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Couple of questions. Strata of 4, how many on the SC? Given a quorum is ‘a majority of members’, is the treasurer’s vote needed? It’s the Secretary’s role to schedule meetings, issue agendas, record minutes, so if the Treasurer doesn’t attend, is this something that stops having a meeting? In NSW, the committee can vote that requires the Treasurer to function jointly with another SC member. Also, a majority can appoint someone else as treasurer.
Best of luck getting sorted.
Most insurance policies have an excess, so any claim will have some cost, not to mention any impact claim history has on future premiums.
Possible downside of attending formal SC meetings rather than special regularly scheduled meetings is that you can’t control SC meetings actually being scheduled, and you have to be voted by a majority of the committee to be able to speak .
If you can access the original DA approval at the council, there will probably be a condition regarding the number of owner and visitor car spaces. They may have other requirements specified also.
I believe any of the elected positions can be resigned from, which then allows the SC to elect a replacement.
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I’m on our committee, and would say as long as the caravan or trailer was wholly within a single parking space, and getting it in and out did not cause damage to common property, it is OK.
Most common property memorandums would say this is owner, not CP.
Our strata took the approach of anything, including patio doors and windows were generally owner responsibility on the basis they are exclusive use, and their ‘wellbeing’ is dictated by the care with which they are used.
Does the neat hedge improve the value or desirability of any unit within the complex? I’d be surprised if its neatness isn’t a positive benefit to all. Just a thought. Also, are these amounts sufficient to warrant a possibly divisive matter being given life?
Section 258 Tenancy notice to be given to owners corporation of leases or subleases may also apply here, although if to an owner, sub-clause 5 would probably apply.
Maybe there is a clear glass or perspex sheet on the inside of the balustrade.
I believe you also have 2 other options, depending whether the agenda for the AGM has been issued or not.
Schedule 1, Clause 4 (1) states any owner may require a motion to be put at a general meeting and Clause 4(3) states the Secretary must give effect to the requirement. You could require any part of capital works to be quoted by, say 2 companies, and in writing.
Alternatively, Schedule 1, Clause 18 provides you may amend a motion at the meeting provided it is a motion for which notice has been given. Suitable wording to amend the ‘blank cheque’ to quoted would be required.
Both these options would probably require some lobbying before the meeting to outvote the SC.
Check with the glass company whether your ‘thicker’ glass is actually a single sheet or two sheets laminated together with a film in the middle. ie maybe technically double glazing.
Alternatively, just go for it and run a small risk anyone will do something.
Schedule 1, Part 2, Clause 4(2)(a) requires AGM agenda items to set out a required motion and include an explanation of the motion.
Did the motion include the by-law wording with ‘bathroom’ included?
Did the explanation specify only the bathroom?
Was the motion amended from the floor of the AGM?
If the answers are yes, yes & no respectively, I would think you have a strong argument of an error in the draft minutes. If a draft is distributed, to what purpose if submitted corrections are rejected?
If the answers are no, no, no then the strata manager may be correct.
Austman is correct, garages are ‘non-habitable’ and hence water penetration is not seen as wrong.
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I think you would find the council very interested in removal of a regulated firewall. They may even require owners to move out until it is replaced. I don’t know.
Also, it is a requirement (Section 123) that access for fire safety inspections must be unimpeded.
Then you get to insurance. The removal of the firewall probably voids insurance in the event of a fire.
Go with all guns blazing, they are severely breaching Section 37 of the Act