Is this a one-off special levy or locked in for the forseeable future? Ask to see a copy of last year’s financial statement and this year’s budget, and you’ll be able to see where the money is going.
Interestingly, if the proposal includes an increased fee for the strata manager, they shouldn’t have beeen using proxy votes for it.
Also, did this go through on the nod? If no one else was there, who was holding the proxies?