No, I have had no success in changing the strata manager’s terms. My owners corp held a meeting and passed motions to change the strata manager’s terms were passed. The consequence was that the strata manager resigned and we had to seek another strata manager.
When we sought other strata managers, their contracts appeared to be made from the same template. It was the template from the Strata Community Association. Again, we requested changes such as don’t give yourself a $500 spending limit on repairs without consulting the owners corporation.
Reason: Tradies were charging $490 or $495 for work. We did not know about it until we read them in our periodical financial statements.
The strata managers concerned were not willing to give us that concession. They said it was too much trouble to call the owners for small jobs.
I don’t think options (a) and (b) are legally valid. It is another way of expressing (c) Take it or leave it.