In Absence of Executive Board

We manage a small condominium association and at this juncture, no one is interested in running for the Board. In addition, the current board members have relocated. So, if I need to increase condo fees, and the documents for the association do not address direction without an existing board, what does one do?

Many thanks!

Maggie McLaughlin
Property Manager

I agree with Roger. However, you may want to talk to the owner's to see if they would be willing to disband the HOA altogether and turn over control to your Management company. In our CC&R's, if our HOA did disband, we would have to hire a management company to maintain us. It wouldn't be under the owner's control anymore. It would be controlled entirely by the Management company. Hence, all the CC&R's and by-laws can be tossed out the door. The dues can be adjusted to support the salary of the management company and rates raised to meet whatever improvements the management company deems needed.

This may be an option the homeowner's may not have thought of and may get them to get their acts together. Seems they have forgotten that a HOA empowers them to participate in maintaining their property instead of the other way around.

I don't know your HOA's set up. Ours was setup where the owner's own the lot and the houses it sits on. Everything outside that lot was the HOA's or called "common property". If the HOA your dealing with has no "common areas" or just an entry way, they may just decide to fire the PM. (Sorry). Although you may be shooting yourself in the foot, someone does have to pick up the bootstraps and get things re-organized.

Paul, Maggie isn't a member of the HOA. She's the hired PM of the HOA. She has no real voting rights. The voting for increases or decreases are up to the majority of the homeowners. NOT the PM. She can just inform the remaining members of the HOA of their situation and hope they take action. She works for them.