Montego Bay HOA Board Meeting – August 30, 2020
MONTEGO BAY HOA
August 30, 2020, 1:30 PM
Janice Stempson, Camille Serrano, Kristine Castleman, Marah Sanchez
Meeting Minutes
1. FINANCIALS:
- Reviewed status of BCR prep. It will be posted to the website in a few days.
- Current Bank Balances:
Operating Account $3,709.26
Savings Account $38,607.26
Contingency Account $22,686.11
2. Discussed change over from Jim Smith to Kristine Castleman as Treasurer.
- Banking signatures changed.
- Transference of files completed.
- Updated Sunbiz Information completed.
- Compare mailing list with a test email to compare (in process).
- Voted to dispose of ancient laptop. It no longer functions.
- Approved expenditures on updated IT equipment (Wifi router $48.35).
3. PARK AND CABANA:
- PARK MAINTENANCE:
Carlos Oppenheimer has been opening the park in the AM. Thanks to Carlos.
There are trees encroaching on our fence/wall area. Need to research responsible parties and contact them.
Tennis net is currently down, we will be checking into reinstallation.
Tree stump grinding was quoted at $100 per stump. Tabled currently.
Approved expenditure to replace cabana light bulbs $18.92. - POOL REPAIRS/PERMIT: The County Inspector indicated that the pool deck must be repainted within the next 3 months. Bids will be obtained.
- CAMERA DAMAGE/REPAIRS: A recent storms severely damaged the camera system. This is a potential expenditure of up to $5,000. Marah is obtaining quote to replace damaged equipment. Thanks Marah for taking care of this!
4. VIOLATIONS:
- New Violation Notices are being used. Thank you to the Violations Team. We have noticed improved conditions. (Report violations to the team at Montegobayviolations@gmail.com)
- Discussed giving camera access to Violations Team. It was determined that to allow access to anyone other than Board Members would be considered a breach of privacy.
- Discussion of Commercial Vehicles: Determined that we need to set appointment to talk with the violators directly. Discussed a potential plan to resolve the issue. This will require further research to determine if it is legal.
5. ANNUAL MEETING: The Annual Meeting date has been set for Tuesday, November 10, 2020, at the Poinciana Fire Station #42. We will have to monitor what the COVID 19 restrictions are to determine if we may have to find a new location. Watch for updates.
6. NEWSLETTER: Marah developed and shared a new format for the newsletter. Possible topics were discussed.
7. Meeting Adjourned.

