Our HOA Treasurer's house electricity was turned off for non-payment...

Jeremy,
Desperate times calls for desperate measures. This works for both parties in this case.

I would start with option B first and tell him that he has a week to resign or you will go to the A option. I have seen a lot of people who were way behind in dues and other bills. Utilities is not usually a bill the average guy would ignore. He may be in real bad straights and if he has any access to any HOA funds who knows what he may do. If he does not resign it costs less than a dollar a home to send a letter informing the community of this issue. Pretty scary that he was seated as a Treasurer of your HOA. I have often raised the question as to why boards can't do Credit Checks on Candidates and possibly background checks. Homeowners vote people into office with very little thought as to the decisions they will make on their behalf's.

Please let us know how it goes.

Jeremy,
You can mail it anonymously and say the next batch will be mailed in 10 days.

We have an independent 3rd party management company, so the treasurer can't steal our funds...

I'm no longer on the board. I used to be the Treasurer and did a great job, but the residents removed me because I was the only board member trying to actually enforce the covenants (not let people park trailers in driveway etc...now people do whatever the hell they want without the HOA doing anything)

The current Treasurer used to be 1 year past due on HOA payments, and 4 months behind on his mortgage. Now I learned he pays electric late every month and gets it cut off occasionally for non-payment.

Our dues are due January 1st. Currently 1 house has NOT paid their dues, but I don't know who since I'm not on the board, but I'd bet money on it being our current treasurer.

Melissa,

So if you found out your HOA treasurer was 1 year past due on HOA dues, 4 months behind on mortgage, and had their electricity cut off for nonpayment after 15 months of being late, you would be OK with them staying on as your Treasurer? Come on I doubt it.

The thing is, Jeremy. He has no access to HOA $$. It is up to the Board whether to keep him on as treasurer. And they DO know who's behind on their dues.

Shelia,

1 house out of our 50 hasn't paid their 2018 dues that are now 10 months late.
Since I'm not on the board, I don't know who it is. But the Treasurer was 12 months late 2 years ago, so I'd bet it's them again.

The documents say they can serve on the board, but the board can remove them as well without needing a vote by the residents.

I would first and foremost give the notice to the individual.
As a neighbor, I would ask if there is anything I can do (short of giving funds).
As a neighbor and a member, I would inform the individual that I believe this issue should be brought to the board and offer him an opportunity to present it to the board himself or I would at the next board meeting.

I would be aware that I may be losing a friend (or a friendly neighbor) because of this.

I would also offer to serve as Treasurer to the Board.

Jeremy,

You didn't state if you are on the board or not. Are you on the board?

I also get the impression that you and your neighbor are not on friendly terms (based on your desire to bring this to the whole community vs. the board).

That's different from what I'm used to.

Jeremy

This sounds like a personal vendetta versus a business decision. Him being behind is none of your nor the HOA's business.

I'm horrified that you would even consider sending this to all your neighbors. That is a gross violation of privacy and frankly just gross. Give your neighbor his misdirected mail and mind your own business.

What I’m gathering from most posters here is that they’d be perfectly comfortable if someone with an inability to manage their personal finances was on their HOA Board helping to manage their HOA corporation’s finances and make other important decisions on behalf of all owners. I doubt it.

I do agree that relaying the electric co. info to other neighbors is not appropriate.

It seems the rest of your neighbors may not really care anyway. And they’re oblivious to the entire situation because they don’t have the full knowledge you’ve gained over the years. Unfortunately you’d end up being the bad guy if you tried to force this individual to resign by shaming him. And in attempting to further explain to your neighbors the rationale for getting him off the Board, you’d also have to relay his mortgage trouble and HOA assessment-paying issues. But doing that also would not be appropriate.

You’re in a no-win situation, and I wouldn’t let your previous issues with this neighbor cloud good judgment at this latest “opportunity”.

I would make a copy of the flyer for potential future need and get the original immediately and anonymously to the neighbor.

Unless there are some important and immediate needs to remove this individual from the Board, I’d just wait to see how things play out into the future. I think CathyA3’s last bullet might be the best advice so far. Seems like apathy has overcome your HOA and it would be a difficult, lonesome battle to stay in that neighborhood and try to turn the apathy around.

This is from the Florida Statutes. Anything similar in your state?

Chapter 720 Section 306 - 2017 Florida Statutes - The ...
www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2017/720.306

A person serving as a board member who becomes more than 90 days delinquent in the payment of any fee, fine, or other monetary obligation to the association shall be deemed to have abandoned his or her seat on the board, creating a vacancy on the board to be filled according to law.

Let's put a human spin on this. What is causing this Treasurer to not meet paying their bills? Your treating them like they are some kind of financial deadbeat. It seems strange that a person all of sudden is not paying a mortgage, dues, or electric bills. Have they become unemployed? Have health issues? Was there some kind of life event that is now effecting this person?

I wouldn't be so quick to judge. Plus is the HOA having financial issues besides the 1 collection? It's not a one person job to run the budget. It's not like the Treasurer decides how the bills are paid. They are told to pay them and make sure enough money is there for the checks to pass. Our HOA we have a 2 signature system. So it's more than 1 person signing the checks.

Jeremy,

This is none of the HOA's business nor is it a concern of any of the Treasurer's neighbors. Your strategies are quite malicious and I sincerely hope purposeful malice isn't your intent.

JeremyM3, the Treasurer is not behind on his HOA dues. There is nothing in your governing documents justifying removal when a person is not keeping up with other, non-HOA debts owed or not managing his personal finances the way you or I would prefer. Furthermore, for all you know the electric company might have made a mistake. You cannot know without delving further into the Treasurer's private affairs.

If I could re-write the law, I would prohibit anyone who had less than 20% equity in their home from serving on a HOA board or even being a HOA member. But we each have our own way of managing our finances and loans. My personal finance standards are not anyone else's standards. I think his has to be respected until the law says otherwise. This Treasurer's personal debts are not anyone's business but his own.

I put in a request to our management company to find out which lot has unpaid dues still.

Per NC law, the board must give the information if requested.

If the unpaid dues are the Treasurer that had his electric turned off, then I will decide what to do from there.

John,

If they have unpaid dues as well, I will request they resign for that. If they refuse, I will make it public knowledge to the community that the Treasurer is not paying their dues. I will most likely keep the electric info private.