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20/10/2020 at 6:10 pm
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We are 10 villas. I was paying $700 and increased to $800 per quarter.(we received NO notification,just a one month late Levy Notice)———————————————————— —————————— —————————— —————————— —-
Kaindub’s answer below covers the general gist but I thought I would break this down:
4 owners where present at A.G.M and 4 gave their “individual proxy vote” to the Chairwoman at our Strata Management who runs the A.G.M. (as we do normally every year)
The chair (or anyone else) in a 10-lot strata can only carry one proxy so three of the proxies were redundant
2 owner appeared not counted for (no explanation why that is).
Maybe they were unfinancial (behind with their levies) so their votes wouldn’t count.
so instead of 10 votes only 8 voted,right?
Wrong, as Kaindub explained, only 5 votes counted (or should have) because too many owners gave their proxy votes to the chair.
I received a (12minute) saying AMENDMENT TO BE RESOLVED!
What is a 12minute? And “to be resolved” might mean that they haven’t yet worked out the levies for the rest of the year or there is another matter that will affect the final budget. But yes, this is vague and confusing.
———————————————————— —————————— —————————— —————————— —- The question is:1.-Why are they able to sent the Levy Notice if it hasn’t been resolved?
They have to send out a levy notice to get the money to keep the building running. There is nothing sinister in this except that it smacks of inefficiency. Subsequent levies could iron out any over or under-charging.
2.- Why the Strata Management in the minutes DOESN’T shows a list of all owners and their correspondent preference of vote YES OR NO that took placed? so the absent owner’s will able to SEE clearly how the vote where counted.
They don’t have to. Maybe for next year you can propose a motiong that all votes should be recorded and noted on the minutes. If the majority of your neighbours agree, then it should happen.
——————————————————— —————————— ———– 3.- Is there a law that protects owners from Strata Management and certain owners to get away with their preference. disregarding the one present by proxy?
No, there isn’t. But then the proxies here are a mess with, as we’ve said, too many being given to one person for them all to count. Your chair should have rejected three of the proxies and suggested they were passed them to someone else who would be there
———————————————————— —————————— —————————— —————————— ———- I will be most appreciative if you indicate “a law” obligate to print out such a list result so I can see my vote respected specially when raising LEVIES. (if there is no accountability ,corruption can be done easily if no reported) don’t you think?
The only law that would require a record of votes to be taken relates to “poll” votes, where you count unit entitlements rather than a show of hands. But, as I said, you could propose a motion to require this at future general meetings.