The following questions have been submitted to the BHVA BOD
for the upcoming board meeting November 10,2022:
Bill Neidel
Question: The BHVA BOD just made an appeal to the town of South
Bristol Zoning Board about some BHVA complaints against the Fields that were
addressed in a letter from the town’s Code Enforcement Officer. What were
the board’s appeals, what are the actual/anticipated legal fees for this
appeal, what was the outcome of the appeal, will this information be shared
with the community, what is next with this appeal.
Date Submitted: 9/8/2022
Submitted by: Bill Neidel
Who was contacted: Gregory Dieter - Portfolio Manager Kenrick
Answer/Response:
Question: When Crofton was our property manager our website had
a homeowners only section where financials, meeting minutes etc were available
for viewing. Are there any plans to provide this on the Kenrick BHVA website?
If not, how do we initiate a project to look into providing this information.
DATE Submitted: 9/8/2022
Submitted by: Bill Neidel
Who was contacted: Gregory Dieter - Portfolio Manager Kenrick
Brian
Voorheis
Legal:
We as a community have
expended many dollars for legal services over the past 3 years. Who were the
law firms and how much did we pay each of them? For each of the law firms we
paid, what was the legal case they billed us for? Please supply this
information for each year, 2020, 2021 and current year 2022.
Field fines:
I have seen a letter to
Fields from the town of South Bristol along with a map clearly stating that
their Shore Drive parcel is not part of our Planned Unit Development. Does our
BOD have documents that dispute this?
Bob Spada
In these very hard financial times we need to
know how our money is being spent. The management company Kendric,and the
BHVA has been very secretive and not open or transparent. How much money
has been spent on legal funds in the last three years. How many law
firms are we employing and what are the goals for conclusion,and when will the
community have a vote in the settlement proposals or negotiations?
Debbie Voorheis
"In the past, the minutes from BHVA Board
meetings were made available electronically to community members via the property
management website. This was an excellent and efficient method of
communication.
Since this means is no longer used, what is
the current method for residents to access the minutes from any BHVA Board
meeting where a quorum of members are present and BHVA business is
conducted?"
Question submitted to BHVA BOD
Peter Hessney
Clearly what BHVA
financials presented to date show feverish spending on legal fees with little
end in sight. This is no longer
sustainable.
1.
Does
the board still believe that this is majority wishes of our community?
2.
Are
current and past board members aware that our BHVA by-laws state they may be
personally liable as individuals if found that they violated their fiduciary
responsibility to our community?
3.
Other
than Erie Insurance what other insurance agencies to date are providing
coverage to BHVA Directors and Officers and what annual cost?
4.
Are
there areas where the insurance company won’t insure the board? What are the deductibles for claims?
Dave Godshall (* Dave mailed his himself)
I am requesting that the following questions
be submitted for the upcoming community meeting:
Q #1: For the first half of this year, we were provided with a monthly
balance sheet as well as an income/expense statement. There was no
information provided for July or August, and the September report only showed a
balance statement. Why the gaps? And, from here on out, what can we
expect to see?
Q #2: We have been assessed thousands of dollars these past couple years,
but do not have visibility as to how much of those 'funds' have been spent, and
on what. Are there any plans to provide this information? If yes,
when? If no, why not?
Thanks.
Dave Godshall
Debby Gebhardt:
There were two lawyers representing the BHVA interests at
the Zoning Board of Appeals’ Meeting at the South Bristol Town Hall.
1. Who
were those lawyers and from what firm?
2. Was
their payment covered by our insurance company?
3. What
was the cost?
There was an additional lawyer representing the BHVA at the
Field’s hearing with the BHVA BOD on Thursday October 20.2022.
1. Who
was the lawyer and from what firm?
2. Was
their payment covered by our insurance company?
3. What
was the cost?
Ralph Gebhardt
2.
Have you determined the cost of repair of the
steps to the beach? When will this work
be taking place?
3.
NYS law provides homeowners the right to access
invoices, ledgers, bank accounts, reconciliations, contracts and any other
document related to the expenditure of homeowners’ association’s dues at every
meeting on a monthly basis. Why is this not being done? What do we need to do to make that happen?
Rosemary Carney
1.
Why are the fobs (and
codes at the elevator) being replaced with a card system?
How
much is the new system costing the community?
