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SCHOA
Board of Directors Meeting
May 25, 2010
9:00 a.m.
Pledge of Allegiance: President Granucci asked all in attendance to rise and join him in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Call to Order: The meeting was called to order promptly at 9:00 a.m., and attendance was noted.
Present: Pete Granucci, Linda Lindquist, Ben Roloff, Lyle Roth, Rick Gray, Walt Patterson, Jim Powell, Jim Stark, and Roy Logan Excused: Kay Bush and Marie Weekley
Agenda: President Granucci asked the board to review the proposed agenda. Hearing no additions or deletions, Walt Patterson moved approval as presented. With the proper second, the vote was taken and unanimously approved.
Secretary’s Report: The secretary stated several suggested changes were made to the draft copies sent to board members after the April meeting and are included in the minutes presented for adoption. Pete Granucci moved approval as printed. The motion was seconded and adopted. (9-0)
Treasurer’s Report: Lyle Roth pointed out that the April 30 financial summary he distributed indicates income fell short of budget anticipation for the first half of the year by a little over $5,000 but that budgeted expenses were under by more than $11,000. Linda Linquist moved the financial summary for April be received and placed on file for audit. That motion was seconded and unanimously passed.
Suspension of the Rules: Several members were present along with two representatives from the print media. There was no indicated desire to address the board, so the board proceeded with the agenda.
President’s Report:
a. ACC Hearing: President Granucci recapped the public hearing held in Sun City by the Arizona Corporation Commission regarding proposed water & sewer rate increases and the consolidation of several communities serviced by our water company for future rate studies. Virtually all of the 1,600 in attendance at the hearing were against the consolidation or averaging Sun City water costs with other communities from around Arizona, who had much higher capital costs for construction and expensive treatment mandates for radon gas etc. President Granucci read an e-mail received from the Chair of the ACC in which the ACC staff was instructed to create a new model leaving Sun City out of the consolidation and a second leaving both Sun City and Sun City West out of the consolidation proposal. This was generally viewed as excellent news.
b. Donation Recognition: President Granucci reminded directors that at the last meeting a new policy was adopted for publicly acknowledging larger donations to SCHOA by our members and organizations. Jim Brakel was invited to attend the meeting and receive a certificate of appreciation for the $100 check he wrote, but he had another commitment. His certificate will be presented to him at an appropriate time.
c. Employee Recognition: Debbie Foster was asked to appear at the meeting to be publicly acknowledged for her work investigating a reported new scam being operated in Sun City and in getting several government agencies involved in intervention. This resulted in front page newspaper coverage locally and even television network reporting by ABC. Good job, Debbie!
Administrative Manager’s Report: Jeannine Frederick referred the board to the printed report in front of them summarizing activity for April, which included 1,423 members who renewed along with 25 new members. Compliance funds collected for the month amounted to $6,670. Additionally, $1,414.50 was received in donations to the Community Intervention Program and $1,517.80 to the Financial Assistance Program.
It was reported that a meeting was held with potential volunteers to work in the office with 7 volunteers in attendance, with a like number who are interested in helping out but had conflicts with the meeting date. It is anticipated that volunteers will be organized and put to work soon.
The final part of the Administrative Manager’s report concerned the proposed telephone line increase in service, which is in progress. After reviewing an alternate bid from Cox Communication, authorization was given by President Granucci to Copper State Communication to begin steps necessary to implement putting the additional lines into service, including one dedicated line for use by the board and as a component of the Disaster Plan. Being that the final vote was postponed by a motion at the last meeting until the Cox bid could be obtained, Rick Gray moved that the bid for the additional phone lines be awarded to Copper State Communications. The motion was seconded and passed. (9-0)
Compliance Managers Report: Bill Szentmiklosi referred board members to his written report for April indicating that 923 new violations were processed in April, of which 14% were initiated by staff. Over 1,000 properties were inspected, and by far the largest number of new violations was for condition of property related to weed growth because of the winter rains. Bill Sz. predicted violations and staff initiated violations would both substantially fall during the next two months. He further reported on recent activity in both the CIP and FAP programs.
Committee Reports:
a. Government Affairs: Although the joint committee did not meet this month, Chairman Rick Gray reported he and his counterpart from PORA are in the process of developing a questionnaire to be used in interviewing/screening future applicants for election to the Arizona Corporation Commission.
b. Membership: There was no report other than the committee and volunteers would begin making 3rd contact attempts with members who have not submitted their renewal applications in response to either their renewal notice or reminder notice.
c. IT Committee: Chair Linda Lindquist noted the committee did not meet during April as all energy was expended to getting the membership database updated.
d. Compliance Committee: Chair Linda Lindquist summarized the three hearings held at the last Compliance Committee meeting as follows: One owner agreed during the appeal to clean up his property and come into compliance, while the other two were granted a postponement of action until a second look can be taken or the property and/or the owners have time to obtain and provide additional information/plans requested by the committee.
e. Transportation: Chairman Jim Powell noted four representatives from Maricopa County Department of Transportation regularly attend the monthly meetings. Solutions to parking problems at the Catholic Church on 111th Ave. and the Lutheran Church on Del Webb Blvd. are still working their way through the Maricopa County policy and procedures chain. New complaints regarding traffic flow eastward on Union Hills at 99th Avenue and at the golf course crossing at 105th Avenue and Union Hills have surfaced along with continued complaints of excessive speeding. Chairman Powell also noted that his Co-Chair, Peggy Corrado, has asked to be given an indefinite leave of absence from committee responsibility and that Julie Powell has been recruited to act as secretary in Peggy’s absence.
f. Environmental: Walt Patterson had no report for April.
g. Charter Amendments: No report.
h. Planning and Elections: No report.
i. Administration & Finance: Lyle Roth had no report but noted a document he prepared and distributed titled “Suggestions for Decreasing the Liability of SCHOA Vendor Referral Program” which would be discussed in executive session.
j. Public Relations: Pete Granucci reported for Marie Weekley that she has an agreement with RCSC to provide information about SCHOA at various RCSC facilities and that there was a need to replace about 150 packets each month that had been picked up by residents. Marie has also submitted an article for a future Sun Views edition.
Linda Lindquist moved for a recess for 5 minutes before reconvening in executive session. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
Rick Gray moved adjournment at 11:14 a.m. until reconvening for the June meeting.
The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
Ben Roloff, Secretary