06-24-2015, 04:38 AM
Janet, a committee can only recommend safety issues to the GM and mgmt. Watchdog knows this all too well so I don't understand his pokes at RTSC. RTSC is powerless after it's made it's recommendations and RTSC in past times felt they were spinning their wheels to thoughts of disbanding over it. It's up to the board and GM after recommendations are made to put it to action. You must've missed my earlier post in this thread where RTSC had asked for the rocks to be moved further back in the easement. The GM called the county before taking action.
steve1, I agree w/all that you said but remember, the chip seal wasn't even on the agenda. It took a concerned member who's been attending board mtgs and hearing the fugitive dust committee's reports and discussions to understand where the board is at w/this. An email letter was sent to board members presenting the stance to involve the membership in this decision. Since no response occurred from the board, it was brought up under owner input. The FDC chair's husband did make a report at the Feb General Membership mtg but they weren't that far along yet in proposing the board go this route w/chip seal.
When the board is wanting to deviate from asphalt to chip seal as a form of improving our roads and w/a hefty price tag, the membership needs to vote on it. The majority board feels differently.
A motion was on the floor and the preliminary vote of the membership showed they wanted the board to make a presentation at the following membership mtg including all costs. After clarifying the verbage in the motion to include all costs, a final tally of quorum was done and just before the final vote was to happen, the FDC and her supporters got up and left the room helping lose the quorum.
Per RR's, the motion is still on the floor and should be picked up where we left off at the following membership mtg. So all is frozen until then. The board should not be moving forward until the motion is carried out at the next meeting. It's unethical to leave a meeting when you know the quorum is that close that if you left, it would stop all action. Fortunately we have rules in place that ensures the motion didn't die, only delayed it. It was recently proposed that the board go ahead and make a presentation to the membership in Oct instead of waiting for the membership to vote for it. It'd save everyone time.
steve1, I agree w/all that you said but remember, the chip seal wasn't even on the agenda. It took a concerned member who's been attending board mtgs and hearing the fugitive dust committee's reports and discussions to understand where the board is at w/this. An email letter was sent to board members presenting the stance to involve the membership in this decision. Since no response occurred from the board, it was brought up under owner input. The FDC chair's husband did make a report at the Feb General Membership mtg but they weren't that far along yet in proposing the board go this route w/chip seal.
When the board is wanting to deviate from asphalt to chip seal as a form of improving our roads and w/a hefty price tag, the membership needs to vote on it. The majority board feels differently.
A motion was on the floor and the preliminary vote of the membership showed they wanted the board to make a presentation at the following membership mtg including all costs. After clarifying the verbage in the motion to include all costs, a final tally of quorum was done and just before the final vote was to happen, the FDC and her supporters got up and left the room helping lose the quorum.
Per RR's, the motion is still on the floor and should be picked up where we left off at the following membership mtg. So all is frozen until then. The board should not be moving forward until the motion is carried out at the next meeting. It's unethical to leave a meeting when you know the quorum is that close that if you left, it would stop all action. Fortunately we have rules in place that ensures the motion didn't die, only delayed it. It was recently proposed that the board go ahead and make a presentation to the membership in Oct instead of waiting for the membership to vote for it. It'd save everyone time.