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Thursday, December 5, 2013

October 2013 Board Minutes

Place: Karen St.Clair’s home
Attendance: Board members present- Chet Mayflower, Cheryl Simpson, Mike Lowden and Karen St.Clair; Larry Edwards and Susan Keene from Property Services Group; Bob Stewart – absent
I.                Call to order by Chet Mayflower at 6:45 p.m.
II.             Reflections by Chet Mayflower – Great Thinkers like Paul
III.           Review September Minutes
IV.            Property Report by Larry Edwards
1.     Roof update – 8 of the 10 homes on schedule for this year have been completed. Not all of the homes have the same amount of square feet. Average costs = $11,155.84/per pair of roofs averaging 56 square feet. Edwards Roofing charges $82.50-$84.00 per square. The normal costs are $100 per square with insurance companies charging up to $110.00 per square. Larry expects the labor charges to remain the same.
2.     Tree Report (DuPont claim) - The 2 homeowners that had trees impacted from the Imprelis have received their money.  
V.             Updates from Karen St.Clair
1.     Clean up at the end of Overbrook has been completed by Wolf’s Tree Service.
2.     Annual Fall Picnic was rainy but successful. There were 13 in attendance. Karen shared with the board the town will not give a reimbursement for cancelling an event at the Avon Town Shelter making it difficult to schedule a rain date.  If the picnic is held on our property a rain date can be set.  
VI.           Investment Report by Cheryl Simpson
1.     Nuveen dividend = $136.60 as of 9/30/13 
2.     Western Asset dividend = $87.78
VII.         Financial Report by Susan Keene
1.     Total net worth = $254,476.36
2.     September YTD loss = $14,128.04  (transferred from the Reserve fund for roofing project)
3.     Republic Trash Service went up from $515.00 to $587.33
VIII.       Revised Roof Proposal by Cheryl Simpson
Board agreed to stay with the current roofing schedule that was approved at the Special HOA meeting on July 1, 2013.
IX.           Bids and Budget for 2014
A.    Insurance Bids by Cheryl Simpson
1.     After board discussion and review of the coverage with Nationwide, Travelers and State Farm insurance companies, a motion was made by Mike Lowden to have Cheryl Simpson get a rate from Travelers’ Insurance for Single Entity coverage for further comparison with Nationwide Insurance. 2nd by Cheryl Simpson.
2.     A motion was made by Cheryl to have Nationwide or Traveler’s insurance agent speak to the community about inside coverage on their homes and what our Master Policy covers. 2nd by Mike Lowden.
B.    Grounds Maintenance Bids by Susan Keene
1.     Pond - After discussion, the board agreed to budget $120.00 for chemical treatment to be completed by Cheryl and to budget $300.00 for spraying weeds around the three pond inlets and one outlet.  
2.     Fertilization - board agreed to stay with Outdoor Solutions for fertilization, budgeting $6,842.09 for 3 instead of 4 (Early Spring, Late Spring and Fall application). 
3.     Mowing/Snow – board agreed to hire Sandoval for mowing and snow removal.
Mowing - budgeted $16,000 (24 mows x $695.00 per cut)
Snow - budgeted $6,625 for 6 snows
4.     Lawn Care – Susan will follow up with Sandoval to find out what Scandoval’s lawn care includes for $1,795.00.
5.     Irrigation – board agreed to stay with Keeping It Green, budgeting $300.00 for service.
C.     Common Area Bids
1.     Trash – board agreed to hire Ray’s Trash service, budgeting $6,912 for 1st year and $7,119.36 for years 2 and 3, which includes a 3% fuel charge.
D.    Community Beautification Projects for 2014 by Mike Lowden and Cheryl Simpson
1.     Dead Trees in Woods – board agreed to hire Wolf’s Tree Service to cut down 40 dead trees behind the homes on Burnett Blvd. These trees will be cut down as low to the ground as possible and dropped in the woods.  Cost = $3,500 - $3,900 depending on the time it takes to do the work.
2.     Aerator Fountain for the pond – board agreed to hire ASAP to install a 120 v. aerator fountain.
Cost = $2,922.19 which includes cable for set up and tax.  Electricity hook up = $1,300.
3.     Rip Rap around pond – Reviewed bids from Allen & Scott and John Hall Construction
4.     Aerating lawn and slot seeding – Larry will provide a quote.
X.             Annual Meeting Agenda by Chet Mayflower – Date needs to be changed for the annual meeting.  
XI.           Meeting Adjourned at 10:30 p.m.

Submitted by Karen St.Clair


Addendum – New date for Annual meeting is Monday December 2nd, 2013 at Avon Town Hall.  

Annual Meeting 2012

Attendance – 29 total residents from 23 households; Board members Chet Mayflower, President; Dr. Robert Stewart, Vice President; Russell Young, Treasurer; Michael Lowden, Member at Large; Karen St.Clair, Secretary; and PSG Managers, Larry Edwards and Susan Keene
I.               Call to order and Reflections/Prayer by Chet Mayflower at 7:00 p.m.
II.             Review of last year’s board minutes by Karen St.Clair (handout)
Patricia Walton made the motion to accept the minutes. 2nd by Joyce Pierce.  Motion passed.
III.           Annual Reports
A.    Property Report by Larry Edwards from PSG Management
1.     List of homes served in community this year (handout attached)
2.     Tree Report – offer accepted from DuPont for $80,000 for trees that died due to the Imprelis weed control that Allen & Scott Lawn Care applied to the lawns this year. Once the money is received the HOA will have the affected trees removed and the contaminated dirt replaced. The remainder of the money will be given to the individual property owners who had trees affected to use at their discretion.  DuPont’s report has a dollar amount assigned to each tree to be replaced. The HOA will retain the money for trees to be replaced within the common areas.
 Q/A   What about other dead trees on properties that are not due to Imprelis damage?     Homeowners are responsible for dead trees and bushes on their property.
B.    Investment Report by Russell Young
1.     Currently, there is $75,000 in an Ameriana Bank CD, paying 2%. This rate was given to Westover Woods when several CD’s matured and a new account with Ameriana was opened in 2011.  
2.     $100,000 invested with Morgan Stanley Municipal Bond Funds this year.
66% with Nuveen Investments Municipal Bond Fund
34% with Western Asset Managed Municipal Funds
Interest averaged 1.7% in first 3 months of investing.
Bond Funds track record for 10 years = 3-4%
 Bond funds are tax-exempt, so we don’t have to pay corporate tax rate of 38%.
C.   Covenant Update by Dr. Robert Stewart
A Lawyer was hired to review our covenants.  He found the following to be homeowner’s responsibilities.
1.  The courtyard fences between homes are to be repaired and maintained.
2.   Driveways and sidewalks to door and in front of lots.
A Maintenance Responsibilities handout was provided for those in attendance and will be put on Westover’s webpage.
D.   Financial Report by Susan Keene
A 2012 Operating Statement was provided for all in attendance
Currently there is no collection problem
1.     Net worth = $231,613.88
2.      YTD income for October = $16,651.30
10,000 of this will be put in Reserve years end
3.     Home Insurance with State Farm increased 25% which has happened nationwide
New bids were received from Travelers and Cincinnati was both $10,000-15,000 more/year. Hail claims are hitting insurance companies heavy.  Many companies are beginning to have customers pay a percent of hail damage.
IV.           Budget for 2013 by Russell Young
A proposed budget for 2013 was provided for all in attendance.
A.   Maintenance Fee for 2013 will remain at $145.00
B.    Contracts ended with several companies. The following new bids were received and accepted:
1.     Mowing by Switzer Lawn Care
2.     Fertilization by Outdoor Solutions 
3.     Snow Removal by Rob Cox from Switzer Lawn Care
Q/A   Why the increase in Common Area?  Budget for trimming, flowers, etc… to be done by Property Services Group since this service will not be done by the mowing company. 
Bill Slykas made motion to accept the budget. 2nd by Sherri Lowden. Motion passed.
V.             New Business
A.   New Policy - Chet Mayflower made the motion for homeowner’s to keep trash container in garage or courtyard. 2nd by Sheri Lowden. Motion passed.
B.    Neighborhood Watch meeting to be held at home of Bill and JoAnn Slykas on Monday, November 19th at 7:00 p.m.  Avon Police Officer will talk about protecting yourself around your home and wherever one goes.
VI.           Election of Officers by Susan Keene
 Dr. Robert Stewart and Karen St.Clair were up for re-election and willing to serve another 3 year term.  No other nominations. Bill Slykas made the motion to keep Dr. Robert Stewart and Karen St.Clair on the board. 2nd by Alice Culver. Motion passed.
VII.         Next Year’s  Annual Meeting
Date:  November 12, 2013
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place:  Light-N-Life Methodist Church - Motion by Joyce Pierce. 2nd by Sheri Lowden. Motion passed.
VIII.       Adjourned at 8:55 p.m.


                      Submitted by Karen St.Clair