BSU announces board of directors

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. – Bonita Springs Utilities Inc. members re-elected Vincent Marchesani and Robert Bachman and elected Wayne Bauman to its board of directors. Election results were announced during the utility’s annual meeting.

BSU members elect three fellow members each year for a three-year term. Seven candidates ran for three open board seats.

BSU mailed 25,114 ballots, and volunteers from the League of Women Voters of Lee County counted 4,257 valid returned ballots. Elected to three-year terms, Marchesani received 2,887 votes, Bachman received 2,146 votes and Bauman received 1,865 votes.

Other board members are Paul J. Attwood, Brian Farrar, Richard Garner, Lawrence Kosilla Jr., Mike Malloy and Ben Nelson. The board of directors holds a public meeting at 5 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. In addition, each board member serves on various subcommittees and task groups, working with the utility’s management and staff.

Bonita Springs Utilities Inc. is a not-for-profit water and wastewater utility cooperative founded by local citizens in 1970. The member-owned utility provides service in the City of Bonita Springs, the Village of Estero and unincorporated South Lee County. The utility is recognized as an industry leader with awards from the American Water Works Association, Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Florida Water Environment Association.

For more information, visit the BSU website at www.BSU.us.