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River Ridge CDD appoints Keith Merrill to vacant seat; board elects officers
Summary
At its Oct. 22 meeting the River Ridge Community Development District appointed resident Keith Merrill to fill the vacant Seat 1 through November 2026 and adopted Resolution 2025-01 to elect district officers, including Bob Schultz as chair.
The River Ridge Community Development District Board of Supervisors appointed Keith Merrill to fill the unexpired Seat 1 and later adopted a resolution electing district officers during its Oct. 22 regular meeting in Estero.
Chair Bob Schultz nominated Merrill after the board discussed two candidates. "Mr. Merrill, a longtime resident of Pelican Sound, has contributed a great deal to the community in his numerous HOA board positions," Schultz said when explaining his nomination. With no other nominations, the board voted to appoint Merrill to the seat.
District Manager Cleo Adams, acting as a notary, administered the oath of office to Merrill. Adams and District Counsel Tony Pires then reviewed required ethics training, Form 1 disclosure requirements, Sunshine Law obligations and the Form 8B voting-conflict process that apply to serving on a CDD board.
The board also adopted Resolution 2025-01 to elect officers and remove one prior appointee. Under the resolution, Bob Schultz was nominated as chair, Terry Mountford as vice chair, and Kurt Blumenthal, Robert Twombly and Keith Merrill were listed as assistant secretaries; James Gilman was removed from board appointments named in the resolution.
The appointments were carried by voice vote "with all in favor." The board did not record individual tallies in the minutes; four supervisors were present at roll call prior to the appointment.
The district indicated the new seat term runs through November 2026. The board will administer any additional onboarding tasks and training in future meetings.
