Records and receipts from when the former president was president a year ago

Sam,

Condo? How many?

Do you have a Reserve Study? Plan for replacing association owned capital equipment?

Are you on the board or responsible committee?

Sam

Increase need or not, receipts desired, etc are valid questions but I have never heard of a case where the President alone can raise dues. Is there or was there ever a Reserve Study?

I am not on the board. And she didn't have a reserve study. I will request that she gets a reserve study. There is $8,500 in reserves and it's a 12 unit condo building

The roof was replaced in 2012. So it is fairly new. The building doesn't need a roof.

Is she o ligated to show me the date of furnace purchase with receipt and check used to pay for it? The reason I am asking is that she stated that the furnace may need to be replaced but I really don't think it's that old

But is it true that she doesn't have to show receipts , she says she doesn't have to because she wasn't president at that time. Also, at $20 a month increase comes out to $2800 a year in our building. We already have $8500 in reserves. So I'm just trying to figure out why she wants to raise the HOA dues. She just said she's raising them because of large expenses that may happen in the future

SamB6,

-- How many directors are on your condo's board?

-- Do you understand that major decisions are normally made by vote of a board majority? You keep referring to the director-president as the one making decisions here. Do the other directors just let the director-president call all the shots?

-- The Illinois Condominium Act says that the association is supposed to retain receipts for all expenses pertaining to the common area (like this boiler). See 765 ILCS 605/18.5 (d) (1) (ii) at https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2200&ChapterID=62

-- You must follow the law regarding records requests. The Illinois Condo Act says this on the subject:

=== Start excerpt from Illinois Condo Act ====
(d) Records
(1) The board of the master association shall maintain the following records of the association and make them available for examination and copying at convenient hours of weekdays by any unit owners in a condominium subject to the authority of the board or their mortgagees and their duly authorized agents or attorneys:
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(2) Where a request for records under this subsection is made in writing to the board of managers or its agent, failure to provide the requested record or to respond within 30 days shall be deemed a denial by the board of directors.

(3) A reasonable fee may be charged by the master association or its board for the cost of copying.

(4) If the board of directors fails to provide records properly requested under subdivision (d)(1) within the time period provided in subdivision (d)(2), the unit owner may seek appropriate relief, including an award of attorney's fees and costs.
=== End Excerpt ===

Make the request for the receipt in writing as described above. Send the request certified mail, return receipt requested to the condo manager. Your letter should read something like the following:

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Dear Association Manager,

Pursuant to Illinois statute, 765 ILCS 605 Section 18.5 (d), please provide me with a copy of the receipt(s) showing the cost(s) for the last time the furnace was replaced.

Thank you,

name
address
phone
email addie
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After 30 days have passed, report back.

On the other points, I concur with the other vastly experienced HOA/condo veterans posting to this thread.

We only have a board of 2 people. The president and the treasurer. They make all the decisions. We only have 12 units. They never had Hoa meetings until this year because I let them know they needed to have them according to Illinois law. Also they show account balances every 2 months by placing a sheet under our doors. The sheet shows what they paid but they don't provide receipts or copies of checks. And And I question some payments.Also the reserve account is down on the sheet, and the total is always the same.

Did you get your questions answered?

Is English your second language?

Thank you for advice. She says she doesn't have to give me any information pertaining to purchase of the furnace because she wasn't president at that time. Is this true? I am very confused by her answer.

Nope. See my second post to this thread. The law is clear on this point. You seem either not to have read it, or you did not understand what I posted. This is why I asked about your English.

If you do not understand the law I cited, ask a question about it.

Have you read your documents? How do they break tie votes with only 2 board members. If the reserve balance does not change they are not collecting money for the reserve account and they should be. $8500 seems to be too low of an an amount to be in reserve account for a 12 unit building building, but without knowing what the HOA is responsible for it is hard to say. To answer your question she has to make the records available to you but to me that means you may have to search through them to find the invoice you are requesting. My gut tells me she should have raised the dues more than $20 if that is the only money they are collecting for capital work.