Ditchmen • NUCA of Florida Ditchmen - June 2020 | Page 6

COVID-19 Relief for NUCA of Florida In light of the pandemic and with concern for our members’ safety, the Board of Directors decided to postpone the 2020 Annual Conference. Recognizing the significant financial impact cancelling the conference would have on the state association, this difficult decision was made after surveying the membership and much discussion among the Executive Committee and the Board. A key purpose of NUCA of Florida is advocacy and government relations and the Annual Conference revenues help fund our efforts. This year we had an extremely successful Legislative Session, passing legislation to revamp the public works bidding process when local governments decide to selfperform, impact fee reform, reduction in retainage to 5 percent, grants for septic-sewer conversion and preservation of the lien law, to name a few. Moreover, we have intervened successfully on several local government bids that restricted underground utility work to only general contractors. In order to continue our advocacy efforts and alleviate the extreme revenue loss from postponing the conference until 2021, we are asking every member to donate a minimum of $100 to NUCA of Florida. Donations may be made by visiting our website www. nucaflorida.org and clicking on the “Make a Payment” button or by mailing a check to NUCA of Florida, 215 S. Monroe Street, Suite 500, Tallahassee, Florida 32301. The NUCA of Florida Board of Directors thanks you in advance for your support and financial commitment. We thank our generous donors to date: $200 Ryan Schmitt, Petticoat-Schmitt Mark Topp, COMANCO Environmental $150 Bryce Guignard, Guignard Insurance $100 Benjamin Burgess, Burgess Civil Bruce Wendorf, Forsberg Daniel Te Young, Law Office of Daniel Te Young Glen Tupler, Austin Tupler Trucking Shirley Bradley, Sunline Civil Construction Mike Rogers, Associates Insurance Agency Linkhorst & Hockin Wendy Prevatt, Huxted Tunneling 4 DITCHMEN • JUNE 2020