Board member

Hello, looking for advice on how to proceed with a board member who has been on the board for 2-3 years now but feels like they still don’t understand what the HOA and board role is. Just a few examples, we have been having discussions on the same topics for 2 years and when a decision is finally about to be made they all of a sudden re-question everything we’ve discussed at the very last minute. We have been discussing updating our rules for 2 years, and now again for the second time they are questioning why we are doing them/why do we have rules, why aren’t we just amending our decs, why do we have to follow local ordinances, actual response was - the HOA isn’t bound by any state or local laws.
They don’t believe anything our attorney says or anything management says.
I’ve spent 7 years doing my own research and even use this forum for a lot of information but they won’t do any of their own research.
We have also spent over 3 years trying to amend 2 things in our decs so this person is well aware of the challenge and cost associated with just amending them.
Any help other than just voting them off would be appreciated…they have already threatened to take legal action against the board once before … i

I think he person is just one individual, yes? How about giving, her/him/they a "name"

How many are on your Board? Why don't you all simply make motions and vote to approve them if they've been beaten into the ground for years? what are the rest of you waiting for?

If your meetings are a mess, agendas aren't b being followed and directors can just blab about any ol' thing, you do need a new president who know who to organize an agenda, stick to it and, well. preside.

Thanks, I guess I am not clear - it’s not in meetings he has issues that’s part of the problem. It’s during the research phases for things and discussions (not voting) over emails at the last second when all of a sudden he has problems.
I was the president and still on the board - I do probably 95% of the legwork along with our property manager so example with our rules. We have been rewriting them for almost 2 years and literally 3 months ago as I wanted to confirm the finalized version to be voted on at the next meeting he came back with a list of ridiculous questions that caused all of it to be held up and he’s doing it again.
Now I am also working with other board members that aren’t very knowledge or helpful so the others aren’t necessarily just going to ignore his inquires because to them he may have valid point because they don’t know either.
He basically thinks the board isn’t doing anything correctly but he refuses to listen to anyone including the attorney or the property manager. And I honestly don’t have the patience to try and get 5 other people on board to vote him off.
If everyone is just suggesting to ignore this board member I don’t see how that is helpful either but I’m at a loss on what to do.
I guess I’m more on the side of trying to see if there is a more productive way to reach him vs just ignoring him.

ErinA2, is this a condominium?

Do your Bylaws require Board meetings to be open to the owners?

One other question - myself and the current president will be resigning shortly. Our next election isn’t until July - would you suggest putting this in a newsletter to seek out interest now vs waiting until July? There would be enough others (4) for quorum until then but only if they all commit to showing up.

Was this director elected to the board by the owners? Or is he an appointee, appointed by the board to fill a vacancy?

If your Bylaws or state law allowed a Board to remove a director elected by owners, then this would be highly unusual.

Are you sure your Bylaws give the Board the right to remove a director elected by the owners?

You are right, we don’t have anyone including myself to just steam-roll him.
Thank you for your input.

Anytime there is a vacant seat on the board, I recommend advertising this to owners, to give all an equal opportunity to apply to fill the vacant seat. Granted apathy runs high at HOAs.