AAmerican PPublic WWorks AAssociation Florida Chapter - District 7 Treasure Coast Branch

T re a s u r e C o a s t Chairman Treasurer ITEM # 14 Mike Davis Barbara Miller Ph: 772.871-.5120 Ph: 772.462-.2511 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

District Representative Secretary Vice-Chairman John Dunton Mark Weber Milton Leggett Ph: 772.344-.4035 Ph: 772.532-1972 Ph: 772.288-5341 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

To: Pat Overton, President Florida APWA

Here is the Treasure Coast Quarterly report:

APWA Executive Meeting Minutes April 29, 2008

In Attendance: Barbara Miller, SLC Debi Spivey, SLC Carmen Capezzuto, City of PSL Dean Schuett, City of PSL Milton Leggett, City of Stuart Don Pauley, SLC Nancy Ingle, City of FTP Mike Davis, City of PSL

The meeting was called to order at 9:40 by Carmen Capezzuto. The minutes from the February 14, 2008 meeting were moved for approval by Barbara Miller and seconded by Mike Davis. It passed unanimously.

Treasurer’s Report: Barbara Miller stated that we have a balance of $11,467.09 in our checking account before paying for the trophies awarded at the golf tournament.

Golf Tournament Update: This year’s tournament netted a profit of $5,795.89 before paying for the trophies. Next year it was suggested that we look into having the tournament at Fairwinds Golf Course and the branch not selling beer. This was brought up so that the branch will not be liable if anything happens due to someone partaking too much. This will be discussed at a later date.

Scholarships: Dean informed the group that he spoke with the IRCC Foundation and they told him that an audit check had been completed and that we had a balance of $2,500 in our account. We are going to ask them to verify that information and put it in the form of a letter for our records. If this is the case, we are still going to award four $500 scholarships and leave $500 in our account. This was decided after much discussion since the state of the economy is what it is. Nancy suggested that we revisit what are specific requirements are for the scholarships and maybe we need to tweak them. Dean received six applications for our scholarships and the group reviewed them and selected the four to receive them this year. The recipients will be invited to the June installation luncheon.

APWA Executive Meeting Minutes February 14, 2008 Page 2

Scholarships (cont.): Carmen told the group that he was at the awards ceremony for the recipients of our SLC Foundation scholarships. They have been invited to our installation luncheon also. We also discussed how to best utilize the monies ($1,000) set aside for our in-house scholarship applications and it was suggested that we cap the amount given to any one applicant at $200. That way we will be able to help more members and put everyone who applies on an even footing. If an applicant applies for less than $200 then we would cover the amount asked for. We will reimburse the applicant only after they have completed the course and supplies a copy of their report card attached to their application. The $1,000 set aside for in-house use will run from June to June so if we have not given out all of the money the balance will roll over into the next year’s coffers. Don Pauley made the motion to follow this suggestion and Mike Davis seconded it. It passed unanimously.

Installation Luncheon: This year’s installation luncheon will be held on Thursday, June 19 th at 11:30 AM at Gator Trace. We will have three entrée selections for each member to choose from and the information will be sent to the membership on Monday, June 2nd. The branch will be paying for this luncheon as a thank you for the member’s work throughout the past year. We will need to get this information out to all of our scholarship recipients too.

Member Participation: We will be asking for volunteers to fill the position of Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer as well as any vacancies on the Executive Board. Remember that you can not only nominate yourself but anyone else in the room that may be too bashful to do so for themselves.

Memorial: Josh Sumner, a past member of our branch was killed on Monday, May 5 th in a work related accident. There was a motion made by Dean Schuett and seconded by Don Pauley to contribute $100 to his widow to help with expenses. This was passed unanimously.

Meeting was adjourned at 11:05 by a motion made by Dean Schuett and seconded by Barbara Miller.

May 2008: Cancelled due to conflicts with the hurricane conference and the state APWA meeting.

June 2008: APWA Installation Meeting Minutes June 19, 2008

Members in Attendance: Mike Davis, PSL Richard Parks, PSL Richard Perkins, PSL Joe Velardo, PSL Linda Bagley, PSL Janet Adinolfi, PSL Dan McPadden, PSL Don Pauley, SLC Barbara Miller, SLC Debi Spivey, SLC Eric Heilfurth, SLC Muthu Peter, SLC Burt Saleeby, SLC Gerry Rogers, SLC Carmen Capezzuto, PSL Dean Schuett, PSL Paul Bertram, FTP Milton Leggett, COS John Dunton, PSL Dan Burns, Stanley Consultants Mark Weber, Stanley Consultants Robert Rawley, First Vehicle Services Guests in Attendance: Mary Holmgren, Executive Director, SLC Education Foundation Jasmine Anderson, SLC Scholarship Recipient Melissa Depriest, Development Coordinator, IRCC Foundation Michael Rudy, IRCC Scholarship Recipient Jesse Durham, IRCC Scholarship Recipient Nanyail Smoke, Program Director of the Susan Harwood Grant, IRCC

The installation luncheon meeting, held at Gator Trace was called to order at 11:40 by Carmen Capezzuto.

June 19, 2008 Installation Luncheon Meeting Minutes Page 2

Approval of Minutes: The minutes of the March 20, 2008 meeting were unanimously approved with the motion being made by Richard Perkins and seconded by Don Pauley.

Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer Barbara Miller reported a balance of $9,890.59 in the bank before issuing the check for this luncheon.

Golf Tournament: A brief overview of the golf tournament gave the group the news that we made a profit of $5,600+ to put towards our scholarship programs.

Scholarships: This year we are happy to be able to present a total of nine scholarships. Four of these scholarships were distributed through the IRCC Foundation, two through the SLC Foundation and three are internal scholarships given to members who are working to further their education. Our branch has given more than $16,000 in scholarships since 1999.

Presentation: Ms. Nanyail Smoke, Program Director of the Susan Harwood Grant was our guest speaker as Jan Pagano, Associate Dean IRCC was not able to attend. Ms. Smoke gave us an overview of the new Public Works Academy CCTI which, in the first six months of this year trained 595 construction workers. Attached to these minutes you will find the power point presentation that Ms. Smoke gave so that everyone can learn what this program has to offer.

Scholarship Recipients: Ms. Melissa Depriest, Development Coordinator for the IRCC Foundation introduced Mr. Jesse Durham and Mr. Michael Rudy, two of our scholarship recipients. Both Mr. Durham and Mr. Rudy gave the group a brief overview of themselves and what their goals are. Mr. Tyler Keen and Mr. Zaheer Mohammed were not able to attend due to prior commitments. Ms. Mary Holmgren, Executive Director for the SLC Foundation introduced Ms. Jasmine Anderson as one of the two scholarship recipients. Ms. Anderson also gave the group a brief overview of herself and her goals. The second recipient, was not able to attend due to prior commitments.

Branch scholarship recipients are Melissa Lunsford, Janet Adinolfi and Linda Bagley.

Election of Officers: The floor was open for nominations for the four officers and executive committee. After voting and unanimous approval of all nominees our new officers are as follows: President – Mike Davis, City of Port St. Lucie Vice President – Milton Leggett, City of Stuart Treasurer – Janet Adinolfi, City of Port St. Lucie Secretary – Mark Weber, Stanley Consultants New executive board members who will have a two year term are as follows: Barbara Miller – St. Lucie County Joe Velardo – City of Port St. Lucie

State Representative: JD wanted everyone to give some thought to possibly stepping forward to fill the State Representative’s spot since it will be coming available in April, 2009. JD is on the State Membership Committee and would like to devote all of his energy to that post.

50/50: The drawing, for $42.00 was won by Muthu Peter.

Next Meeting: As the branch does not hold meeting during the summer months, you will be notified in mid to late August as to the date, time and location for the September meeting.

Meeting was adjourned at 12:40 PM.

Sincerely,

John Dunton

District VII Representative