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River Ridge CDD re-elects officers; approves contracts, irrigation repairs and budget actions
Summary
At its Nov. 19 meeting the River Ridge Community Development District adopted Resolution 2025-02 electing officers, approved contractor changes including GulfScapes for landscape maintenance, authorized irrigation repairs up to $15,000, and accepted unaudited financial statements.
The River Ridge Community Development District Board of Supervisors re-elected its officers and approved several contractor and budget actions at a Nov. 19 regular meeting in Estero.
Cleo Adams, the district manager and notary who opened the meeting, said the board adopted Resolution 2025-02 electing Bob Schultz as chair and Terry Mountford as vice chair, and naming Kurt Blumenthal, Robert Twombly and Keith Merrill as assistant secretaries. The resolution was adopted on a motion by Terry Mountford, seconded by Kurt Blumenthal, with the board voting unanimously to approve the nominations.
The board reviewed its unaudited financial statements as of Oct. 31, 2024. Adams said the Series 2022A note will be closed and the funds used to prepay bond debt. Supervisor Kurt Blumenthal asked why an annual insurance payment dated Oct. 1 was not reflected in the check register; Adams said she will investigate and report back to him.
The board approved an Irrigation Concepts change order to repair damaged wiring and raise seven to eight irrigation heads, in a not-to-exceed amount of $15,000. District Engineer Charlie Krebs presented the revised scope for the Seaside & Master Drainage Project and said work is expected to start within two to three weeks.
An additional agenda item addressed landscape services. Staff recommended terminating the contract with Laz’s Lawn Service, Inc. for poor performance and engaging GulfScapes Landscape Maintenance Services at a proposed cost of $58,500, about $13,000 over the budgeted $45,000. The board approved terminating Laz’s Lawn and engaging GulfScapes effective immediately; staff said withheld payments to Laz’s Lawn and unassigned funds would be used to offset the difference.
The board also approved the minutes of the Oct. 22, 2024 meeting as amended. The manager confirmed the next regular meeting is scheduled for Dec. 10, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
The meeting record notes there were no public commenters during the agenda public comment period and that Pelican Sound leadership will present a community mitigation initiative later in the meeting sequence.
