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CLAY COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY
WORKSHOP SESSION
January 23, 2026
The Board of Supervisors of the Clay County Utility Authority (CCUA) met in a Workshop Session at the Ray O.
Avery Administrative Complex located at 3176 Old Jennings Road at 8:00 A.M. for the purpose of an informational
tour.
Item No. 1 —Tour
The Workshop Session began at 8:00 A.M.
Chairman McNees, Vice-Chairman Petty and Supervisors Bourre, Hingst, Lebesch, McCall, and Taylor were in
attendance. Ms. Lebesch left the tour in progress.
Also present on the tour were the following members of CCUA's staff; Executive Director Jeremy Johnston, Chief
Operations Officer Darryl Muse, Chief Human Resources Officer Kimberly Richardson, Assistant COO/Distribution
& Collection Department Superintendent David Rawlins, Assistant Chief Engineer Joe Paterniti, Water Department
Superintendent Jason McLain, Wastewater Superintendent David McDonald, Customer Service & Billing Manager
Diana Strickland, Enterprise Systems & Analytics Manager Ben Freeman, Communication and Public Relations
Specialist Ashley Talliaferro, Administrative Assistant Operations Alicia Ellis, and Grady H. Williams, Jr., legal
counsel to the CCUA. Clay County Commissioners Alexandra Compere and Jim Renninger, County Manager
Howard Wanamaker, and other distinguished guests from the SJRWMD, NFWUA, Bradford County, and Putnam
County also participated in the tour.
After opening remarks from Executive Director Jeremy Johnston, attendees viewed a presentation regarding
CCUA's billing system provided by Customer Service & Billing Manager Diana Strickland and a demonstration of
Cartegraph, CCUA's Asset Management System, presented by Enterprise Systems & Analytics Manager Benjamin
Freeman.
A tour was conducted of CCUA's SCADA Center located within the new Operations Building.
The group then traveled to the Miller Street Water Reclamation Facility where staff reviewed its operation and the
planned upgrades for the plant. Staff also provided a demonstration of CCUA's Vac-con and Cues TV truck. The
next stop on the tour was the Meadowbrook Water Treatment Plant and Lift Station 9 - Meadowbrook 1 where the
attendees reviewed the planned facility upgrades which are currently under construction. The tour was concluded at
Lift Station 3 -Foxbay where an expansion and upgrade project was recently completed.
No action was taken during the Workshop Session. The tour was conducted to familiarize the attendees with
CCUA's daily operations and plant functions.
The Workshop Session ended at approximately 11:15 A.M.
Michael C. McNees, Chairman
Janice Loudermilk, Recording Secretary
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