Minutes – VHOA Board of Directors Meeting – July 19, 2005

7:00PM –Dori Barnard’s Home

Meeting adjourned at 9:45PM. Meeting time was 2 hours 45 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:

 

-       Board’s proposal to making shows of concern/congratulations

o       The Board decided to use the newsletter/website to address these issues and solicit this information from the homeowners.

 

-       Dori’s presentation for the THM

o       View the poster boards for the past meeting, pictures of the mulch playground day, swamp pictures, and amendment information.

o       The current Board’s policy is that if the amendment passes, the maximum fine per day is $10.00. This is only the current Board’s policy and we would hope that future Board’s policy would remain the same. The Board voted 5 to 0 on this policy.

 

-       The Board invited those people we identified who had complaints on the Bulletin Board to tonight’s meeting

o       Neither individual responded to us or accepted our invitation.

 

-       Agenda for July 20th Town Hall Meeting

o       Laura will give a brief introduction to the community for her role during the meeting as the moderator.

o       Tony will announce what we currently have in the bank accounts the community holds ($36,000). He will also announce the amount owned by homeowners past due on their dues in the amount of $165.00 or more. Comparisons will be made with out current balances and the last THM.

o       Arnie will give information on the status of the website and the costs thus far ($766.00). Additionally, he will talk about the status of the bulletin board and ask for people to continue to sign up for the community e-mail distribution list. Arnie will ask for questions and comments for future additions. The Board has elected to have the community decide whether or not to put the bulletin board back up, and what options to use.

o       Dori will brief members of the events the Board has accomplished since the last THM.

o       Arnie will bring up the issue of where we want to spend the community’s money in the future. Open for discussion.

o       Updates on the pool contractor. Tony will ask for complaints/suggestions.

o       Arnie will ask for volunteers to start committees for the pool contractor committee and ground maintenance committee. Additionally volunteers will be asked for a swamp committee and newsletter group. One Board member will act as a liaison between the committee and the Board.

o       Arnie will mention that the Board has looked at redoing the street signs and a lot more work needs to be done on before this starts. We probably won’t start until this fall.

o       Tony and Laura will talk about Interest, Liens, and Foreclosures. Tony will announce that a 12% interest charge will be charged to all homeowners with a balance as of August 15th. We will announce how money it takes for people to get a lien on their home. Laura will discuss the process of foreclosure that we have started in our community.

o       Arnie will talk about the members who have requested at a vote be brought before the community to outlaw alcohol at the community pool or community events. We will then hold the vote after discussions for and against this new law.

o       The discussion on the amendment will be brought before the community at this time by Laura.

 

-       Joe will create a form for people to sign in on and ballots for the community to use for the amendment form.

 

-       Dori will be bringing food and water for the meeting tomorrow night. Also name tags.