PamelaM5 (Florida)
Posts: 85
Posts: 85
Posted:
I'm on the BOD in a community in FL that was set-up in a fashion made to cause problems. We have single family homes in two communities, four different condo communities and seven different boards. At one point a few years ago the dissension between different communities grew so great that we wound up in court and are operating under a settlement agreement.
As part of the settlement agreement, the board that I'm a trustee on - one of five trustees - appoints a representative to a master board. At our last meeting two of the trustees made and seconded a resolution to remove the right of one trustee to vote because of which community she lives in. They believe that only board members who live in our single family homes should have the right to vote on issues affecting the single family homes and that any directors coming from a condo not have the right to vote on such matters. I'll add here that membership on this board is open to anyone from single family or condos, and that right now it's four members from the single family homes and one from the condos, so only one person would be effected at this time, although it could change after our next election. The motion was eventually tabled but the issue is still being discussed.
I'm of the opinion that we need legal advice before we take away a trustee's right to vote but a very outspoken board member insists that what he wants done is legal and that spending money on an attorney review is a waste of money.
Any opinions? Mine is that it never hurts to get legal advice when undertaking something that will change the way issues are decided, now and in the future.
As part of the settlement agreement, the board that I'm a trustee on - one of five trustees - appoints a representative to a master board. At our last meeting two of the trustees made and seconded a resolution to remove the right of one trustee to vote because of which community she lives in. They believe that only board members who live in our single family homes should have the right to vote on issues affecting the single family homes and that any directors coming from a condo not have the right to vote on such matters. I'll add here that membership on this board is open to anyone from single family or condos, and that right now it's four members from the single family homes and one from the condos, so only one person would be effected at this time, although it could change after our next election. The motion was eventually tabled but the issue is still being discussed.
I'm of the opinion that we need legal advice before we take away a trustee's right to vote but a very outspoken board member insists that what he wants done is legal and that spending money on an attorney review is a waste of money.
Any opinions? Mine is that it never hurts to get legal advice when undertaking something that will change the way issues are decided, now and in the future.