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    Torana3300
    Flatchatter

      In 2018, our committee held a meeting in accordance with NCAT Orders. The Secretary was the respondent in the application and allegedly was unable to attend the meeting but organised the treasurer to “act for” him. A Motion pertaining to Sec. 106 [maintenance] was passed unanimously and the committee resolved to accept a particular quote and proceed with the work. Because of the delay caused since the first quote was obtained, arrangements were made with the Strata Manager for the applicant to pay the invoice immediately by bank transfer and be reimbursed by the Manager in due course.

      The work was completed, the bill paid and a claim for reimbursement of the payer lodged with the Manager as arranged.

      Without the rest of the committee’s knowledge, the secretary then instructed the Manager not to reimburse the funds and, in the meantime, his wife and co-owner also requisitioned a motion for the imminent AGM to “rescind” the motion passed at the committee meeting.

      At the AGM, the original motion was duly rescinded [in spite of it being impossible to reverse the work], a new committee was elected and the Manager now takes the view that “the committee” refuses to reimburse the former applicant for an owners corporation liability that was lawfully incurred by the previous committee. The Manager [allegedly] only accepts instructions for “the committee”, NOT the committee in control at the time!

      As the original applicant in the NCAT matter AND the original committee chairperson, I would be interested in reader’s thoughts as to how to address the unmade reimbursement. It should be noted that not one owner utilized any of the traditional and lawful means of preventing the original committee from taking the [lawful] actions it did.

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      Flame Tree (Qld)
      Flatchatter

        It sounds like all the paperwork is available outlining and confirming the works to be done and why it will get done by the owner, the agreement to reimburse them, and the bill since presented for payment? I’m pretty sure the horse has bolted then and your bill still outstanding. Any Motion afterward would therefore seem invalid. The committee still exists and carries it’s obligations regardless of who is currently on, or was on, it. I’d put a letter of demand for payment within 2 weeks to the manager and proceed to adjudication. Don’t muck around, it seems a no-brainer.

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