Bayshore Beach Club Inc.

Board of Directors Special Meeting

September 8, 2004

In Attendance:

Mary Lou Morris, President                                    Division 1

Mary Sue Reagen, Vice President                       Division 3

Connie Abercrombie, Board Member                 Division 4

Ray Schmidt, Board Member                               Division 2/6  

Ed Biancone, Board Member                               Division 5

Max Metcalf, Board Member                                  Division 4

Kevin MacPhee, Board Member                           Division 7

 

Gillian Rampley, Secretary/Treasurer

 

Absent:

Dorothy Bogumil , Corporate Secretary              Division 1

Ted Thurman, Board Member                             Division 7

 

President Mary Lou called the meeting to order at 9:00 am. The Board introduced themselves to the members present at the meeting. Mary Sue arrived at 9:02 am and introduced herself.

 

Mary Lou announced that she had called the Special Board Meeting. She advised that a flier had been circulated in Bayshore telling residents that the Board had been doing things unlawfully with regard to the fine schedule and was encouraging residents to attend the September 18 Board meeting to confront the Board. The Association’s attorney, Dennis Bartoldus, had strongly recommended that he be present at that meeting to answer any and all questions. She had therefore called today’s meeting to ask the Board if they were willing to authorize the expenditure of funds to have the attorney at the meeting. She recommended that he be asked to come at 2:00 pm, in time for the New Business section of the agenda. His fee for attendance would be $150.00 per hour with no additional charge for travel time or a Saturday meeting.

 

Max stated that he would very much like to know who had sent the anonymous flier and would like to have the attorney pursue the persons who are sending unsigned accusations.

 

Mary Lou read the written responses from Dorothy and Ted who were unable to attend the meeting. Both expressed strongly their wish to approve the expenditure.

 

Kevin asked which flier was being discussed; he was given a copy.

 

MSP Ray made a motion, seconded by Max, to approve the expenditure of $150.00 per hour to have Mr. Bartoldus attend the September 18, 2004 board meeting beginning at 2:00 pm. The motion was carried unanimously.

 

Max commented that if people honestly believe that the board has deliberately tried to mislead people, it was very important that the attorney be present to spell out the legal abilities and responsibilities of the board. He noted that he had joined the board solely to protect the property rights of the people who have homes in Bayshore.

 

Ed noted that the flier suggested that things were being done secretly; he would like the Board to be prepared at the September 18 meeting to provide information regarding meeting minutes, copies of the Breeze, etc. where the fine schedule had been discussed. Mary Lou advised that she had already prepared the information showing minutes where discussions concerning the fine schedule had begun in September 2003 by the previous board and had continued in several meetings since that time.

 

Ray asked about the legality of a homeowner placing political signs in his roadside easement. Mary Lou advised that such signs are a form of free speech and, as long as the signs were on the right-of-way of a property owner, the County will not remove the signs.

 

ADJOURN MEETING

A motion to adjourn was made by Ed, seconded by Mary Sue and was carried unanimously.

 

 

Meeting adjourned; next meeting September 18, 2004 at 1:00 pm.

 

 

 

Approved by the Board of Directors on September 18, 2004

 

 

________________________Secretary-Treasurer