03-06-2020, 08:33 AM
Correction: The membership majority vote in Feb 2018, (the Acts of the Association/membership) was to start researching different professional management companies for possible hire. A membership committee was formed at that time to do the research.
There's a lot of maintenance on those chip seal roads now.
I believe that was exactly the point -- it's quite the "investment" (for "someone").
HPP absorbs the cost because the chip seal work was done by our road crew, which is why regular road and easement maint suffered for a couple years at least. HPP contracted the vendor's equipment operator and use of their chip seal equipment, and was responsible for it's storage. Any issues were HPP's responsibility. I believe applying only 1 layer of chip seal was a bad decision, and I have no idea who made that decision as most of chip seal business wasn't done in open session. One mile one layer = approx $80,000. Prior to Jul 2014, a previous board said chip seal wasn't a good option for HPP because of our climate, topography and traffic.
The Finance Committee advised the board to shut the chip seal work down in the fall of 2017 before the conclusion of Phase 1, after the FC was finally allowed access to look at the contract that was almost 2 yrs old. Our bylaws state the FC is to review all contracts at 6 months. The prior majority board was non transparent about this which is why they hadn't seen it all that time.
The vendor had no contractors license and lacked proper insurance. There were members on the majority board who argued not to shut it down since there was 1/2 mile to go. Common sense prevailed since the liability was exposed out in the open at a board meeting. The board didn't sign a contract for Phase 2.
There's a lot of maintenance on those chip seal roads now.
I believe that was exactly the point -- it's quite the "investment" (for "someone").
HPP absorbs the cost because the chip seal work was done by our road crew, which is why regular road and easement maint suffered for a couple years at least. HPP contracted the vendor's equipment operator and use of their chip seal equipment, and was responsible for it's storage. Any issues were HPP's responsibility. I believe applying only 1 layer of chip seal was a bad decision, and I have no idea who made that decision as most of chip seal business wasn't done in open session. One mile one layer = approx $80,000. Prior to Jul 2014, a previous board said chip seal wasn't a good option for HPP because of our climate, topography and traffic.
The Finance Committee advised the board to shut the chip seal work down in the fall of 2017 before the conclusion of Phase 1, after the FC was finally allowed access to look at the contract that was almost 2 yrs old. Our bylaws state the FC is to review all contracts at 6 months. The prior majority board was non transparent about this which is why they hadn't seen it all that time.
The vendor had no contractors license and lacked proper insurance. There were members on the majority board who argued not to shut it down since there was 1/2 mile to go. Common sense prevailed since the liability was exposed out in the open at a board meeting. The board didn't sign a contract for Phase 2.