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River Ridge board approves multiple maintenance contracts and vendor changes, including irrigation repairs and a landscape vendor switch
Summary
The board approved an irrigation change order not to exceed $15,000, terminated a landscape contract with Laz’s Lawn Service for poor performance and engaged GulfScapes at $58,500, and approved a temporary power solution for a lake aerator by a 3–2 vote.
The River Ridge Community Development District on Nov. 19 approved several operations and maintenance actions ranging from irrigation repairs to a vendor change and a temporary power solution for a lake aerator.
District Engineer Charlie Krebs presented revisions to the Seaside & Master Drainage Project and told the board MRI expects work to begin within two to three weeks. Krebs also reported additional irrigation work from Irrigation Concepts: $4,002.50 to repair damaged wiring and about $1,300 each to raise roughly seven to eight irrigation heads. On a motion by Kurt Blumenthal, seconded by Bob Schultz, the board approved an Irrigation Concepts change order in a not-to-exceed amount of $15,000.
Mrs. Adams recommended terminating the landscape service agreement with Laz’s Lawn Service, Inc., citing poor performance, and engaging GulfScapes Landscape Maintenance Services. GulfScapes’ proposal totaled $58,500, about $13,000 above the $45,000 amount budgeted for landscaping. The board discussed using unassigned funds and withholding payments to Laz’s to offset the differential; on a motion by Kurt Blumenthal seconded by Bob Schultz the board approved terminating Laz’s and engaging GulfScapes, effective immediately.
Separately, the board revisited Premier Lakes’ proposal to relocate an aeration system in Lake E1-C. After discussing moving the equipment further from homes and the higher relocation estimate (about $10,755), the board approved installing a temporary "zombie box" at the current location for $3,098 so the district can postpone the larger relocation decision into FY2026 budget discussions. That motion passed 3–2, with Supervisors Mountford and Blumenthal recorded as dissenting and Supervisors Schultz, Twombly and Merrill recorded in favor.
The board also accepted unaudited financial statements as of Oct. 31, 2024 and noted that funds from the Series 2022A note will be used to prepay bond debt; staff said they would investigate why an October 1 annual insurance payment did not appear in the check register and report back.
