Have Sun City Anthem
Residents Reached the Boiling Point with Board & General Manager
?
Some Now Calling
for "Recall" to Solve Problem
Excessive salaries
Senseless
rules
Inefficient repairs and
maintenance
A general dues
increase
Support for yet
another dues increase in supporting a resident subsidized restaurant
as well
as
What has
become...
A general negative
attitude the General Manager and certain members of her "inner circle" staff
have exhibited toward Sun City Anthem residents
...seem to have become the driving
force behind this action.
Have Sun City Anthem
residents finally had enough of such actions and ready to act
?
We have been informed that formal
petitions have been drafted to remove the following individuals from the Sun
City Anthem Board of Directors for allowing the current General Manager, Sandy Seddon, to incorporate rules and regulations that
have adversely affected our community.
From what we have learned, the
petitions, separately drafted for each
individual, call for the following individuals to be removed from the Sun City Anthem Board of
Directors:
Rex Weddle
President
Aletta Waterhouse
Secretary
Bob
Burch
Director
Thomas Nissen
Director
The petitions do
not include Arthur Lindberg, Vice President, Forrest Quinn, Treasurer,
or Nona Tobin, Director.
In addition a petition of "No Confidence" has also been drafted regarding Sandy Seddon, Sun City Anthem General Manager, though General Manager removal is ONLY possible as a result of direct
Board action to do so.
Has anything like this every been
achieved in the Anthem communities?
YES
Approximately a year or
two ago, the Anthem Country Club community successfully REMOVED a number of their Board Directors as a result
of various financial transgressions.
Should any of these
petitions go forward, NRS 116.31036 also states the
current Board or management CANNOT IN ANY WAY INTERFERE with
the process of obtaining the necessary signature totals to call for a recall
vote.
In order to remove a Board member, the
following must take place:
1. 10% of
the unit owners (715) must sign the petition to
recall.
2. If the
10% requirement is achieved, the matter is then placed before the unit owners in
a formal ballot in which 35% (2,501) unit owners must vote to
remove.
(there is no time frame in which the
10% of the unit owners must be obtained)
Note this total may
be difficult to achieve, especially when close to 30% of the voting unit
owners RENT their homes to others; however, a strong vote in
favor of recall would undoubtedly create an atmosphere of "no confidence" toward those named, and obviously
"sends a message" to the referenced individuals...
...especially if they should wish to run for reelection.
Let us be perfectly
clear.
Anthem Opinions is merely making our
readers aware of this impending action.
We are NOT leading
the charge.
We have had nothing to do with the idea
of a recall election or the petitions.
This was brought to us by one of our many
subscribers.
However....
Will we support
removal?
YES
Why?
...because the actions of
these individuals have created an atmosphere that has, and will continue to
have, a financially harmful effect on the very lifestyle we all
enjoy.
Can
this call for removal be avoided?
POSSIBLY
We believe this can be
accomplished by:
1. Rescinding all recent OFFENSIVE regulations imposed by the General
Manager.
2. Terminating the General Manager agreement with Mrs. Seddon and
dismissing a number of those in her management team who have assisted her in
creating the chaos that currently exists in the Sun City Anthem
Community.
3. Hiring replacements at REASONABLE levels of compensation
commensurate with those currently in similar positions in the State of
Nevada.
When and if this proceeds
and we have additional information and copies of the recall petitions and "no
confidence" petition against the General Manager, we will bring this to your
attention.
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What are your
thoughts?
Should a recall go
forth?
Would replacing the
General Manager and members of her staff avoid a recall
action?
Let us know.
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Finally! Tell me where to go to sign. We need the owners to be mailed Petitions, so owners who do not live here can sign and mail it back.
Everyone I've talked to cannot believe the salary we are paying our management team and her assistant!
If any readers have any information on the locations or individuals who will assist in obtaining the necessary signature, we would appreciate your sending that information and we in turn will share that with our readers.
Mailing costs would be prohibitive, but once the 715 signatures are obtained, the matter then goes to a formal vote.
Those WOULD BE mailed to all unit owners.
I definitely support the removal of the Board Members and the GM.
I would like to know how to sign the petitions and where they will be available.
Also, if we remove the GM, who will be responsible for hiring a replacement and deciding what salary would be reasonable?
How would that be handled if we remove most of the board members?
Have they ever decided on a job description for the GM?
I know they didn't do this before they hired her, but were working on it.
I still would like to find out what we were paying RMI (or any management company) vs what we are spending on self management. Is there any way to get some sort of comparison?
Thanks for your efforts. As always, you are right on top of things.
The General Manager can only be terminated by the Board. From what have learned, the one regarding her would be a "no confidence" matter.
If any or all of the referenced Board members are removed, there are a number of options available: Appointment by remaining Board members, special election.
I have contacted our "Nevada Know How" expert, Tim Stebbins, asking Tim to write an article summarizing the various options if removal is successful.
Proceed with the recall petitions.
Hopefully we can be successful in removing many of the incumbents.
From Robert Nusser...to...Anthem Opinions
IF the prevailing apathetic attitude in SCA tosses this into the SCA waste basket, our community is DOOMED.
The Board Meeting will be held in the Delaware Room at Anthem Center.
I would happily sign a petition to dump Sandy & Board members stated in your message.
As an owner of 3 properties in SCA, I'm greatly concerned about what's happening in our community.
Having lived here 12 yrs. I'm deeply concerned regarding the changes that have occurred.
I am in agreement of removing the named board members and the removal of Mrs. Seddon.
We are spending way too much money doing unnecessary repairs and not doing what is really necessary (fixing overhead lighting in the gallery, adjusting air conditioning in the Maj Jong room in Independence Center so we are not freezing), and overpaying Mrs. Seddon and her assistant.
YES. Yes and definitely “YES”.
YES. My vote would be for those listed individuals to be “recalled” and the general manager “fired”.
Getting more and more upset reading your articles. It's a damn shame what has happened to our community.
Don't understand how we could let it get so far out of control.
Come on people, let's reign in these misguided people and get back to a smooth running Homeowners Association that actually cares about the people and the community they serve.
Count me in.
I will sign, plus I''m sure there are management companies that could manage us.
I never believed Tom Nissen when he said he couldn't find anyone else.
There are a lot of management companies and we're are not the only large community out there.
The board, as in hopefully a new board, needs to find one, set salaries & job descriptions.
The board should set the rules for the general manager & his or her staff & a board makes sure he / she does her job.
She blatantly lied to us, caused chaos with our clubs, and performers, and she seems to set the rules.
We need a board with b_ _ls who can do the job they were voted in to do.
There should be a big meeting here in the ballroom to explain the petitions to the homeowners and have them sign if they want to, but this needs to be done immediately.
We, the homeowners, need to take back our community, and make it great again.
Lets stop being the joke of the town before it's too late.
Referring back to a management company, can you or anyone recall that we were going to choose a successor to RMI a few years back?
A committee was formed and a solid recommendation was made to choose another company.
A few Board members traveled to Phoenix to, what many believed, consummate an agreement, per the recommendation of that committed they HANDPICKED.
When they returned, the new company VERY RAPIDLY decided to WITHDRAW their proposal following their spending THOUSANDS O DOLLARS in attempting to obtain SCA as a client.
That..MADE NO SENSE, and to this day, has never properly been explained as to why they took that action.
My thoughts....like their dealing with a prior restaurant operator who attempted to obtain a lease with SCA, came out of that meeting realizing that THERE WASN'T ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE WORLD, worth dealing with the bunch of NUTS who were making SCA decisions.
Of course, we went another direction....and another direction...and another direction...
...and in each case, every time, they all traveled SOUTH into oblivion.
Let's face facts, this bunch needs to GO, and SOON.
We totally support the removal of the general manager and the others mentioned in your email.
We have lived in this community for only six months and did attend the restaurant meeting which my wife and I felt the board brought nothing to the table.
We are aware of what has transpired with restaurants coming and going.
The process of putting a new restaurant in place should not take this long.
Thank you for your efforts.
Where do I sign???
Yes! Let's continue with the recall!
I think a recall is the right thing to do. However, I think the termination of the G.M. should follow a process that any new board members should take a position on.
Trying to replace what we have now may not work any better than the current situation which your article describes very well.
The best option is to hire a professional management company who can bring oversight to the G.M. position in conjunction with a board who, at best, is a part time effort.
I look forward to your continuing efforts in this arena.
I agree things are out of control. Sandy Sheldon's salary is outrageous.
I think that we need a restaurant at Sun City Anthem. When brokers bring potential buyers into our facility a restaurant makes our club to appear upscale.
It is worthwhile to subsidize the restaurant because in my opinion our homes will be easier to sell and at a higher price.
A lot of us were treated to a meal by Pulte.
They know how to sell homes!
I would like to see a list of these senseless rules.
If these are the rules which refer to the entertainers who perform here, I would defer to our lawyers.
Let's demand that the board provide us with a WRITTEN legal opinion about these rules. Then we can make an informed decision, which might include getting a second legal opinion.
Seeking legal opinions for matters that have never caused us any problems in the past, in my opinion, is a complete waste of association funds.
These rules go far beyond those associated with entertainers.
Dick..was hoping to see you at the meeting yesterday..
What a cluster ....
On trying to pass a "lets buy insurance for entertainment entities that come on anthem property", the statement was made that lets get it and review it in 6 months...I asked Barry Goldstein privately who was in the audience who would be responsible if heaven forbid, there was a big incident which wasn't covered were to happen.
.He told me "oh that would be the homeowners".
I had to leave after I heard that one..
The question is: "Who Should Pay for It"?
Up until now, the association has paid the premium and was not an expensive cost; however, because the claims experience is SO BAD...in other words, claims exceeding premiums....that an insurance crisis seems to have arisen.
Barry Goldstein has attempted many times to obtain a detailed claims experience without success. Barry, like myself, has a great deal of experience in that area, as he too, spent his career in the insurance industry.
CHUBB, the carrier that handles the association liability coverage, is going out of the homeowners insurance market entirely as of 12/31/17. That means we will need a replacement as of 1/1/18.
Therein lies the problem. Who wants to cover an organization that pays $1 and takes back $5 in claims?
My personal belief is that this became such a problem and the cost became so much higher, that the "expedient" thing to do was DEFRAY THE COST TO THE CLUBS...rather than assume the full liability.
Besides, it also served another purpose....making the association numbers look better...so a GM can get a larger bonus.
Unfortunately, this may put many Clubs out of business.
I'm one for "paying your own way" 99% of the time, but because so many people are involved in the 59 Sun City Anthem Clubs, in this case, I believe the Association should continue paying for this coverage. They represent the best in the SCA lifestyle and as such, should be considered a "cost of doing business".
Obviously, the GM with the full blessing of a bunch of incompetent board members, believe differently.
What I find particularly offensive are the recent DICTIMS stating so many costs have to be borne by any entertainer wishing to perform, leaving them A PITTANCE once SCA takes their "pound of flesh."
Of course one other option would be to REDUCE the OUTRAGIOUS INCOMES paid to five employees which total $800,000 PLUS THEIR BENEFITS to cover the cost.
That option seems to have escaped their mentality along with an attitude toward the clubs which is essentially...
"Let them eat cake"
I am totally in favor of a recall and dump Sandy. The sooner the petition the better.
I have two properties and do not appreciate the cavalier approach to excessive compensation and the poor reception we have received.
I would even help get signatures.
Thanks.