Utility Company Recruiting Board Candidates

Member-customers of the not-for-profit water and wastewater utility will elect four representatives to its nine-member board this spring. Any BSU member who is a full-time resident of the area served by BSU is eligible to run. Candidates cannot be related, as defined by the BSU bylaws, to members of the board. Those interested in applying for candidacy may pick up application forms at the BSU office at 11860 E. Terry St. Completed applications must be received by BSU before 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002.

Ballots will be mailed to BSU members in February, and the results of the election will be announced at the annual meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, March 18, 2003. Bonita Springs attorney John D. Spear will monitor the election process for the third year.

The three candidates receiving the most votes will serve three-year terms. The fourth-place candidate will be elected for two years. Board members meet at 5 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month and serve on a voluntary basis. The board works with the utility's management and staff to carry out the mission of providing safe, reliable potable water and wastewater treatment, emphasizing responsible protection of resources at the most effective cost to all members.

Incumbents Robert Bachman, Harvey Haines, Henry Hochstetler and David McKee are eligible to run for re-election. Other board members are Paul Attwood, Marc Ciaffone, Frank Liles Jr., Robert McGrath and John Mathes.

Bonita Springs Utilities serves nearly 20,000 homes and businesses in a 50-square-mile area.