@Austman said:
To be honest I don’t think it’s so important. An active strata committee has very many other options in the general running of an OC/BC.
I couldn’t disagree more.
I accept that strata managers have those delegated rights in most contracts, confirmed at their AGMs, but that is really to make sure the OCs where owners don’t care, don’t understand or can’t be bothered, can continue to function. Those delegated powers can be removed at any time by a decision of the committee and that’s how it should be.
Committees are part of the community and they should be setting the agenda – even if it’s just by telling the strata manager to add an item before it goes out. Important issues like by-laws and the transfer of common property, not to mention major renovations, and legal action require motions to be put on a general meeting agenda.
If the strata manager is just going ahead and setting the agenda and the budget without consultation with the committee how can a building change for the better?