GREAT CYPRESS VILLAGE BOARD MEETING

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

The meeting was called to order by our President Jack Fair at 7:00 pm. He led the members in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.

ROLL CALL: All members of the board were present when the roll was called by the secretary, Toni Brunk.

MINUTES: The minutes were read and corrected and a motion was made to accept as corrected by Glory Schrader and seconded by Mary Hurst. MOTION CARRIED.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Isabel Miller, Treasurer reported the Operating Account dated 10/31/11 was $28,551.14. The reserve account $49,389.73. The CD balance is $25,063.09. Total bank assets are a total of $103,003.96. A motion was made to accept this report by George Quail and seconded by Mary Hurst. MOTION CARRIED

BOARD VOTE: The Board voted on a new Board member and Bev True was approved by ballot.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

WELCOME COMMITTEE: Mary Hurst welcomed new resident Linda Stopfer to Camille St.

SOCIAL CLUB: The club house will be decorated for Christmas on November 26, 2011. There will be soup supper again next month at the December meeting. Christmas party will be December 9th, 2011. There will be entertainment and dinner served. The tickets will be $15.00 per member and $20.00 per guest. Thanksgiving dinner is being served on November 24th and please bring a covered dish. Ham and turkey will be supplied by the Social Club.

ELECTION COMMITTEE:

A motion made by Glory to extend the vote to the membership on a new floor in community room. Mary seconded. MOTION CARRIED. The voting will be December 12th at 6:30 pm prior to the business meeting. Proxy forms are available.

RV AREA: There are seven spots available in the RV Park. If you wish a parking space see Jack in the next few days. Judd Brassie has a boat in the RV area that needs to be removed. Judd has passed on and his family is waiting on court decision before they can do anything.

OLD BUSINESS: A motion by Bev True was made to reimburse the Social Club $500.00 for the permit required for the fire suppression. The motion was seconded by Mary Hurst. MOTION CARRIED

The motion was made by Glory to purchase a new air condition at the cost of $4,800.00 which will include two annual inspections a year. Mary Hurst seconded. MOTION CARRIED

NEW BUSINESS;

A new sink and counter are needed in the kitchen. Paul will check on used products with three deep sinks.

There is necessary edging and weeding along Houston Rd. Bob Cox said if we call the Coastal land fill, they will take clean up the area. Jack will give them a call.

Joe Shank will use a power spraying and paint the fence at the end of Olivaud. Dutch stated it has never been painted. Bev suggested Behr paint would be a good paint to use and can be purchased at Home Depot.

Dutch talked about the Gazette and putting information in the GCV newspaper. A motion was made by Glory to put all park business in the Gazette. Toni seconded. MOTION CARRIED

There are several homes for sale and all signs must indicate (deed restricted).

Coming into the parking lot of the club house, the right side of the ditch needs repainted with yellow reflecting paint. A motion was made by Toni and Glory seconded. Chet agreed to paint the ditch area.

If there is a street light out in your area, please call the light company.

Dale Alford made up some forms that we can use to control renters. Bob Ayers suggested a background check with the police department. The renter is responsible to see this done.

Jack will check with an attorney to see what is needed to protect our park.

It was brought to our attention that Mr. Payton our previous attorney is back to his practice.

Chet has saved the park a lot of money by working on our Spa. Chet found the leak but can’t get it stopped. Kim suggested the problem could cause a sinkhole. The cost of water from the leak is a problem and Jack is going to check if the well water is useable.

The pool paint that is peeling is hard to stop. Jack suggested for the present time to patch the area, as it will very costly to repair the whole pool.

The lock box on the door will be coming off after the chimney has been completed. No later than December 28th. 2011.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:58 pm.

Respectfully submitted, 

Toni Brunk, Secretary