11-29-2013, 04:20 PM
I don't know any more details..I'm just passing along info the Board asked to share. This meeting was just called, and I understand that the Board is trying to publicize any way they can - newspaper ads, etc.
At the last meeting a proposal to fix the roads properly was presented. As I recall, annual fees would have gone from $150 per year to $275-300 per year, but this would have finished all the paving and grades all the gravel roads (which have never, ever, been properly graded). The thought was that right now road fees are insufficient to fix the roads properly, so we're just throwing away money - in theory, once the roads were done right, annual maintenance costs would be significantly reduced.
Some thought that doubling was too big a jump, so a vote was taken, with the result being that entire community would be polled about the increase, with three options offered: keep current rate, increase to $200 (approx), or go to the full $300. The president, who felt anything less than the full $300 option was disrespecting those who were promised their streets would be paved years ago, resigned in protest, and the meeting -- which had been as contentious as usual -- spriraled into chaos. That's when I figured I had more productive things to do, so I left.
Not sure if this special meeting is an attempt to undo the assessment vote, or another vote that had occurred after I left. The sense I got from my brief conversation with a Board member is that in the chaos of the meeting, a vote may have been taken that wasn't done in concurrence with Robert's Rules, so they need to clean up a mess. What I can assume is that the special interests are going to try to pack the meeting to get their way, so its important that all Orchidland residents show up to represent a variety of viewpoints.
At the last meeting a proposal to fix the roads properly was presented. As I recall, annual fees would have gone from $150 per year to $275-300 per year, but this would have finished all the paving and grades all the gravel roads (which have never, ever, been properly graded). The thought was that right now road fees are insufficient to fix the roads properly, so we're just throwing away money - in theory, once the roads were done right, annual maintenance costs would be significantly reduced.
Some thought that doubling was too big a jump, so a vote was taken, with the result being that entire community would be polled about the increase, with three options offered: keep current rate, increase to $200 (approx), or go to the full $300. The president, who felt anything less than the full $300 option was disrespecting those who were promised their streets would be paved years ago, resigned in protest, and the meeting -- which had been as contentious as usual -- spriraled into chaos. That's when I figured I had more productive things to do, so I left.
Not sure if this special meeting is an attempt to undo the assessment vote, or another vote that had occurred after I left. The sense I got from my brief conversation with a Board member is that in the chaos of the meeting, a vote may have been taken that wasn't done in concurrence with Robert's Rules, so they need to clean up a mess. What I can assume is that the special interests are going to try to pack the meeting to get their way, so its important that all Orchidland residents show up to represent a variety of viewpoints.