seemingling conradicting paragraphs in bylaws

One paragraph state "No director shall receive cmpensation for any services he may render in his capacity as a member of the Board of Directors unless such compensation is approved at a meeting of the Members. However, any director may be reimbursed, by resolutin of he Board of Directors, for his actual expenss incurred in the performance of his duties as a director."

Another paragraph states, "Except as authorized by the Board of Directors, officers of the Association shall receive no compensaton for their services in such capacity, provided, however, a Board member, officer, or other Owner or Occupant may be retained by the Association and fairly compensated for services performed or materials supplied to the Association in an individual capacity. The officers of the Association may be reimubursed, by resolution of the Board of Directors, for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

One of our Board members has interpreted the second paragraph giving permission to pay one Board member as Resident Agent and to pay another Board Member as Bookkeeper.

Our documents clearly state that managing is a Board responsibility and also that bookkeeping is a Board responsibility. Although the Board is giving authority to hire a manager and/or bookkeeper.

I interpret the second paragraph to mean we can hire a Board member......... to paint, do repairs etc.

We are a senior condominium in Nebraska with 43 units.

Your bylaws speak about "board duties."

Do you think bookkeeping is a board function job?

Or would you have to hire one anyway to get the job done?

I agree, acting as treasurer AND bookkeeper is an overlap.

Resident Agent or Registered Agent?

If this "resident agent" is the same thing as a Property Manager, then it is a huge conflict of interest for that person to be on the board. The PM works for the board, is a paid vendor or employee and might even have to be licensed in your state.

Perhaps you can list the job description of this resident agent.

We pay our Treasurer a stipend because there is a huge job in invoicing, collecting, tracking and overseeing our water/membership dues. This amount is in our bylaws and in no way covers what she does. It's a huge job. She tracks everything on Quickbooks. At the end of the year, all material is given to an Accountant, who files the required IRS paperwork. So we don't have a bookkeeper in the loop, just the treasurer (who is doing the bookkeeping) and the accountant.

I think your board is misinterpreting the documents. They seem pretty straightforward to me.