01-23-2016, 11:24 AM
The HPPOA web site has posted the "Annual Update" dated Jan. 2016.
In it and included in the "President's Update Message" is this statement;
"The Board sought a legal opinion on whether the membership can overturn a policy adopted by the Board concerning road maintenance matters. The attorney's response is, "Because of the specific delegation of authority to the Board concerning the maintenance, repair and improvement of the subdivision roadways, and to adopt policies concerning same, it does not appear the membership may override a Board policy concerning the roadway maintenance.".
I see 2 problems with this statement from the President. 1. As has previously been posted several times on this thread (and recently)the membership has only voted in the Oct. 2015 meeting to require the Board to postpone chip seal until they have presented the membership with the facts and figures involved in this costly process and then the membership can give approval or not to chip seal. After all, it's the members money.
2. The attorney must have given his opinion as a result of some sort of disinformation from the board of directors who posed the question to him. Chip seal is not road maintenance, the association doesn't need County, State and Federal permits and permission for maintenance but we sure do for chip seal and including a licensed contractor.
I would like to ask a reasonable question of our overlords who sit on the Board, shouldn't we re-examine the costs and the pros and cons associated with chip seal vs. paving again (Oh! Wait, they never did the first time)? After all, the price of oil was $63.67 May 1st last year when this project was first brought up compared to $32.25 as of Friday. Almost a 100% drop in price.
Maybe paving is a better option at this point.
In it and included in the "President's Update Message" is this statement;
"The Board sought a legal opinion on whether the membership can overturn a policy adopted by the Board concerning road maintenance matters. The attorney's response is, "Because of the specific delegation of authority to the Board concerning the maintenance, repair and improvement of the subdivision roadways, and to adopt policies concerning same, it does not appear the membership may override a Board policy concerning the roadway maintenance.".
I see 2 problems with this statement from the President. 1. As has previously been posted several times on this thread (and recently)the membership has only voted in the Oct. 2015 meeting to require the Board to postpone chip seal until they have presented the membership with the facts and figures involved in this costly process and then the membership can give approval or not to chip seal. After all, it's the members money.
2. The attorney must have given his opinion as a result of some sort of disinformation from the board of directors who posed the question to him. Chip seal is not road maintenance, the association doesn't need County, State and Federal permits and permission for maintenance but we sure do for chip seal and including a licensed contractor.
I would like to ask a reasonable question of our overlords who sit on the Board, shouldn't we re-examine the costs and the pros and cons associated with chip seal vs. paving again (Oh! Wait, they never did the first time)? After all, the price of oil was $63.67 May 1st last year when this project was first brought up compared to $32.25 as of Friday. Almost a 100% drop in price.
Maybe paving is a better option at this point.