UPDATE!
I had dinner last night with a former work colleague who, knowing my interests in matters strata, brought along the Agenda for his up-coming AGM where two Items put forward by the Strata Manager covered matters to do with the NSW WH&S Act.
The Plan is entirely residential and comprises 46 townhouses that were first Registered in 2008, and despite that, the following Items were included:
“to appoint a consultant to undertake an asbestos survey including the establishment of an asbestos register and management plan ……“, and;
“that the Owners Corporation subscribe to a heath and safety program (my words to avoid identifying the Strata Management Organisation) to acquire knowledge on workplace safety processes and eliminate or control risks…”
The first Item included no details regarding the “consultant” or their costs, and the second apparently involves a small Fee of around $2/month/Lot paid to the Strata Manager, who would no doubt then gouge additional revenue from arranging the rectification of each and every issue identified and reported to them by Owners.
The point is neither Item is required, and the Owners Corporation of this and other Plans that are not captured by the provisions of the WH&S Act will rely on the (bad) advice provided by their Strata Managers and be convinced (or perhaps frightened) into arrangements that will undoubtedly incur additional expenditure.
My question is …. how will the good people in the property services / operations industry ever drag their professional reputations up from the bottom of the proverbial cocky’s cage when large Organisations such as the one that oversaw the production of this drivel continue to do so, and get away with it?