St. Lucie West Services District
Regular Board Meeting
May 5, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.

(Please note: These minutes are not verbatim. A CD recording of the Regular Board Meeting is available on file.)

Board Members Present

Dominick Graci - Chairman - in-person Gregg Ney - Vice Chairman - in-person Jack Doughney - Secretary - in-person Diane Haseltine - Supervisor - in-person Kevin Dolan - Supervisor - in-person

Staff Present

Josh Miller, District Manager, St. Lucie West Services District (SLWSD) - in-person Gerard Rouse, Public Works Director/Assistant District Manager, SLWSD - in-person Searg Davidian, Assistant Public Works Director - SLWSD - in-person
TJ Bayer - Assistant Utilities Director, SLWSD - in-person
Maddie Maldonado	Director of Office Administration, SLWSD - in-person Lisa-Marie Beans, Human Resources Director, SLWSD - in-person
Stephen Conteaguero, General Counsel, Nason, Yeager, Gerson, Harris & Fumero,
P.A. - via phone
Neako Villamil, District Engineer, HR Green	in-person Brian Stahl, District Engineer, HR Green - in-person
Jason Pierman, Special District Services, Inc. (SOS) Administrative Manager - in-person
Stephanie Brown, SOS	in-person
Laura Archer, Recording Secretary, SOS - via phone
Also present were Donna Rhoden of the City of Port St. Lucie; and those indicated on the meeting sign-in sheet.
Guests Present (Sign-In Sheet Attached)

Call to Order

Chairman Graci called the Regular Board Meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.
Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call
It was noted that all 5 Members of the Board were present.

Approval of Minutes
April 6, 2026, Workshop
April 7, 2026, Regular Board Meeting

A MOTION was made by Supervisor Dolan, seconded by Secretary Doughney and passed unanimously, approving the minutes of the April 6, 2026, Workshop, amended to reflect the correct date of the Presidents' Council Meeting to be May 12, 2026, and the minutes of the April 7, 2026, Regular Board Meeting, as presented.

Public Comment

There was no public comment at this time.

District Attorney
DA 1 - Status Report/Updates

Mr. Conteaguero advised went over the report indicating that his firm was working on a revision to the tariff, as Mr. Miller had mentioned during the Workshop the previous day.
DA 2 - Notice of Qualifying Period - Elections of Members of the Board of Supervisors
Mr. Conteaguero then presented the Notice of Qualifying Period - Election of Members of the Board of Supervisors indicating that Seats 1, 2 and 3 (Haseltine, Graci and Ney, respectively) were up for election. He further indicated that a revision needed to be made to the Notice presented. He requested the removal of all the Supervisor of Elections' St. Lucie County locations except for the Renaissance Business Park location on Okeechobee Road prior to the ad's publication.

District Engineer
DE 1 - Status Report/Updates

Mr. Villamil gave an overview of his report, focusing on the Bus Turnaround Design Project, the Wastewater Treatment Facility Permit Renewal, the District's request to review and update the respective Utility Standards and the St. Lucie West Services District Septic-to-Sewer Grant Funding.

A brief discussion ensued and the Board thanked Mr. Villamil for his thorough report.

District Manager Action Items

DM 1 - Reserve CDD Incorporation Status Update

Mr. Miller noted that this item had been discussed during the previous day's Workshop and reiterated that he hopes that the RFP documents for the interconnects

project are ready next week and the item is placed on the Reserve COD agenda in either June or July.

DM 2 - 2025 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report

Mr. Miller presented the item and recommended acceptance.
A brief discussion ensued regarding the discontinuance of adding fluoride to the water.

A MOTION was made by Secretary Doughney, seconded by Vice Chairman Ney and passed unanimously accepting the 2026 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report, as presented.

DM 3 - Consider Piggyback Agreement with Synagro South, LLC

Mr. Miller presented the item and asked if there were any questions. If not, he recommended approval. Mr. Miller was asked when the facility would be up and running to which he replied April 2027.

A MOTION was made by Vice Chairman Ney, seconded by Supervisor Haseltine and passed unanimously approving piggybacking the Martin County contract with Synagro South, LLC for Advanced Waste Residuals Processing & Beneficial Use Recovery and Transportation Services, as presented.

DM 4 - Consider lnterlocal Agreement between St. Lucie West Services District and the School Board of St. Lucie County (SBSLC) for Utility Property Land Use

Mr. Miller presented the agreement and noted that the cost would be split evenly. He then asked ifthere were any further questions. There were none.

A MOTION was made by Vice Chairman Ney, seconded by Supervisor Haseltine and passed unanimously approving the lnterlocal Agreement between St. Lucie West Services District and the School Board of St. Lucie County for the School Bus Turnaround Property Use, as presented.

DM 5 - Consider Acceptance of New Engineering Rates from HR Green

Mr. Miller presented the item and noted Mr. Stahl's presence at the meeting. Mr. Stahl thanked the Board Members for their consideration, and it was reiterated that engineering rates had not been increased in 10 years.

A MOTION was made by Secretary Doughney, seconded by Supervisor Haseltine and passed unanimously accepting the new engineering rate schedule from HR Green, as presented.

DM 7 - Fiscal Year Ending 2027 Budget Workshop

Mr. Miller indicated that the FY 2027 Budget had been reviewed at yesterday's Workshop and handed out a summary of the R&R Stormwater Infrastructure Repairs proposed for the neighborhoods within the District. He indicated that Mr. Smith of Ryper Water Analytics agrees with the information.
Mr. Miller reiterated the proposed 3.5% increase and indicated that he would hold off on the increase if the Reserve COD comes online by the summer.
Vice Chairman Ney asked if the budget is still created using percentages of last year's budget to which Mr. Miller noted escalators are per category as projected. Chairman Graci confirmed that we have a track record of budgeting very well.

DM 8 - Other Items

Mr. Miller briefly went over the items he presented during yesterday's Workshop.

I.	Consent Agenda

CA 1 - Monthly Report on Public Works

CA 2 - Monthly Report on Utilities Operations

CA 3 - Monthly Report on Capital Improvement Projects CA 4 - Monthly Report on Billing and Customer Service CA 5 - Public Information Officer Monthly Report
CA 6 - Financial Statements for March 2026

CA 7 - Transfer of Funds for the R&R & UC Accounts CA 8 - Surplus Items
Consent Agenda Items CA-1 through CA-8 were presented for Board consideration and it was noted that CA-8 had been added.

A MOTION was made by Secretary Doughney, seconded by Supervisor Haseltine approving Consent Agenda items CA-1 through CA-8, as amended. Upon being put to a vote, the MOTION carried unanimously.

Supervisor Requests

Supervisor Dolan had nothing further.

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Vice Chairman Ney apologized for his absence yesterday and told staff to keep up the good work.

Secretary Doughney had nothing further. Supervisor Haseltine had nothing further. Chairman Graci thanked staff for their good work. That concluded Supervisor Requests.
Adjournment

There being no further items to be addressed, the Regular Board Meeting was adjourned at 9:38 a.m. by Chairman Graci. There were no objections.

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