SUBJECT
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Election of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Secretary for the PRWC West Polk Wellfield Project Board of Directors for FY2026 (Action)
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DESCRIPTION
The Polk Regional Water Cooperative's (PRWC) Formation Interlocal Agreement and the Implementation Agreements have essentially the same provisions regarding Board of Director's (BOD) officers. Both the Regular Cooperative Board, Combined Projects Board, Southeast Wellfield Project Board, and the West Polk Project Board elect a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Secretary/Treasurer to serve for a term of one year. Each officer may serve two consecutive one-year terms, if re-elected. The Chairman shall be rotated at the end of each term so that the Vice-Chairman shall replace the Chairman, unless the Chairman is re-elected to a second consecutive one- year term and a new Vice-Chairman and Secretary/Treasurer shall be elected each year.
The current Chairman on the PRWC West Polk Wellfield Project BOD is Bill Mutz (Lakeland), the Vice-Chairman is Trish Pfeiffer (Bartow), and the Secretary/Treasurer is Joe LaCascia (Polk City). Under the Interlocal Agreement the Chairman has served two consecutive one-year terms and is no longer eligible to retain his position and is also leaving the Lakeland commission. The current Vice-Chairman (Trish Pfeiffer) is also slated to serve as Chairman of the Southeast BOD and is not available to serve as Chairman of the West Polk Board at the same time. However, the current West Polk Secretary/Treasurer (Joe LaCascia) can move to the Vice-Chairman position. Therefore, a new Chairman and Secretary/Treasurer will need to be elected.
At the September 17, 2025 BOD meeting the Board approved a delay in elections from the September Board to the November 19, 2025 Board meeting to coincide with the November general election schedule.
RECOMMENDATION
Request the BOD to elect a Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary/Treasurer for FY2026 (beginning December 1, 2025 through September ...
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