Apwa Florida Chapter

Florida Chapter – APWA 2014-2015 APWA FLORIDA CHAPTER Executive Committee Minutes President Russell Ketchem Monday, July 7, 2014 City of Pompano Beach Ft. Lauderdale, Fl 11900 NE 3rd Ave Pompano Beach, Fl 33437 (O) 954-545-7011 President Russell Ketchem brings the meeting to order. The (F) 954-786-4011 Committee said the Pledge of Allegiance and Ron Ribaric gave the [email protected] invocation. Secretary Althea Parrish called the roll.

President-Elect President Russell Ketchem Present Robert Garland McKim & Creed 378 Interstate Port President Elect Robert Garland Present Sarasota, Fl 34240 (o) 941-378-3404 [email protected] Vice President Chas Jordan Present

Vice-President Secretary Althea Parrish Present Charles Jordan City of Largo Treasurer Rick Keeney Present P O Box 296 Largo, Fl 33770-2512 (O) 727-587-6740 House Delegate Doug Layton Excused Absence (F) 727-587-6780 Proxy to Mark Juliano [email protected]

Secretary Immediate Past President Dale Haas Present Althea Parrish (Retired) City of Sanford District Rep 1 – Al Green Excused Absence P.O. Box 1788 Sanford, FL 32772 Proxy to Paul Moore (O) 407-688-5107 (F) 407-688-5091 District Rep 2 – Alisha Wetherall Present [email protected]

Treasurer District Rep 3 – John Locklear Present Rick Keeney City of Punta Gorda Public Works District Rep 4 – Joey Duncan Excused Absence 326 W. Marion Avenue Punta Gorda, FL 33950 No Proxy (O) 941-575-5050 (F) 941-575-5044 District Rep 5 – Amy Blaida Present [email protected]

Past President District Rep 6 – Robert Nowak Present Dale Haas (Retired) 4731 Capri Avenue District Rep 7 – John Dunton Present Sarasota, Fl 34235-4315 (H) 941-351-1642 (C) 941-914-6228 District Rep 8 – Chris Sharek Excused Absence [email protected] Proxy to Mike Crumpton – No Show

House Delegate District Rep 9 – Nicole Monahan Present Doug Layton 12535 Mission Hills Circle North Jacksonville, FL 32225 District Rep 10 – Jamie Brown Excused Absence (C) 904-646-9068 Proxy to Chris Evers [email protected]

(Atl. House Delegate – Mark Juliano) District Rep 10 – Cheech DeCelles Present 1. Secretary’s Report – Althea Parrish

MOTION: Treasurer Rick Keeney made a motion to accept the Minutes of the last Executive Committee Meeting, May 10, 2014. Immediate Past President Dale Haas seconded said motion. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

2. Treasurer’s Report - Rick Keeney talked abut the mid year report and the Treasurer’s Workshop that was at the Expo. No written Report

3. President’s Report – Russell Ketchem talked about the upcoming 2015 Expo Show in Daytona. The Legendary Committee is a new Committee for recognition for members and will be reaching out to the Branches. No Written Report

4. President Elect’s Report – Robert Garland went over his steering committee for the 2015 Expo and the agenda for this show. Discussion.

5. Vice President’s Report – Chas Jordan – Chas attended the 2 Top Ten Award recipients from the Florida Chapter, David Derrick and Tracy Mercer. He also stated he has begun the process of establishing a 2016 Expo Steering Committee that will be help in Tampa Bay.

Expo Task Force – Chas Jordan – The 2015 Expo will be in conjunction with NACE and the final review of the MOU with NACE was completed.

Florida hosting the 2017 APWA Congress was the next discussion. There are forms from National APWA that need to be filled out and this if very preliminary. He explained the process that National goes through picking a location for Congress.

MOTION: Vice President Chas Jordan made a motion to authorize the Florida Chapter Officers to bid for the 2017 Congress through APWA National. Immediate Past President Dale Haas seconded said motion. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

6. Immediate Past President Report – Dale Haas – He thanked everyone for all their hard work during his presidency. He announced the Florida Chapter received the PACE award and thanked Amy Blaida for all her hard work.

7. Alternative House Delegate Mark Juliano – Gave the House Delegate Report (House Delegate Doug Layton excused absence – Mark had his proxy) and Mark reported at this time voting was open for National positions.

8. Old Business – No discussion

9. New Business – President Russell Ketchem gave out the dates for future Executive Committee Meetings for 2014/2015:

October 17 & 18, 2014 in St. Pete January 23 & 23, 2015 Daytona Beach April 19 – 23, 2015 Expo in Daytona Beach

Meeting adjourned 3:49 p.m. - Respectfully Submitted, Althea Parrish, Chapter Secretary