The Silence of the HOA Part 2

The Silence of the HOA Part 2

The email (jpg, redactions are mine) appears to show that the HOA board of directors had a secret meeting by phone where they approved landscaping proposals on the night of December 15, 2020.  Given the Open Meetings Act, I can’t imagine how they can justify approving landscape proposals outside of an Open Session meeting, or even an Executive Session meeting.  A meeting was scheduled for December 23, but they cancelled it (pdf).  Why bother with the scheduled meeting?

The landscape proposals include $40,897 in plants and materials, which is significant.  Stand by for more details.

 Email December 16, 2020.  Note that BOD means Board of Directors.

 Richard Ford (property manager)

Hi Scott,

From this I assume that the landscaping proposals were NOT approved on the call last night and the BOD is going to wait for the results of the engineer's report before proceeding? Please verify if this is correct. Also, do you want the proposals to still be included on the agenda for our meeting on the 23rd?

 Scott Kiefner (HOA President)

They were all approved ... just did not have time to scan everything yet.