St. Lucie West Services District Regular Board Meeting Minutes December 8, 2020, at 9:00 a.m.
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(Please note:	This  is not verbatim.	A CD recording of the Regular Board Meeting is available on file.)

Board Members Present

Gregg Ney, Vice Chairman - in-person John Doughney, Secretary - in-person Viorel Mocuta, Supervisor	in-person Dominick Graci, 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
Bob Lawson, District Engineer, ARCADIS-US, Inc. - in-person Dan Harrell, District Counsel, Gonano & Harrell - in-person
Laura  Archer,  Recording  Secretary,  Special  District  Services, Inc. ("SOS")	- in­ person

Guests Present (Sign-In Sheet Attached)

Call to Order

Vice Chairman Ney called the Regular Board Meeting to order at 9:01 a.m.

Vice Chairman Ney then noted that he had seen Chairman D'Amico's car pulling into the parking lot and suggested waiting for his arrival.

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

It was noted that all 5 Supervisors were present in-person.

Election of Officers

Mr. Pickle then noted it was necessary to re-elect the officers of the District.

A MOTION was made by Secretary Doughney, seconded by Supervisor Graci to keep the current slate of officers:

Chairman Vincent D'Amico Vice Chairman - Gregg Ney Secretary - John Doughney
Secretary/Treasurer - Jason Pierman
Assistant Secretaries - Dominick Graci and Viorel Mocuta

Upon being put to a vote, the MOTION carried 5 to 0.

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

The minutes of the November 2, 2020, Workshop and the November 3,  2020, Regular Board Meeting were presented for consideration.

A MOTION was made by Secretary Doughney, seconded by Supervisor Graci and unanimously passed approving the minutes of the November 2, 2020, Workshop, as presented, and the November 3, 2020, Reqular Board Meetinq, as presented.

Public Comment

There was no public comment.

District Attorney
DA 1 - Status Report/Updates

Mr. Harrell had no updates at this time.

District Engineer
DE 1 - Status Report/Updates

Mr. Lawson advised that the work on the parking lot had been completed and that the landscaping was almost done.

Mr. Lawson wished all those present a safe and happy holiday season.

Secretary Ney congratulated Mr. Lawson for a job well done. Mr. Lawson responded by noting that he accepted the congratulations on behalf of the team.

The Regular Board Meeting was then recessed and a meeting of the Auditor Selection Committee was opened in order to rank the firms who had submitted proposals.

District Manager

Action Items

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

A MOTION was made by Secretary Doughney, seconded by Supervisor Graci and
 	assed unanimous!  rankin	Grau & Associates as #1 and MSL as #2.	

The meeting of the Auditor Selection Committee was adjourned and the Regular Board Meeting was reconvened.

A MOTION was made by Vice Chairman Ney, seconded by Supervisor Mocuta and passed unanimously accepting the recommendation of the Auditor Selection Committee of selecting Grau & Associates to be the District's auditor for 3 years with  a 2 year renewal option.

DM 2 - Status Report/Updates

Mr. Pickle had no further updates at this time.

Consent Agenda

Mr. Pickle presented Consent Agenda items CA 1 through CA 6 and recommended approval.

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

Discussion ensued regarding the number of disconnects the District had to make the previous months and whether those residents were making payments to bring their accounts up to date.

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

Supervisor Requests

Supervisor Mocuta had no comments.

Vice Chairman Ney praised the conference room set up for meetings.

Supervisor	Graci	seconded	Vice	Chairman	Ney's	comments	regarding	the conference room and wished all those present a happy, healthy holiday.

Secretary Doughney wished all those present a happy holiday.

Chairman D'Amico wished all those present a Happy Christmas and New Year. That concluded the Supervisor Requests .
Adjournment

There being no further items to be addressed, the Regular Board Meeting was adjourned at 9:20 a.m. There were no objections.

Date Approved