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It has been a while since my original post on this topic but my concerns remain. Our AGM is coming up in May, no date or agenda yet, and owners are receiving flyers in the mail from the strata manager with his name and the chairman’s on them offering interest-free finance on ‘SOLAR POWER’. ‘DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY’ the latest leaflet screams. ‘Pending approval at the upcoming AGM in May, you could power unit during sunlight hours for the next 25 years or more…’
I view these leaflets as pretty ham-fisted. They are big on broad, un-backed-up, unlikely promises while very light on actual facts. Also these mailings, there have been three now, times 36 units, are being paid for out of our strata’s ‘disbursements’ but doesn’t that mean we are actually paying for them?
In short I smell a rat. I am wondering if the strata manager and / or the Chairman are in line for some commissions they are not mentioning when being asked. They have mis-represented the number of ‘expressions of interest’ they have had for one thing. I looked at the strata files and there was one reply in the negative while they claim they have ‘over a dozen’ positive replies.
The Strata Manager also tells fibs then becomes very antsy when asked such questions as ‘What will the costs be to the Owners Corporation’. He really won’t give a straight answer. The Chairman is one of those people who thinks they are lot smarter than everyone else and you should just accept his word on everything, no need to worry about pesky ‘facts’.
I fear an ambush at the AGM where we will have to approve by-laws allowing the building to have the infrastructure put in at the OC’s cost, regardless of how many owners want to be involved, and there won’t be many.
How can we keep the b
s honest?