open Board meeting, kinda?

Yes, actually I have

Yes.

In Virginia and in accordance with the By Laws, our current & previous HOA's were required to have open board meeting for members to come watch the meeting and an open forum to allow them to ask questions or raises concerns during the open forum.

If required, our board held executive sessions, often at the end of the board meetings (but they could have been held at the beginning too or perhaps even separately). The executive sessions allowed the board to discuss certain sensitive matters without members in attendance. Our state law and By Laws spell out what items can be on an Executive Session agenda but generally deal with adverse actions, personnel actions, contract negotiations, etc... In our HOA the executive session is not exempt from meeting notices being sent to the community but the details can be left out.

Once a month is not atypical. Our By Laws require at least quarterly.

I am not from your state but could it be that your board wants have open lines of communication with the community and so they are meeting monthly to allow opportunities to engage with members and then are addressing sensitive matters in executive session?

The part where they discuss delinquencies and CCR violations would be considered an executive session - and yes, they are permitted to do this because these are sensitive issues that may or may not result in legal action by the association.

Some associations do this every meeting - in my community, we would discuss delinquencies in open meetings, but use account numbers to refer to the homeowners involved to maintain privacy. CCR violations rarely came up as our management company did a good job in sending out violation notices, and as for disruptive homeowners, our courtesy officers (off duty cops) can be contacted and they also do a good job in addressing that (lately these issues have been rare, thank goodness).

Beyond delinquencies and CCR violations, I hope the rest of your meeting is open so homeowners can hear the conversations on issues like selecting vendors or preparing the budget and leave the executive session part near the end. The board doesn't have to let homeowners ask questions or make comments on those matters - in fact, we don't allow that to ensure we get through all of the agenda items. The board could always add a second 15-minute resident forum before going into executive session.

Marilyn,

What do Michigan laws say?

What do your governing docs say?