The following summary is provided by Diane Tomasik, resident and Webmaster. 

Board leadership changes

Residents in attendance at the Jan. 27 meeting elected a new Board of Directors for the coming year. The ballot consisted of the following nominees:

Karl Bach
Tom Craft
Scott Duckson
Steven Erlanger
Robert Graves
Phil Jacobus
Jen Jeransky
Brian Phoebus
Rhea Slinger
Scott Spagnardo
Susan Strohmeier

Each household received one ballot and could vote for up to five people. The leading vote-getters were Robert Graves, Phil Jacobus, Tom Craft  and Scott Duckson. There was a tie for the No. 5 spot between Steve Erlanger and Jen Jeransky. Steve withdrew from consideration, leaving the fifth spot on the board to Jen.

Following the elections, the board members met to appoint officers among themselves:

• Scott Duckson was appointed as president. He had served as vice president on last year's Board of Directors. 

• Robert Graves, another returning board member, will remain in his position as treasurer. 

• Jen Jeransky was appointed vice president.

• Phil Jacobus was appointed secretary.

• Tom Craft is director-at-large.

The board agreed to keep meeting dates as the second Monday of each month, so the next regular Board of Directors meeting will be Feb. 10. A new meeting place must be found, however, because Pastor Jim Wilson, a former board member who donated the meeting room at First Assembly of God church, is no longer a resident of Islesworth. Stay tuned for details.

Prior to the voting, out-going president Dennis Rohan received a hearty round of applause for the thousands of hours of work he has donated to helping Islesworth over the past four years. Dennis had been the president of the Islesworth Board of Directors since turnover from Pulte in January 1999. 

Other business discussed during the meeting was a reminder from a resident that the county will be holding a public hearing on March 6 about a land use change for property on Sunset Trail, just west of Berry Avenue. For details, see the section about "Apartments on Sunset" on the Palm City Plans page.