@Court said:
My reading of the Act is that a Building Manager can be elected to the Strata Committee if they are an owner.
Aaaah! I missed that very obvious point (thanks Tharra).
Your basic problem is that not enough people want to be on the committee or, at the AGM, they would call for a larger number (up to 9) and get themselves elected.
You seem to be suggesting some sort of impropriety. If so, that’s what you have to deal with. The strata manager can only do what the Owners Corp and committee want – unless that is illegal. I don’t think this is.
Unless the caretaker is siphoning off funds, only looking after his lot, favouring some owners over others or doing work that should have been decided on at a meeting, I can’t see the problem.
It’s surely better to get things done when they need to be done than have to hold a meeting every time you need a pot of paint.