12-06-2016, 08:27 AM
We shouldn't put out any more money beyond the road fees which are due around the corner, until we find out what exactly's been going on with our road maint fee monies today and over the past year.
Over 6 months of non transparency by the previous Finance Committee, and now denial of financial info to the new FC. That's a red flag.
The road crew devoted a lot of time to the chip seal project over the past year. We were already behind in maint during the interim GM's era, and the chip seal project compounded that further. Almost ALL of our roads needed road material laid on the entire road back then.
We've had a high turnover of road crew since 2014. Hence the lack of experience. It's possible the crew knows more about chip sealing than how to properly compact roll and grade a dirt road???
Bottom line, the road crew can't be working on the chip seal project and keep up with road and easement maintenance, as is evident to us all by the condition of our roads and easements today. That is the crux of the problem coupled with the large sum of money going into the chip seal project, instead of road material, road striping and reflectors.
The previous 2 boards combated membership involvement and were non transparent w/chip seal biz. They prob knew questions would come up. i.e. How would they fund this project, and maintain our roads and easements? There's a road that's been prepped ready to be chip sealed but w/all the rain and member road maint complaints... hopefully the road crew is catching up w/all the backlog and will be until it's caught up. That would keep them busy for some time.
Over 6 months of non transparency by the previous Finance Committee, and now denial of financial info to the new FC. That's a red flag.
The road crew devoted a lot of time to the chip seal project over the past year. We were already behind in maint during the interim GM's era, and the chip seal project compounded that further. Almost ALL of our roads needed road material laid on the entire road back then.
We've had a high turnover of road crew since 2014. Hence the lack of experience. It's possible the crew knows more about chip sealing than how to properly compact roll and grade a dirt road???
Bottom line, the road crew can't be working on the chip seal project and keep up with road and easement maintenance, as is evident to us all by the condition of our roads and easements today. That is the crux of the problem coupled with the large sum of money going into the chip seal project, instead of road material, road striping and reflectors.
The previous 2 boards combated membership involvement and were non transparent w/chip seal biz. They prob knew questions would come up. i.e. How would they fund this project, and maintain our roads and easements? There's a road that's been prepped ready to be chip sealed but w/all the rain and member road maint complaints... hopefully the road crew is catching up w/all the backlog and will be until it's caught up. That would keep them busy for some time.