Board Members Attending: Paul Barros, Bill Brady (by phone), Wilbur Bullock, Betty Francis, Danielle Harrell, Bud Lauer, Malachy Smith.
Board Members Absent:
Miscellaneous Other Attendees: Coleen, BCC Manager
BCC Owners Attendees: 29 (est.)
President Bullock: Declared that there is to be no chit chat among audience members. (Not an Agenda item.)
Minutes: Bullock proposed waiving reading of March 24 minutes. This was objected to and motion was made to read minutes. Supported by Barros, Francis, Harrell, Lauer, and Smith; against: Brady. Minutes were read, and an objection raised. Amendment of minutes proposed and approved unanimously. (This is second consecutive meeting in which prior minutes were determined to be incorrect. Are these deliberate or accidental errors/omissions? What action is being taken to correct errors?)
Treasure’s Report: Brady gave a mostly inaudible report. Apparently, from what could be heard, disaster is not imminent. (Are the inaudible phone-ins part of the intent to keep owners in the dark and speechless… like elimination of Open Forum?)
Manager’s Report: Lots accomplished. See BCC website for details. (Not an agenda item.)
Committee Reports:
Rules & Regulations: Many posted meetings held. No owners attending except 1st meeting. (When new revised Rules announced, it’s a safe bet that the usual complaints will be heard about not consulting with owners.)
Interview: 8 leases, 1 sale, 2 second occupants
Capital Improvement: Prior quote for seawall repair still good. (Still not considering the sorry state of our roof fastenings?)
Landscaping: Good progress reported on re-furb of little park at exit road turn. (Pools betting on date one of our DWI drivers will again wipe it out.)
Dock Master: Batten painting and new piling numbers required.
New Business:
Audit: Approved unanimously.
Seawall: BK Marine’s $120,750 bid to repair easternmost 470-foot section of seawall approved unanimously.
Tumult:
Francis, at this point, demanded that an emergency agenda item be added to the meeting. A general uproar and melee followed. Bullock moved to adjourn the meeting. It seemed (hard to know, given the noise level) all approved adjourning except Francis. (If you have a clue what this was all about, please comment and enlighten us all.)
Meeting adjourned at 7:40. Corrections and comments would be appreciated.
NOTES: Thanks to Bev Houston for keeping your blogger straight on the facts. Opinions are your blogger’s. Facts are facts.
This meeting (in addition to many prior ones) left a lot to be desired:
- Microphone and PA system (STILL) frequently not used and Board comments and conversations often unintelligible.
- Speaker phone output from Brady (STILL) completely unintelligible
- No Open Forum (Keep those owners shut down!)
8 comments:
Our Treasurer's Report (if I heard correctly - it WAS hard to make out anything Brady said) stated that BCC has a $15,000 surplus.
Let's spend just a few of those dollars - buy a big roll of duct tape to plaster over Ms. Francis' mouth immediately after Roll Call.
Maybe then we can get to the end of a Board Meeting without her taking over and hogging the limelight with her hate-filled sniping remarks. And maybe then this Board can actually get something accomplished this year!
I really hope that BCC hasn't been paying for Betty Francis to take all these courses and seminars she brags about.
If so, the money has been totally wasted; she obviously is cerebrally-challenged and hasn't learned a single thing about condo law, let alone how to conduct herself at a Meeting. Robert's Rules? Who's HE???
Perhaps the Board of Directors could send her to Charm School to learn some manners!
WHERE does this woman (Francis) get the right to single-handedly bring a Board Meeting to a screeching halt?
We NEED our insurance!
We NEED our trees trimmed for hurricane season!
I'm ashamed that our new young manager is exposed to this behavior in someone probably TWICE her age.
I'm ashamed and appalled that Francis represents me on the Board.
Who died and made her God?
Her record is certainly an unenviable one. She ran the March meeting with her caustic remarks to every speaker and now shuts down the April meeting.
Betty Francis: It's better to keep your mouth shut and be THOUGHT of as stupid, rather than open your mouth and remove all doubt!
OK, so far all comments have been critiques of Ms Francis and/or her behavior at the meeting. The question is: "What was this all about?"
Less heat, more light please. If anyone knows, speak up!
I'm SO disappointed with those so-called "bird houses" at the corner park. They don't look like any bird-houses I've ever seen before and they're so tiny you could miss them. Not much bigger than the finial on a lampshade.
They wouldn't even hold a hummingbird. Oh! I know what they are! ROACH MOTELS!
Maybe some of our hobbyists could build a few REAL bird-houses? And paint them bright colors? Or do our rules for owners' residences all being WHITE also extend to bird-houses?
RE: Bird Houses -
The size of those huge posts just BEGS for a beautiful big Martin House. Now THAT would be a REAL bird house - one that you could really see!
"Roach Motels"? It fits.
You can get a Martin House online for less than $75.00. Money better spent.
I juast heard that Ms. Francis resigned from the Board.
There IS a God in heaven!
But WHO will be her replacement?
Betty resigned but left her co-hort behind as President. If something smells foul, look for the source of the infection!!
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