I was responding to this statement from the original poster.
…I was told that if the SM didn’t initiate the work then she’ll just pay any invoice that gets sent to her and she’s not responsible for whether or not the work should actually be paid for by the OC. I’m talking about work that’s obviously private like fixing a tap in someone’s sink (no longer can be a defect either). Would most people expect some level of scrutiny by the SM before paying an invoice on behalf of the owners or is that just too much to ask for? If it’s too much, how easy is it for corruption to occur then!
Mitch had the example of a sink tap. I put forward a more extreme example of sending a dry cleaning bill.
The idea of a strata committee member sending invoices to the strata manager is a way of having checks on SM spending of OC funds.
I think we’re all agreed on this. Mitch is concerned that their strata manager is providing a bit too much customer service to some owners.