MINUTES OF THE JULY MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BROOKRIDGE HOA, INC.
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Brookridge Homeowners Association, Inc. (“HOA”) was held on July 14, 2015 at the home of Carole Princer Levy. Present at the meeting were: Carole Princer Levy, Paul Spindel, Barbara Schiff and Jeff Adler - all of whom are Directors constituting a quorum. Also present was Tom Pallman of Stillman Management, Inc.
Carole Princer Levy acted as Chair of the meeting. Jeff Adler acted as Secretary.
Call to order at 7:30 p.m.
Minutes of the Annual meeting have been approved and posted.
Paul Spindel brought up a motion to confirm election of all present officers in their present positions. This was seconded and approved unanimously.
Paul Spindel, Treasurer, reported the cash balances as of July 1, 2015 were:.
The checking account balance - $14,825.
The capital fund balance - $261,972.
The HOA is on budget for the year and currently projecting a surplus of $6,811.
The Board next discussed the issue of arrears:
Unit #16,is now owned by Mr. Zazzarino. Citibank is still responsible for maintaining the property. Mr. Zazzarino has stated that he plans to do nothing with this property. His current arrears is $3,860. Under advice from the HOA’s Legal Council, Matt Shwarz, the Board approved taking legal action against Mr. Zazzarino for the arrears plus legal costs. President Levy will ask Mr. Schwarz to begin the action and report back at the August meeting.
The repair of the front gate has been completed by Eastco Manufacturing Corp. The cost of this repair was $12,000.00. Fleetwood Lock Company, Inc. completed the repair of the pool and tennis court gates. The new resurfaced tennis court is completed as well.
Our pool service contract for 2015 was previously awarded to Scott Renda pools. The Board is unhappy with certain aspects of how they have handled this responsibility. The question was raised whether The Board should change swimming pool service companies. A cost estimate for servicing the pool has been received from V Groppa Pools, Inc. that is $895 less than what Scott Renda Pools is charging in his 2015 contract. The Board will take this issue under advisement.
Carole Princer Levy, Paul Spindel and Tom Pallman are scheduling a meeting with Ron Vitti to discuss issues with his services. Ron Vitti has not completed curbstone repair nor has he completed mulching the complex and has not performed any of the landscaping that individual homeowners have asked him to do on their private property,
The Board will try to get Mr. Vitti to respond to individual homeowner requests; however, we recommend that HOA members who require landscaping contact their own landscapers instead.
New business discussed (from issues raised at the June Annual Meeting):
(1). Roof policy- the sense of the HOA vote of attendees at the Annual meeting was to extend the current policy for 10 years. The Board reminds members that there is a limit of 3 roof leak repairs per year per unit.
(2). Erection of "Children Playing" signs in the complex. The Board is waiting for specific information regarding which signs are requested
(3). Replacing street lights throughout the complex- The "brighter light" is a result of a replacement of a new head unit. Tom will explore the feasibility and cost of replacing all light bulbs to create better lighting..
The Board again reminds all home owners that they are responsible for the upkeep of the bushes between their drive ways.(The Board is only responsible for the Common Grounds.)
Finally the Board invites anyone willing to take on planning and execution of an End of Summer Party (Labor Day weekend) to contact the Board. We will support the Party financially,
The next meeting of the Board will take place 7:30 PM on Tuesday August 25, 2015 at Jeff Adler’s home Unit # 29.
There being no further business before the board, upon motion made and duly seconded, the meeting was adjourned at 8:20 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Jeff Adler, Secretary