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MINUTES OF MEETING
WENTWORTH ESTATES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT
The Regular Meeting of the Board of Supervisors of Wentworth Estates Community Development
District was held on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at 8:00 a.m., at the Treviso Bay Clubhouse, 9800 Treviso
Bay Boulevard, Naples, Florida 34113.
Present and constituting a quorum:
Joe Newcomb Chairperson
Robert Cody Vice Chairperson
Steve Barger Assistant Secretary
Joanne Lekas Assistant Secretary
Andrew Gasworth Assistant Secretary
Also present were:
James P.Ward District Manager
Greg Urbancic District Attorney
Bruce Bernard Assets Manager
Andrew Gill JPWard &Associates
Audience:
All resident's names were not included with the minutes. If a resident did not identify
themselves or the audio file did not pick up the name, the name was not recorded in these
minutes.
PORTIONS OF THIS MEETING WERE TRANSCRIBED VERBATIM. ALL VERBATIM PORTIONS
WERE TRANSCRIBED IN ITALICS.
[The majority of this meeting was inaudible due to poor Internet connectivity.]
FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS Call to Order/Roll Call
District Manager James P. Ward called the meeting to order at approximately 8:00 a.m. He conducted
roll call; all Members of the Board were present, constituting a quorum.
SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS Notice of Advertisement
Notice of Advertisement of Regular Meeting.
THIRD ORDER OF BUSINESS Consideration of Minutes
February 10,2022—Regular Meeting
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Mr. Ward asked if there were any additions, corrections, or deletions to these Minutes. A couple of
changes were recommended. Mr. Ward indicated these changes would be made. He called for a
motion.
On MOTION made by Mr. Steve Barger, seconded by Mr. Joe
Newcomb, and with all in favor, the February 10, 2022, Regular
Meeting Minutes were approved as corrected.
FOURTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Consideration of Resolution 2022-4
Consideration of Resolution 2022-4, a Resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the Wentworth
Estates Community Development District Approving the Proposed Fiscal Year 2022 Budget and setting
the Public Hearing on Thursday,June 9, 2022, at 8:30 A.M. at the Treviso Bay Clubhouse, 9800 Treviso
Bay Boulevard, Naples, Florida 34113
Mr. Ward presented this Resolution. He discussed the budget and assessments.
Discussion ensued regarding the Budget and Capital Improvements.
Mr. Ward: We can go up in that line item, and then back it off at the public hearing if Bruce has a better
number.
Mr. Newcomb:I think we ought to have$100,000 dollars in there.
Mr. Ward: Okay, let's up that to$100,000 dollars.
The public hearing date was changed to July 14, 2022.
Mr. Ward: A motion to adopt Resolution 2022-4 which approves the proposed budget with the change
of increasing the Capital related to the fountain pump house construction to $100,000 dollars in 2023,
and changing the public hearing date to July 14, 2022, would be in order.
On MOTION made by Mr.Joe Newcomb, seconded by Mr. Barger, and
with all in favor, Resolution 2022-4 was adopted as amended, and the
Chair was authorized to sign.
FIFTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Consideration of Proposals
Consideration of proposals for providing Audit Services to the District for the Fiscal Years 2022-2026
Mr. Ward discussed the auditing services provided to the Board and presented the proposals noting
Staff provided a ranking for consideration by the Board with Grau and Associates ranked as number 1,
and Berger,Toombs as number 2.
Discussion ensued regarding the proposals.
Mr. Newcomb:Is there any value in having another firm take a look at it?
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Mr. Ward: I generally like (indecipherable) where the numbers are getting so low and it's impossible to
make an independent really do the in-depth work that's necessary(indecipherable). This audit is just like
an SEC audit. It might not be a big District, but the volume of work to get to the point of getting it out to
you is voluminous. (Indecipherable) a different set of eyes on it, but I don't know how you do these
audits from the numbers anymore,so I don't have that opinion anymore.
Discussion continued regarding the auditors and whether there was any value in bringing in fresh eyes.
Mr. Greg Urbancic: There are some governmental entities in the State of Florida that are required to
change their auditors every five years. We don't have that requirement, but the State does impose that
statutorily and by regulation on some governmental agencies.
Mr. Ward: Whoever you want is fine. Obviously, we are recommending Grau. The pricing is a little
better than what we really need, and I don't know that it would do us much good to change eyes right at
this point.
On MOTION made by Mr. Robert Cody, seconded by Mr. Joe
Newcomb, and with all in favor, the proposals were rated with Grau
and Associate as number one and Berger,Toombs as number two.
SIXTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Staff Reports
I. District Attorney
No report was made due to connection difficulties.
II. District Engineer
a) Stormwater Reporting Requirements
No report.
III. Asset Manager
a) Operations Report March 1,2022
b) Operations Report April 1,2022
Mr. Bernard made a presentation on the pond banks.
Discussion ensued regarding the pond banks.
Mr. Cody asked about the pond bank improvement program.
Mr. Bernard replied three out of the five ponds were finished and made other (indecipherable)
comments.
IV. District Manager
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a) Notice of Qualified Elector Election—Seats 1,Joe Newcomb&Seat 2,Andrew Gasworth
b) Financial Statements for period ending February 28,2022(unaudited)
c) Financial Statements for period ending March 31,2022(unaudited)
Mr. Ward discussed the two seats which were up for election this year, Seats 1 and 2, and the
requirements involved in being elected or reelected to these seats.
SEVENTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Supervisor's Requests and Audience Comments
Mr. Ward asked if there were any Supervisor's requests or questions from the Board.
Discussion ensued which was largely (indecipherable). Discussion ensued regarding tax liens on
property and the Southwest Boulevard landscape maintenance budget which was largely
(indecipherable).
He asked if there were any audience members with comments or questions;there were none.
EIGHTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Next Meeting Date
June 9, 2022
NINTH ORDER OF BUSINESS Adjournment
Mr.Ward adjourned the meeting at approximately 8:35 a.m.
On MOTION made by Mr. Joe Newcomb, seconded by Mr. Robert
Cody,and with all in favor,the meeting was adjourned.
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