GCVHOA BOARD MEETING

The April Meeting was called to order by President Sharon Ferguson, at 6:00 PM. After the pledge of Allegiance, the meeting was recessed to permit voting by the members.

The meeting was reconvened at 7:00 and the Secretary took the roll call. Four (4) Board members were present including Sharon Ferguson, Chad Reid, Ted Strass, and John Groeneveld. Bob Jackson were absent, Henri Van Lent Genevieve King had resigned previous to the meeting. The minutes of the March BOD Meeting was read and approved. John read the financial report and it was approved as read. The architectural committee approved 3 requests by residents and a new policy was declared (per Declarations, Article 7, (page 32) that the board will no longer approve or disapprove the requests but simply read who and what was approved.

The Copier was discussed and a vote was taken by the board. The board unanimously approved the purchase of the Sharp SF-2314 copier. The price to be $695.00 with existing copier in trade.

Ted reported result of bids for the leaking roof on the clubhouse. A vote was taken and the bid of $7700 was unanimously approved to come from the roof fund for the improvements.

A Hand truck for use at the clubhouse to move chairs from the shed was unanimously approved for purchase of $59.95

The fence or railing at the step in front of the clubhouse was discussed again. A vote was taken and the board voted unanimously to do nothing at this time.

The sign out front was tabled until next meeting.

The construction committee, as a matter of record, presented the contract from Discount Aluminum for the patio and aluminum roof to the board.

The board offered the old chairs from the pool to anyone that wanted them.

A vote was taken and the board unanimously approved switching the attorney of record to Donald Peyton in New Port Richey

The president read the resignation letter from Henri Van Lent and offered the position of vice president to the existing board. All refused the position and the president asked for volunteers from the membership. Four members volunteered and after a vote by the board, Ken Spann was appointed to the vice president position.

The president read the resignation letter from Genevieve King. The president again asked for volunteers to fill the director position. Four members volunteered and after a vote by the Board, Art McKellar was appointed director.

Committee chairman Marilyn Morris presented the results of the voting. 112 votes were counted and the results areas follows:

1. Changes to R9 (55+ community) was defeated (56% /44% )
2. Majority rule was defeated (46%/54%)
3. Provision for absentee voting along with proxy voting was passed (63%/38%)
4. If the budget is refused by the members we again will have no budget (69%/31%)
5. Voting at only the annual meeting by members by majority of quorum was passed (53%/47%)

12 votes were not counted due to no identification as to who sent them. The proxy form was not included in the envelope or there was no return address. The committee had no way to key the vote to a name and address to prevent duplicate voting.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m.