APWA Regular Meeting Minutes
September 16, 2010
In Attendance:
Milton Leggett, COSRick Perkins, PSLDan Giesey, PSL
John Dunton, PSL Dan McPadden, PSLMarc Rogolino, COS
Barbara Miller, SLCDon Pauley, SLCBill Reinert, COS
Linda Bagley, PSL Mike Davis, PSLDonald Freedland, PSL
Richard Parks, PSLKirk McCosh, PSLDean Schuett, PSL
Debi Spivey, SLCAnn Amandro, SLCRichie Marino, SLC
Victoria Stalls, IRSC
The meeting was called to order at 8:00 AM by Rick Perkins.
June Minutes:
Rick asked for a motion of the minutes of the June 18, 2010 meeting minutes and a motion was made by Dan Giesey and seconded by Richard Parks. Motion passed unanimously.
Treasurer’s Report:
Dan Giesey gave the treasurer’s report which shows our balance as $10,269.38.
State Update:
- In the near future, we will be looking over the Treasure Coast Branches By-Laws to see if there are items that need to be addressed such as length of terms, etc.
- JD reminded us that the next Annual Conference will be in Daytona Beach in 2011 and information will be passed along as we get it.
- We need to submit information to JD that can be put in the newsletter that is posted on the States website.
- The Branch needs to submit applications for awards on projects from the State Chapter. One example is the Crosstown Parkway and I am sure that if we put our heads together we can come up with 4 or 5 projects that would qualify. Put on your thinking caps and give JD some ideas.
- Per the State, all Branch Treasurers need to have specific training which will consist of 3 days and 2 nights in St. Petersburg.
Nomination of Officer
Scholarships:
Dean has spoken to both IRSC and the St. Lucie Foundation to upgrade the qualifications needed to apply for our scholarships. We are also working to balance the number of awards made between students and our members. The Executive Board has been discussing ways to work with the PublicWorksAcademy to supply scholarships with more to follow on this at a later date.
Golf Tournament:
Debi will be checking with Veteran’s Services to see when they have their charity tournament scheduled so we do not conflict. Committee meetings will start in the near future. Once again, we are looking to hold it at Gator Trace.
Hurricane Expo:
The Expo will be held next May and it was opened for discussion as to whether we want to have a presence at it. Rick wanted us to think about it and we will start kicking around ideas at the next meeting.
Food Drive:
We are continuing to collect food items for the Treasure Coast Food Bank. We were given a flyer of the 15 most wanted items and a copy will be sent with the minutes, agenda and location flyer for next month’s meeting. Please contribute what you can as there are many, many families in our area that are in need.
Cruise Raffle:
Sales on raffle tickets are going slowly so please try to sell as many as possible as the proceeds will be going to the Treasure Coast Food Bank. Our Treasurer, Dan, has asked that you keep track of how many single tickets and how many sets of 3 tickets you sell. It makes it easier to reconcile the money collected with tickets sold. Remember, the drawing will be during our November 18th regular meeting.
Presentation:
Victoria Stalls with the CCTI at IRSC gave a short presentation on the training modules that are available at the institute. She informed the group that they received the 2010 APWA Award of Excellence and has gotten nothing but positive feedback from those attending. At this time, registration is low as entities have cut back on their funding for employee training. Since the inception of the Public Works Institute at IRSC they have had 29 graduates and 62 participants have taken at least 1 of the 3 modules. The cost per module is $315. Module I will be offered over October 12th – 14th, at the 2011 APWA Conference in April and again in October, 2011. Module II will be offered in January, 2011 and Module III in August, 2011. For more information on the modules please contact Ms. Stalls at .
50/50 Drawing:
Victoria Stalls, IRSC won the 50/50 which was $34.00.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 AM.
TreasureCoast Branch Meeting
Thursday, October 21, 2010 – 11:30 AM
Port St. Lucie Community Center
2195 SE Airoso Blvd.
Agenda
1)Welcome
2)Presentation by SunshineState One Call
3)Approval of Minutes for the September 16, 2010meeting
4)Treasurer’s Report – Dan Giesey
5)State Update – John Dunton
6)New Business
- Ask for suggestions for meeting subjects and/or venues
7)Continuing Business
- Raffle for Treasure Coast Food Bank – Rick Perkins
- Scholarships – Dean Schuett
- Food drive – Rick Perkins
8)50/50 Drawing
9) Adjournment
APWA Executive Meeting Minutes
October 15, 2010
In Attendance:
Kirk McCosh, City of PSL
Dean Schuett, City of PSL
Rick Perkins, City of PSL
Bill Griffin, City of Stuart
Debi Spivey, SLC
Barbara Miller, SLC
John Dunton, City of PSL
Dan Geisey, City of PSL
The meeting was called to order at 9:00 by Rick.
Meeting Minutes: The minutes from the September 9, 2010 Executive Meeting were unanimously approved with the motions being made by Dean and Dan.
Treasurer’s Report: Dan gave the Treasurer’s report and informed the group that we have $10,247.71 in our checking account.
State Update: JD has nothing new to report with the exception that Dan and Rick will be going to the next state meeting in JD’s place.
Future meetings: We will be asking Sunshine State One Call to discuss, at our next regular meeting, the new underground facility damage prevention legislation. Bill also said that he would contact SuntreeTechnology, Inc. to see if they would be interested in presenting to the group at our January meeting. More on this to follow.
Members Scholarship Program: This program will be put on hold until there is a ruling from National.
First-Time Memberships: A flyer has been received offering first time members the opportunity for individual memberships at the rate of $70 instead of the regular $141. We need to get the word out to any and all that we think might be interested or benefit from this offer.
Fundraiser: Ticket sales have been very slow. We want to make a difference in our community and give back to it so it was decided that we would write the check for $1,500 to the TCFB and present it at the November 18th meeting.
Food Drive: We are continuing to collect canned and boxed food which we will deliver to the TCFB at the November 18th meeting. Barbara will contact Wally with the TCFB and confirm the meeting.
Scholarships: There was some discussion on various issues with an overview as follows:
- IRSC Foundation – we currently have $1,500 sitting there and do not need to add more at this time
- SLC Foundation – We currently have $1,000 sitting there and do not need to add more at this time
- PW Academy – Rick will talk to Victoria to see what would need to be done to set up a system where they would handle the monies put aside for tuition help.
- PW Academy - $1,500 would pay for 4 individuals to take Module 1 ($315/module).
- PW Academy – Module 2 starts in January, Module 3 starts in March and Module 1 will be offered again in October, 2011. Module 1 will also be offered at the APWA Annual Convention.
State Emerging Leaders Meeting: Carmen has been asked to join the State Emerging Leaders and inquired about our group helping to pay for him to attend this meeting. After much discussion, it was determined that if we did this we could be “opening up a can of worms” as to other members who felt that their involvement in other organizations would be just as worthy as this one for funding. A vote was taken and it was decided that as good as this group is, we could not help pay for Carmen to attend.
By-Laws: This topic will be discussed at the next meeting.
November’s Executive Meeting: Next month’s meeting will be on Wednesday, November 10, 2010th at 9:00 AM in the St. Lucie County Road & Bridge main office conference room at 3071 Oleander Avenue.
Meeting was adjourned at 10:00.
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