This situation can actually be reversed where the committee don't maintain the place because they won't spend the money, most of them are there to make up the numbers or keep an eye on their 'investment' and have been installed by a proxy-enabled coup which shut-out more sensible owners wanting to be on the Executive Committee.
Is it possible… just possible… the 'board room' bully described above could be a long-time resident who genuinely knows how the building works, its history, has altruistic intentions and just wants things done properly?