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River Ridge CDD approves officer slate, $105,000 speed-sign contract and several maintenance actions
Summary
At its Nov. 19 meeting the River Ridge Community Development District elected officers, approved a $105,000 contract to install three permanent and one mobile solar speed-radar sign system, approved irrigation and landscape service changes, and authorized a temporary $3,098 electrical 'zombie' box after a 3–2 vote.
The River Ridge Community Development District on Nov. 19 elected its officers and approved a series of maintenance and traffic-calming actions, including a $105,000 contract to install three permanent and one mobile solar-powered speed radar signs.
At the start of the meeting the Board elected Bob Schultz as Chair and Terry Mountford as Vice Chair, with Kurt Blumenthal, Robert Twombly and Keith Merrill named assistant secretaries. The resolution electing officers (Resolution 2025-02) was adopted after a motion by Terry Mountford and a second by Kurt Blumenthal.
The Board approved My AV‑Tech LLC Estimates 24150 and 24151 to wire and install three permanent and one mobile 15‑inch solar speed radar signs with cameras, messaging and associated cloud services. The package includes recurring cloud-device fees of $1,500 per device per year; the combined approved amount is $105,000. Eric Long, PSGRC general manager, told the Board the existing unit logged roughly 800 varied speeding violations over a three‑week period, a factor cited in the decision to expand the system.
Engineering and maintenance approvals included a not‑to‑exceed $15,000 change order to repair irrigation wiring and raise seven to eight irrigation heads (Irrigation Concepts), approved on motion by Kurt Blumenthal and seconded by Bob Schultz. The Board also authorized terminating the Landscape Service Agreement with Laz’s Lawn Service, Inc., and engaging GulfScapes Landscape Maintenance Services; staff reported GulfScapes’ proposal of $58,500 exceeds the currently budgeted $45,000 and said the difference would be covered using unassigned funds and withheld payments from the prior vendor.
Separately, the Board approved installing a temporary electrical “zombie” box at the existing aerator location in Lake E1‑C for $3,098. The motion to install the zombie box was made by Bob Schultz and seconded by Robert Twombly and passed 3–2, with Supervisors Schultz, Twombly and Merrill voting in favor and Supervisors Mountford and Blumenthal dissenting. Staff said the larger relocation proposal from Bentley Electric — including an additional 125 feet of electrical work — will be revisited during Fiscal Year 2026 budget discussions.
The meeting minutes record the routine acceptance of unaudited financial statements as of Oct. 31, 2024, and note the Series 2022A note will be closed with funds applied to prepay bond debt. The Board approved the Oct. 22, 2024 meeting minutes as amended. The meeting adjourned after the closing motions.
