St. Lucie West Services District
Public Hearing & Regular Board Meeting Minutes
March 3, 2020, 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 Public Hearing & Regular Board Meeting is available on file.)

Board Members Present

Vincent D'Amico, Chairman Gregg Ney, Vice Chairman John Doughney, Secretary Everett Child, Supervisor Dominick Graci, 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
Tom Stirtzinger, Assistant Utilities Director, SLWSD
Gerard Rouse, Assistant Public Works Superintendent, SLWSD Lisa Beans, Executive Assistant/Human Resources, SLWSD Maddie Maldonado, Director of Office Administration, SLWSD Dan Harrell, District Counsel, Gonano & Harrell
Bob Lawson, District Engineer, ARCADIS-US, Inc.
Jason Pierman, District Treasurer, Special District Services, Inc. ("SOS") Laura Archer, Recording Secretary, SOS
Sylvia Bethel, Finance Dept., SOS

Guests Present (Sign-In Sheet Attached)

Call to Order

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

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

It was noted that all 5 Supervisors were in attendance.

Approval of Minutes
February 3, 2020, Workshop
February 4, 2020, Regular Board Meeting

The minutes of the February 3, 2020, Workshop and the February 4, 2020, Regular Board Meeting were presented for consideration.

A MOTION was made by Secretary Doughney, seconded by Supervisor Graci and unanimously passed approving the February 3, 2020, Workshop, as presented, and the February 4, 2020, Regular Board Meeting, as presented.

The Regular Board Meeting was then recessed and the Public Hearing was opened.

Public Hearing
Roll Call

It was noted that all 5 Supervisors were present.

Receive	Public	Comment	on  Amending	Certain Existing Job Descriptions for the Exotic Plant Removal Spray Technician

There was no public comment.

Consider Resolution No. 2020-01 - Amending Certain Existing Job Description for the Exotic Plant Removal Spray Technician

Resolution No. 2020-01 was presented, entitled:

RESOLUTION NO. 2020-01

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE ST. LUCIE WEST SERVICES DISTRICT AMENDING CERTAIN EXISTING JOB DESCRIPTION FOR DISTRICT EMPLOYEES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

A MOTION was made by Secretary Doughney, seconded by Vice Chairman Ney adopting Resolution No. 2020-01, as presented. Upon being put to a vote, the MOTION carried unanimously.

The  Public  Hearing	was   then   closed   and  the  Regular	Board Meeting was reconvened.

Public Comment

There was no public comment at this time.

District Attorney
DA 1 - Status Report/Updates

Mr. Harrell noted that Lake Forest and Magnolia Lakes had recently provided the recording documents in order for the District to take over maintenance of the upland tracts.

Mr. Harrell indicated that the Notice of Qualifying Period would be published in May, which qualifying period runs in June.

That concluded Mr. Harrell's updates.

District Engineer
DE 1 - Status Report/Updates

Mr. Lawson indicated that the Administrative building was moving forward and the plans had been approved. He noted that work would begin soon.

That concluded Mr. Lawson's updates.

District Manager Action Items

DM 1 - 2019 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report

Mr. Pickle presented the 2019 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report, indicating that it would be included in the next billing cycle.

A MOTION was made by Secretary Doughney, seconded by Supervisor Graci and passed unanimously accepting the 2019 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report, as presented.

Supervisor Child asked if there was any way to protect residents from "water testers" who send solicitations. Mr. Pickle indicated that it was a nationwide issue and there was nothing that could be done to stop it, since no fraud was being committed. He  did note that the District could put a reminder on their website.

DM 2- Other Items/Updates

Mr. Pickle advised that the City's Lake Harvey paver project would begin shortly. He also noted that the monument would be installed within the next month, but that they were still waiting on FPL regarding the fountain status.

Chairman D'Amico asked if the fountain would have lights to which Mr. Hayden indicated they would, red and green for Christmas.

Consent Agenda

Mr. Pickle presented Consent Agenda items CA 1 through CA 6.

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 January 2020
CA 6 - Consider Approval to Transfer Funds for the R&R Account Requisitions for Fiscal Year 2020

A MOTION was made by Secretary Doughney, seconded by Vice Chairman Ney and passed unanimously approving Consent Agenda items CA 1 through CA 6, as presented.

Supervisor Requests

Supervisor  Graci  asked  about the groundbreaking ceremony.	Mr. Pickle indicated that it would take place later this week and he would let the Board know.

Secretary Doughney had no requests. Supervisor Child had no requests.
Vice Chairman Ney reiterated that the newspaper was advising to stay away from other people in order to avoid coronavirus.

Supervisor Child asked about protecting potable water storage to which Vice Chairman Ney indicated that coronavirus was not transmitted that way.

Chairman D'Amico had no requests.

Adjournment

There being no further items to be addressed, the Regular Board Meeting was adjourned at 9:11 a.m. There were no objections.

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