October 2022

MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 12, 2022 MEETING

OF THE BOARD OF THE

BROOKRIDGE CONDOMINIUM AND HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION

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The October 12, 2022 meeting of the Brookridge Condominium and Homeowners' Board of Directors was held on Zoom Present at the meeting were: Paul Spindel, President; Monica Teuscher, Vice President; Leslie Molinoff, Secretary; Paul Roberts, Treasurer, and Ann Gittelman, Member at Large - all of whom are Directors constituting a quorum.

Also present was Joe Badolato, Brookridge’s new Property Manager.

Paul Spindel acted as Chair of the meeting and Leslie Molinoff took the minutes.

CALL TO ORDER AT 5:30 PM.

Treasurer’s Report – Paul Roberts: Cash balances as of 9/30/2022:

NCB Operating Account - $29,332

NCB Reserve Account - $170,211

Signature Bank MM Account (1893) - $114,448

Signature Securities Brokerage Account (6703) - $392,231

(Note: $400,000 T-Bills matures May 2023)

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Total cash - $706,222

We are running about an $18K surplus but some of this will be absorbed by repairs to the Gazebo and other painting related items which were not covered by the original project cost.

Annual End of Summer Party and Pool Update:

Our end of summer celebration took place at the pool on Saturday, September 10th at which time we paid tribute to Tom Pallman for his many years of excellent service and formally introduced our new property manager, Joe Badolato. We had a lovely weather day and a good turn-out of residents. Peter Clark and Ellen Dungan serenaded us a bit and a good time was had by all.

The pool will be closed as soon as we can secure an appointment with our pool company and the deck is cleared of all furniture.

Landscaping – Monica Teuscher: Plantings inside and outside our main gate have been added and enhance the look of the community. Tree trimming will commence later in the year.

Painting Project Report – Ann Gittelman: The wood repairs and painting have progressed quite well, in spite of weather setbacks, and the crew anticipates the project will be completed within the next two weeks.

Tax Grievance Report – Leslie Molinoff: Our attorney has been given a Court date of November 17^th for a settlement conference with the City of NR Assessment Board and the Tax Assessor. He will let us know as soon as he has anything substantive to report.

New Property Manager Info (in case you didn’t get it from the last Board minutes):

JOE BADOLATO e-mail Jbadolato@ferraramgmt.com cell (914) 382-5771

New Web Page For Emergency Contact Information: A new web page has been created on our web site to store a list of emergency numbers for residents.

For example, if you are not available and an emergency arises at your unit, who should we call? Or, if you are home and wind up in an emergency situation that we become aware of but you are unable to give us a contact name and number, we can check the web page.

That page can be located by going to the web site (https://sites.google.com/site/brookridgehoa/Home), looking at the column on the left and clicking on “Emergency Contacts.” If you would like to add a number to the list, please use the Brookridge e-mail and send us your name and emergency contact name and number.

Ongoing Reminders:

1. Parking in the circles is not permitted because fire trucks and sanitation trucks cannot get by.

2. Dog poop remains an issue, especially in the lower circle, where our concerts are held. Please pick up after your dog and dispose the waste in your own garbage, NOT the community receptacles at the pool and tennis court.

The next Board meeting will be held on November 16th at 5:30 PM at Monica’s house.

There being no further business before the Board, upon motion made and duly seconded, the meeting was adjourned at 6:35 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Leslie Molinoff, Secretary