BSU board elects officers for the 2026-27 term

The Bonita Springs Utilities Inc. board of directors has elected its officers for the 2026-27 term. The board elected Richard Garner president, Wayne Bauman vice president, Robert Bachman treasurer and Brian Farrar secretary.

Garner is a retired banking executive and real estate professional. He joined the BSU board in 2020 and has held numerous leadership positions with local organizations, including chairman of the Bonita Springs Chamber of Commerce.

Bauman has served on the board since 2022. He has a career background in construction and engineering, with experience in groundwater collection and containment, infrastructure systems for water handling and treatment, and sediment removal/remediation, wetland creation and mitigation, contaminated soils, and demolition. Bauman is a trustee for CREW Land & Water Trust and a member of Pelican’s Nest Golf Club Facilities committee.

Bachman is a licensed real estate broker and general contractor and has served on the board since 2000. He is a member and past director of the Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce and past member and director of the Rotary Club of Bonita Springs.

Farrar, who joined the board in 2016, is president/managing member of BCF Management Group, LLC and is currently serving as a commissioner on the Lee County Mosquito Control District and the Lee County Hyacinth Control District boards. Farrar is also vice chair of the CREW Land & Water Trust board of trustees.

BSU members elect nine directors to the board to govern the utility. Other board members are Paul J. Attwood, Lawrence Kosilla, Mike Malloy, Vincent Marchesani and James Murphy.

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.