$15K is a lot of consultancy, that is just silly.
I think what might have happened is that the motion re EC spending was on the agenda, and there were no limits placed on EC spending. However, as Whale says, if it wasn’t on the agenda then that is a serious matter.
I completely agree with Whale’s comments re strata managers. The low standards and general misbehaviour of a number of them raised in this forum confound me. We have had our share, I have despatched three of them to date, but we seem to have now found one who is good. When we terminated the last one they said I was too demanding.
There is very little in the legislation to hold strata managers accountable, there should be. This was something that got scant attention in the recent review. If they were more accountable, strata management would probably cost more, but the standards would likely be higher.