River Ridge CDD adopts 2024/25 budget and imposes special assessments

The River Ridge Community Development District board unanimously adopted the district’s fiscal year 2024/2025 budget and approved a companion resolution imposing special assessments at its Aug. 27 meeting in Estero.

District Manager Chuck Adams told the board that the budget included errors in the version published with the agenda and that scrivener corrections had been made, including an amended description for "street sweeping." The board opened a public hearing on the budget, received no public comment and, on a motion by Supervisor Kurt Blumenthal seconded by Supervisor Robert Twombly, adopted Resolution 2024‑07 as amended.

Separately, District Counsel Tony Pires recommended opening a public hearing on the assessment roll. That hearing also drew no public comment. The board approved amendments to Resolution 2024‑08, including deleting references to "Exhibit B" (page 2, first Whereas clause and throughout), and then adopted the resolution imposing special assessments for fiscal year 2024/2025 on the same unanimous motion pattern (Blumenthal/Twombly).

Both measures passed by unanimous vote of supervisors attending in person (Mountford, Blumenthal, Twombly) and Supervisor Bob Schultz participating by telephone; Supervisor James Gilman was not present. The adopted budget and assessment roll were described in the resolutions; the board authorized staff to make the stated technical corrections before finalizing documents.

The public hearing notices and proof of publication were included in the meeting materials. Neither the hearing nor the resolutions generated public testimony at the meeting. The board did not indicate any changes to service levels in the motions adopting the budget beyond the scrivener corrections noted by staff.

What happens next: staff will finalize the corrected budget and assessment documents for posting and implementation ahead of the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2024.