Minutes of Board Meeting

MDWHomeownerŐs Association

Held at Orv BratlandŐs home

April 6, 2006

 

 

1.   Themeeting was called to order and minutes of January 25 meeting

 were approved as written.

 

2.   TreasurerŐsReport:

Karen Sturm gave the TreasurerŐs Reportshowing expenses on plan, dues are paid. She has acquired a Safety Deposit boxfor storage of Association owned CD. There are no financial issues at this time. 

    

3.   NewLawn and Snow Contract:

Concierge has been put under contractagain, with an increase of 4% for this year. The contract includes irrigationand checking sprinkler heads. Orv Bratland will talk to them about the winterexperience as some situations were less than acceptable.

 

4. Proposed Rules and Regulations:

Dick Merrill has generously worked tocreate a document, which the Board feels is reasonable for our Association. Itis an all-encompassing document, which will be shared with everyone at aspecial meeting on Monday, May 15 at the TPC, see paragraph # 7.

 

5. Web Site:

By now, the Board hopes that you all havevisited the new web site for our Association. It has lots of helpful andnecessary information in it. The address again is:  madwa.org.  FredKunze will maintain it currently but would be happy to train someone else to doperiodic updates necessary on the calendar etc. The person/persons who agree todo so would need to have a close relationship with the Board for communicationpurposes.

 

6. Concrete Update:

Orv Bratland has talked to Gary Gorham,communicated with Sienna corporation about sinking driveway sections,especially 2325 Lehman Lane and will continue to be on top of progress in thisarea to determine responsibility of sinking pads and what can be done about ourproblem.

 

7. MasterŐs GoverningRevision Proposal:

As has been mentionedpreviously in these minutes, the Board would like input into proposed changesto the by-laws in changing the Annual Meeting from August to the beginning ofeach year in January to correspond to the end of the fiscal year. Also underconsideration would be changing the term of Board members from 2 years to 3years. We will be voting on the proposed changes to the by laws.

 

A special meeting will beheld at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 15 at the TPC to discuss:

 

a.  Changing the Annual Meeting date

b.  Changing terms of Board members

c.   Reviewing newly created Rules and Regulations for our Association.

 

We encourage input from all members and hope we willhave a good turnout since this will impact all of us.

 

 

8. Summer Picnic Hosts:

The Board is looking for volunteers to hostour annual picnic in their driveways. Please let a Board member know if you areable to be a host.

 

 

 

Look for a letter in your mailbox about ourwebsite, Rules and Regulations document, our meeting on May 15 at the TPC, andinformation from the Maintenance Committee.

 

Our next scheduled meeting isMay 4 at 3:00 at Jan KunzeŐs house.