 9:58 a.m. There were no objections.

Date Approved

Workshop Meeting Minutes Signature Page