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River Ridge CDD appoints Keith Merrill to vacant seat, elects officers and approves vendor proposals
Summary
The River Ridge Community Development District appointed resident Keith Merrill to the vacant Seat 1, adopted Resolution 2025-01 electing officers, and approved multiple vendor proposals and easement actions during its Oct. 22, 2024 meeting; all recorded votes were unanimous 'with all in favor.'
The River Ridge Community Development District on Oct. 22, 2024 appointed resident Keith Merrill to fill the unexpired Seat 1 (term expires November 2026) and immediately administered the Oath of Office.
Mrs. Adams, a notary, administered the oath and District Counsel Tony Pires and Mrs. Adams reviewed required ethics training, Form 1 disclosure, the Sunshine Law, public-records obligations and Form 8B voting-conflict procedures for new board members.
The board adopted Resolution 2025-01 to elect officers for the district. Kurt Blumenthal nominated Bob Schultz as chair and Terry Mountford as vice chair; Blumenthal and Robert Twombly were named assistant secretaries and Keith Merrill was added as an assistant secretary. The resolution also removed James Gilman from assistant-secretary status. The motion to adopt the resolution passed "with all in favor."
The board approved several operational and capital-related vendor actions during the meeting. It authorized Bowman to retain RG Architects, P.A. as a subconsultant under standard Bowman terms to redesign two gatehouses, with Mr. Long to lead the projects and Mr. Blumenthal serving as board liaison. The board also approved Bowman Consulting Group's proposal for a Pelican Sound master signage program, and ratified emergency street-sweeping work by Precision Cleaning, Inc. for storm clean-up in a one-time amount of $1,475 and authorized staff to add additional week-to-week cleanings for the next month if necessary.
In other business the board approved a template Grant of Easement for drainage from PSGRC to the district and ratified Resolution 2024-05A accepting the audited financial report for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2023. The board also approved the Aug. 27, 2024 meeting minutes with a minor amendment and rescheduled the November meeting to Nov. 19, 2024.
All recorded motions on these items carried by recorded procedural votes described in the minutes as "with all in favor." No recorded roll-call tallies with dissent or abstentions are included in the transcript.
