December 17, 2009 Board Meeting

 

MINUTES OF THE
RECONVENED ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS
December 17, 2009
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NOTICE OF MEETING

The 2009 Reconvened Annual Meeting of Members for the Brittany Lakes Homeowners Association, Inc. was held at the League City acmy-scaled, 1700 Brittany Bay Boulevard in League City, Texas 77573-5135. Also in attendance was Joanne Williams, Project Manager with Planned Community Management.

QUORUM

Since a quorum was not present at the prior meeting held on November 12, 2009 where the quorum requirement of one-tenth (1/10) of the membership or 128 lots represented, a reconvened meeting was called on December 17, 2009 where the quorum requirement was reduced to one-twentieth (1/20) or 64 lots represented. A quorum for the meeting was established with 96 members present in person or represented by proxy out of 1278 total lots. The meeting was officially called to order at 7:00 pm.

INTRODUCTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President Todd Edwards introduced Greg Ellis, Linda Lorch, Ron Wright and himself and welcomed members to their Annual Meeting and Election of Directors.

COMMUNITY UPDATE

The Directors reviewed the major accomplishments by the Board members during fiscal 2009 including the playground renovations, the repairs stemming from Hurricane Ike, the major painting project at the monuments and entrance tower, the ornamental iron fencing surrounding the pool and equipment, and the renovations currently underway at the pool facility surrounding areas and the tennis courts along with the Jones & Carter evaluation on the bulkhead at the big lake. The Board reviewed the Collection Policy for the Association, the major proposed landscape renovations and called for volunteers to participate on committees and thanked members present who donated their time and energy on National Night Out event, the Communication and the Beautification Committees.. .

FINANCIAL REPORT

Greg Ellis presented the financial status of the Association. Owners were advised that the current annual assessment would remain at $475.00 and upon a motion made, seconded and carried the Board RESOVLED to approve the 2010 budget, as amended and corrected, to be posted on the official HOA website. After review and upon a motion made, seconded and unanimously approved, it was:

RESOLVED, that any excess assessments for the taxable year 2009, which are over and above the actual expenses paid or incurred for the said year, shall be applied against the following year’s assessments for operating expenses.

ELECTION

The first item on the agenda was the election of three (3) Directors to the Board with four (4) candidates nominated. The names of each candidate were read and each candidate was asked to address the membership. Nominations were opened to the floor and there being none, upon a motion made, seconded and carried nominations were closed and members were asked to mark their ballots for three candidates. The candidates were Todd Edwards, Ron Wright, John Dunn and Tor Savidge.
While the proxies and ballots were counted the Board read the names drawn out of those present for one each $150 gift certificate as follows: John and Lynette Dunn, David and Antoinette Gorham, Jason and Stephanie Graves, and Thavithep Santaikul and Thu-Hong Tran.
The three candidates elected with the highest number of votes were Todd Edwards for a three (3) year term, Ron Wright for a three (3 year term and John Dunn for a two (2) year term. The Board will hold an Organizational Meeting just prior to the next regular meeting to appoint a slate of officers for the five (5) directors to one (1) year terms for the office of President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Director at Large.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business the Reconvened Annual Meeting of Members was adjourned at 8:26 p.m.