St. Lucie West Services District Workshop  Meeting Minutes December 7, 2020, at 9:00 a.m.
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(Please note: This is not verbatim. A CD recording of the Workshop Meeting is available on file.)

Board Members Present

Vincent D'Amico, Chairman - in-person John Doughney, Secretary - in-person Dominick Graci, Supervisor	in-person Viorel Mocuta, Supervisor - in-person

Staff Present

Dennis Pickle, District Manager, St. Lucie West Services District ("SLWSD") - in­ person
Josh Miller, Utilities Director/Assistant District Manager, SLWSD - in-person Maddie Maldonado, Director of Office Administration, SLWSD - in-person Gerard Rouse, Assistant Public Works Director, SLWSD	in-person
Jason Pierman, Secretary/Treasurer, Special District Services, Inc. ("SOS") - in­ person
Laura Archer, Recording Secretary, SOS - via cell phone

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

Chairman D'Amico requested a moment of silence in remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Seat New Board Members, Administer Oaths of Office and Review Board Member Responsibilities & Duties

Viorel Mocuta and John Doughney were sworn in and took their seats on the dais.

Roll Call

It was noted that all Supervisors were in attendance except Vice Chairman Gregg Ney.

Election of Officers

Discussion ensued regarding keeping the current slate of officers of the District. There was a Board consensus to do so.

Approval of Minutes
November 2, 2020, Workshop
November 3, 2020, Regular Board Meeting

There were no revisions to either set of minutes.

Public Comment

There was no public comment.

District Attorney
DA 1 - Status Report/Updates

Mr. Pickle was not aware of any updates from Mr. Harrell at this time.

District Engineer
DE 1 - Status Report/Updates

Mr. Pickle presented correspondence of November 5, 2020, from Arcadis U.S., Inc. in which Mr. Lawson outlined the 2021 Water Management Improvement Projects Engineer's Report. The letter outlined 5 projects that will be the focus of the 2021 fiscal year, to wit:

Project Number 1 in Basin 2B;
Project Number 2 in Basin 2B;
Project Number 3 in Basin 4C;
Project Number 4 in Basin 7B; and
Project Number 5 in Basin N1/7A

Mr. Pickle briefly described each project, noting that they were still researching ways to finance the projects. He also noted that this report would be formally presented to the Board at the January meeting so that they had time to review each project  in more detail.

District Manager Action Items

DM 1 - Auditor Selection Committee
Ranking of Proposals/Consider Selection of an Auditor

Mr. Pierman explained the process and presented the audit proposals.

There was a brief discussion.

DM 2 - Status Report/Updates

Mr. Pickle advised that the Administrative building would remain closed to the public due to the COVID pandemic.

He also advised that the Administrative building parking lot had been completed with the exception of some additional landscaping that had to be completed.

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, 2020
CA 6 - Consider Approval to Transfer Funds for the R&R Account Requisitions for Fiscal Year 2021

There was no discussion regarding Consent Agenda Items CA 1 through CA 6.

Supervisor Requests

Supervisor Graci noted how good the new Administrative building looked. Secretary Doughney congratulated Supervisor Mocuta on his election to the Board. That concluded the requests from Supervisors.
Adjournment

There being no further items to be addressed, the Workshop Meeting was adjourned at 9:21 a.m. There were no objections.

Vice Chairman Ney arrived at the meeting.

Workshop Meeting Minutes Signature Page

Date Approved