Minutes – VHOA Board of Directors Meeting – June 13, 2005

7:00PM – Tony Perry’s Home

Meeting adjourned at 10:30PM. Meeting time was 3 hours 30 minutes.

 

Attendees: President, Arnie Sheldon (Hereafter, Arnie)

 Vice-President, Dori Barnard (Dori)

 Vice-President, Laura Bradley (Laura)

 Treasurer, Tony Perry (Tony)

 Secretary, Joe Krager (Joe)

 

Order of Business:

 

-       Signed receipts for refunds for various things

o       Refund Joe for ant killer/hanger folders

o       Refunds for pool party

o       Refund Arnie sign covers

 

-       Approve our position toward homeowner coming to meeting about foreclosure (7:30 meeting)

o       Homeowner has paid $200.00 (current balance $557.44)

o       We will not give anything in writing stating we will not foreclose on homeowner.

o       If homeowner continues to make substantial payments on balance, foreclosure procedures will be suspended. This is at the Board’s discretion and on a case-by-case basis.

 

-       Approve our position toward homeowner coming to meeting about pool contract (8:00 meeting)

o       Last year’s contract was automatically extended through this year’s season because the previous Board did not turn it down last year. Decisions on next year’s contract will be made before the end of this summer.

o       It is the stated policy of this Board not to hire any member of Valleyfield for paid work in the community.

o       We are also planning to address the cleanliness of the pool area with the current contractor.

 

-       Homeowner showed up for the 7:30PM meeting

o       A history of events from last year was given by homeowner to advise what happened with this situation.

o       We stated our agreed upon policy earlier this meeting.

o       Discussed various other topics from previous Boards.

 

-       Homeowner showed up for the 8:00PM meeting

o       Provided homeowner with the contract from last year.

o       We stated the present Board’s policy agreed upon earlier in this meeting.

o       We will deliver a copy of the current contract as soon as we can locate it.

 

-       Third Quarter Newsletter articles:

o       Announcement of next Town Hall Meeting                       - Arnie

o       Found money in accounts/report balances                     - Tony

o       Pool key distribution/hours/rules                            - Laura

o       Required to follow C&Rs/document rewrite/finding an attorney - Laura

o       Posting CPAs new address/apology for Remax letters           - Joe

o       Firecracker safety                                           - Dori

o       Summertime gardening                                         - Dori

o       Boats in the community                                       - Tony

o       Website update                                               - Joe

o       Interest/foreclosure decision                                - Arnie

o       Articles need to be provided to Joe as soon as possible for editing and placement in the newsletter.

o       We are going to put $20,000 in a 26 month CD with Crescent State Bank tomorrow. Interest will accrue at 4.05% annually with a premature withdrawal penalty of 3 month’s interest.  Money to come from our checking account. We are writing an article with this information.

 

-       Verification with CPA of all addresses in community

o       Dori is working with the Town of Holly Springs to get a current map of the Valleyfield plat.

o       We need to get a current list of all addresses in Valleyfield and provide this to CPA as soon as possible to verify membership.

o       Arnie will give Joe the list of addresses Dori created after canvassing the neighborhood.

 

-       Talk about how we are going to start charging interest on homeowner’s accounts past due

o       The Board agreed that we will not charge interest at this time on any past due balances. 4 votes to 1.

o       The Board agreed that we will have CPA send out the quarterly statements with a 21 day due date for the payment of their dues. 5 votes to 0.

 

-       Statement of Work status (Grounds/Pool/Management)

o       Dori will take the Ground Maintenance statement of work.

o       Tony will take the Pool Maintenance statement of work.

o       Arnie will continue writing the Property Management SOW.

 

-       Publishing steps for paying off dues when behind

o       There are three homeowners who our attorney addressed who didn’t reply to our communications. The Board agreed to start foreclosure procedures on these homeowners 4 votes to 0, 1 abstained.

o       The standard blurb for the dues statements will go out on third quarter statements.

 

-       Town of Holly Springs commercial vehicle policy

o       The Town of Holly Springs does not have a commercial vehicle policy on the books.

 

-       Possibility of hiring a full time pest control agency for pool/grounds around pool/playground

o       Fire ants, Bees, & Termites

o       Arnie will write SOW for a pest control company.

o       SOW will state the need for an annual termite inspections, clearing stating that insects will be dealt with when called, and human/pet safe chemicals only.

 

-       Discussion on various purchases

o       Playground mulch, grills for playground, tables for the pool area, clock for pool & community entrance signs.

o       Get recommendations for additional purchases going forward at the July 20th Town Hall meeting. Use Dori’s white board to advertise these.

o       Arnie will purchase a clock & thermometer for the pool.

o       New sign with address/phone number at the pool.

o       Umbrella to replace the one that blew away.

o       One grill will be purchased for the pool parking lot.

o       Get bids for playground mulch in the next two weeks.

 

-       Repair of street signs

o       Arnie and his wife are working on this issue. Still waiting for word from Tim on the procurement of paint.

 

-       Preventing unauthorized pool usage

o       Still waiting on word from Seegars Fence Company on the cost and timeframe to replace the gate.

o       A new posting for the bulletin board will be made to address the vandalism of the gate and warn homeowners not to allow other homeowners in without their key.

 

-       Any changes to Website/Complete incomplete sections

o       Laura is taking the FAQ for the enforceability of the community documents.

o       Arnie will look at the other question from the document I sent out.

o       Still waiting for minutes from the ARC.

o       Future Events page needs updating.

o       Review the rest of the website for needed updates.

 

-       Work on agenda for July 20th Town Hall meeting

o       Joe is responsible for reserving Hunt Community Center for July 20th, 7:00PM. We are reserving the big room, 4 tables, and 120 chairs. Make sure A/C is turned on well before the start of the meeting.

o       Meeting announcement will be sent out with the document changes later this month.

o       Talked about sticking to the agenda for this meeting.

o       Board will send Joe agenda items for the meeting via e-mail.