The Act doesn’t prescribe who has to pay for a meeting in those circumstances.
If the general meeting is being held to specifically deal with someone’s request, i.e. a resolution to approve renovations, then it is reasonable for the person seeking the approval to pay for the meeting. I don’t see why the OC should foot the bill.
If a general meeting is to be held anyway, and a resolution to deal with an owner’s specific issue is included in the agenda then the OC should pay for it, because the meeting has to be held anyway.
Costs can vary widely depending on factors such as the strata manager and the size of the building – there is the preparation of the notice of meeting, printing, mailing, costs of attendance of the manager and minutes of the meeting. So you need to get a breakdown of those costs.
In the case of your Strata Committee I would be asking them:
– if they believe 3 general meetings in six months is an efficient way of handling things
– why the OC is bearing the costs when the meetings were to deal with specific requests of owners.