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      Flat Chat -Jimmy Thomson

    I am a Member of the Exec Cmttee in a Strata block of 12+ units

    1.  The Owners Corp was charged over $100 for a 1 hour meeting with our Strata Manager (SM) on a specific date in 2012.  When the Chair questioned this, the SM said he had met with the Treasurer.  The Treasurer denied it and I believe her.  The SM then said he had met with ‘me’.   I denied it with diary evidence.  The SM then changed the date of the meeting to ‘sometime in the previous 2 weeks’.  The Chair questioned me ( but apparently not the Treasurer) a second time.  Again I denied it (and can continue to support my claim with diary evidence).  Approx 2 weeks ago I emailed the SM requesting substantiation of his claim.  He has ignored my request.   What can I do?

     

     

    1. In our Strata, Exec Committee meetings are not held for/on behalf of the Owners Corp (apart from immediately after the AGM to elect Office Bearers and perhaps discuss other items if anyone raises them).

      The Chair refused my recent request to hold an Exec Committee meeting (with publicised agenda and minutes) to discuss repairs to faulty exit security doors and other matters.  His response was that ‘the Owners are law-breakers’.  He went ahead and called the ‘meeting’, but neglected to inform the Secretary who naturally was absent. 

      Consequent to the ‘meeting’ he requested the SM to obtain quotes to have the exit doors replaced with current fire rated doors.  I contacted  :-  AFT Aust, the door company, a licensed builder, our local Council and the Dept of Building, Fire and Safety ( the latter referred by the Dept of Fair Trading).  The first three mentioned had all inspected the site.  I was advised by each that fire doors were not required at the last point of entry/exit in our 1970s building.  I relayed this info by email to the Chair and Treasurer, requesting their response.  After 4 weeks, neither has replied.  It seems that silence reigns and we may have reached a stalemate.

    Meanwhile one of the security doors remains in a state of disrepair and does not close securely unless ‘lifted’ into position.   Are safety and insurance being compromised?

    What can I do?

    I have also asked the Strata Manager to have the door repaired and he said to wait until after the AGM in July, by which time the door will have been in a state of disrepair since  April 2013.   Please comment.

     

    Thank you

     

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