Rescind a Vote by the Board

Our Board recently made a controversial vote to endorse an Application for Sidewalks on streets in our neighborhood. Our Bylaws do not contain any reference to such a situation. We attempted to ascertain resident support for sidewalks by looking at names on the Application and names on a Petition against sidewalks. The Board ultimately voted that there was a safety risk on the streets in question and that we would endorse the application. There is now a full county process for approval of the sidewalks - we were just getting it to the county. Our vote was 6 in favor, 2 abstaining. Now a member has asked that the general membership be allowed to vote on a motion that essentially seeks to force the Board to rescind its vote. Our Bylaws also contain no mention of such action. Has anyone heard of such an issue, and is it possible to force the Board to rescind a vote that it took?

Thanks for the reply. The sidewalks can be installed by the County as part of a County program. Any resident can apply to have their street be part of the program, but the County has told us that if there is a civic association, and the association does not endorse the application, the application goes straight to the bottom of the list. So there is no expenditure of money, the BOD is simply sending a letter to the County. And now there is a complete process that the County goes through to approve or deny the application (including a Public Hearing).

So I think you have confirmed what I thought. The members cannot force the BOD to undo an action it has done. They can vote us all out of office next fall, but not force us to rescind our letter.

As was mentioned, at the very least if laws allow get a petition and REQUEST a BOD reconsideration of the decision.

In Fla. this can be done but it does not require the BOD to change their decision.

It WILL show how many people disagree with the descision, likely result in a large attendance at the next meeting, and apply some "peer pressure" to the BOD.