SteveS8 (New York)
Posts: 128
Posts: 128
Posted:
Our community has just learned of three incidents in which gardeners have approached female residents in an inappropriate way. In one incident, which happened 7 weeks ago, the police were called. One incident occurred a year ago and was reported to the Property Manager (but not the police). The third happened at the beginning of the summer and was never reported.
Our community is still under the control of the builder so 4 of the 7 board members represent the builder.
As it turns out, I have been told that these incidents have never been brought up at any board meeting, and the resident elected HOA board members and the resident elected Condo reps were never informed about what happened.
Additionally, in the past (I have mentioned this here before) there have been leaking garage issues and potential mold issues, but none of this has ever been brought up at a board meeting because the person in charge (the builder's attorney) of the meetings has said that construction issues are "not in the purview of the board".
As a resident, I cannot quite understand why someone should have the power to withhold information that may be of importance to the community? I can see the point of a builder who would prefer that this information not surface while he is trying to sell homes, but do they not have a fiduciary responsibility to have these issues aired?
I am really puzzled.
Steve
Our community is still under the control of the builder so 4 of the 7 board members represent the builder.
As it turns out, I have been told that these incidents have never been brought up at any board meeting, and the resident elected HOA board members and the resident elected Condo reps were never informed about what happened.
Additionally, in the past (I have mentioned this here before) there have been leaking garage issues and potential mold issues, but none of this has ever been brought up at a board meeting because the person in charge (the builder's attorney) of the meetings has said that construction issues are "not in the purview of the board".
As a resident, I cannot quite understand why someone should have the power to withhold information that may be of importance to the community? I can see the point of a builder who would prefer that this information not surface while he is trying to sell homes, but do they not have a fiduciary responsibility to have these issues aired?
I am really puzzled.
Steve