Thursday, October 4, 2007

2007 Annual Owners Meeting

The 2007 General Annual Meeting was held at Unit 3D (Niko Spyridonos and Karen Howard). Ten owners were present representing eleven units.

Agenda
  • State of the Association
  • Financials and Budget Discussion
  • Bicycles Complaint
  • Hallways Project
  • Basement Project
  • Elevator Laws and Costs
  • Management Company
  • Elections
State of the Association
  • Property needs improvements
  • Property is Badly managed
  • Rules need enforcement
  • Assessments are behind
  • In-need of professional management and planning

Financials and Budget

  • Currently we have: $20,000
  • Collected in 2006: $38,345
  • Spent in 2006: $28,828
  • Cash Increase in 2006: $10,517
  • Receivable Assessments: $3,390
  • Discuss Budget for Next year

Bicycles Complaint

  • Received complaint yesterday 10/3/07 about bicycles parked on the street.
  • MOTION: Association will issue notice but also feels that this is not a priority issue

Hallways and Stairwells

  • They need to be improved.
  • Setting a budget of $25,000
    - New Paint
    - New Carpet
    - New Lighting
  • MOTION: Decided to move forward with soliciting proposals from qualified contractors. Niko Spyridonos will be in charge of this project.

Basement Renovation (next year)

  • Needs Improvement
  • Budget of $35,000
    - Individual Closets with doors
    - New floors, paint, buildout
    - New Lighting
    - We need financial planning to budget and finance this budget
  • MOTION: Not enough money to perform this project. We need financial planning to make the project a reality in the foreseeable future.

Elevators

  • Before 1/1/2009:
    Will need to install a phone, GFI outlet, ladder. Cost up to $5,000
  • Before 1/1/2011:
    Need double bulkhead cylinders. Can cost up to $50,000
  • Need to plan for this.
  • Our building may not need to perform the above improvements.
  • MOTION: Decided to wait to seek more information from our elevator maintenance company (Colley)

Management Company

  • The building needs to be profesionally managed
  • Cagan Management Group will cost $600/month.
    - Financial Planning
    - Assessment collections
    - Rule enforcement
    - Professional Management
  • MOTION: Decided to move forward with gathering more information and voting on moving forward or not.

Elections

A new board of directors was elected as follows:

  1. Niko Spyridonos (3D, 2H) - President
  2. Michael Keating (2D) - Treasurer
  3. Secretary
  4. Board Member

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