I do have issues with resolutions being put up with insufficient detail and perhaps that is how you need to tackle it.
If a resolution has been put up for an EGM with plans, they have managed to get the plans done and go to the trouble of calling an EGM.
First question – why does an EGM have to be called, what is so urgent about it?
Second – if they have the time to do the plans, why can’t they get quotes? If there is no quote, are you approving the plans in principle, subject to receipt of the quotes? On the face of it, that is what it sounds like.
Third – if the EC has the quote/quotes then to me that calls into question validity of any resolution, as proper notice has not been given to all owners, including those owners who won’t or can’t attend the meeting. You can’t just pull the quote out at the meeting and say here it is, because a number of people may provide proxies on the basis on what was sent to them.
Does the resolution provide for approval of the works and the expenditure? They are two separate things. I don’t believe it could, because there is no quote provided with the notice.
I suggest you have a few avenues:
– move a motion to amend the resolution at the meeting, that the project be approved in principle, subject to receipt of quotes and approval of the amount to be spent on it by the owners at a general meeting
– is there any limit on the EC’s expenditure that has been set at a previous meeting? If there is and it is less than the amount they propose to spend, then they can’t proceed without approval of the amount at a general meeting.
– get out there, grit your teeth, find enough owners to get more than 25% of the vote, and do something about it.
More generally – I agree with PeterC. We had our AGM the other night. Setting aside the brawl between 2 owners at the end, it was remarkably uneventful. I had put up a number of special resolutions for by-laws that I thought would not get up but they did, because no-one read them and only a third of owners attended. In my own experience, “lack of consultation” often means – “I don’t like it”, taking into account that a matter has been before both a general meeting and numerous EC meetings, of which the complainant is a member.