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Those of you who have read my posts would know that I'm Secretary / Treasurer for our 27 Lot self-managed Plan, where 22 Lots are tenanted.
Frankly, I'm becoming increasingly sick and tired of disinterested Proprietors, who simply want no involvement with anything whatsoever to do with the management of their Plan, save opposing every increase in their Levy Contributions.
In fact, I only got the last two such increases passed (just) by using a combination of my proxies and a resolution to apply an early payment discount as an off-set, that I knew from past experience few would qualify for, and so the increase actually applied.
As the most recent example of collective disinterest, a couple of Absentee Proprietors (Landlords) want have the Owners Corporation make a minor addition to the Common Property.
So I go ahead and research what's available and where that item might best be positioned on / affixed to the Common Property, and then ask a couple of local Contractors to use my research as the basis for quotations to supply & install.
The quotes arrive, and even though both are less than $4K, the EC agrees, there are no spending restrictions in place, and we have a very healthy sinking fund (thanks to the “discount”), the proposed expenditure is discretionary and un-budgeted.
So as much out of courtesy as anything else, I wrote to every Proprietor with a request for comments, or at least a simple “yes” or “no”.
Two weeks have passed and I've thus far received three responses, and two of those are from the original proponents!!
I get the feeling that this type of apathy is endemic within Owners Corporations, and so any changes to NSW Strata Legislation (SCMA) will be of little benefit to those of us who desperately want to see our Plans managed efficiently and inclusively. People like me can't do it on our own, even as benevolent dictators!
Our next AGM is in August, and I'm going to propose a whopping 30% increase in Levy Contributions – not that it's necessary, but rather just to get my Proprietors' attention, and hopefully their attendance at the Meeting!