Valleyfield Homeowners
Association, Inc.
January 17th
Annual Meeting - Minutes
7:05PM –
Meeting
adjourned at 8:05PM. Meeting time was 1 hour.
Attendees: President, Arnie Sheldon
(Hereafter, Arnie)
Vice-President, Dori Barnard (Dori)
Vice-President, Laura Bradley (Laura)
Secretary, Joe Krager (Joe)
41 homes were represented/2 others by proxy
Order of Business:
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Arnie started out by welcoming the members
of community. Asked to make sure community signed in and advised homeowners who
didn’t get a budget proposal to share and then get off the website after the
meeting.
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Arnie started out by showing last year’s
proposed budget. He then showed the actual figures for 2005 pointing out
several items:
o
Actual income was higher due to the collected
back dues.
o
Pool expenses were more due to pool debt we
owed from 2002.
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Arnie then showed our actual current assets
(both liquid and capital), and discussed that our CD is maturing sometime this
year.
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Arnie then introduced the 2006 proposed
budget:
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The numbers are a reflection on this past
year’s actual budget with cost adjustments for increases.
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Discussed the pool contract for 2006 that
the Board signed, and the four other bids we did not approve.
o
Discussed the grounds maintenance contract
that we signed for 2006, and discussed the two other bids we received.
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Discussed the sign easements for Morton
Farm and Blooming Meadow, and told the community again that this Board could
not locate an easement for Mizelle Meadow.
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The 2006 proposed budget was voted upon at
this point:
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Yes – 41
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No – 2
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2006 proposed budget was approved
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The election for the 2006 Board of
Directors was the next order of business.
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Kate Eberle
volunteered.
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Arnie Sheldon volunteered.
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Michelle Rogers volunteered.
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Due to the lack of further volunteers,
these three volunteers were elected by ballot votes. The new Board of three
will be looking to fill the final two positions at a future date to be decided
upon by the new Board.
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35 votes were able to be counted from the
members of the community for all three volunteers.
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Teresa announced that the Wetlands Community
and the work they have done thus far. She asked for more volunteers to continue
the work around the pond including the greenway.
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Additional communication was requested for
future meetings and events in the community.
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Michelle Rogers announced to the community
a monthly girls’ night out on the second Wednesday of the month. This
announcement will be posted to the community’s website.
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Teresa announced to the community a weekly
bible study at Java Divine every Tuesday night. This announcement will be
posted to the community’s website.