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ReplyDeleteRegarding Jim Mayfield's article:
Jim,I have read with interest your posting on Dick's blog.
While I certainly agree with everything you say, I must add two items which I believe are critical.
1. Until the Audit Committee becomes totally and completely transparent, the residents can never have any faith that any number in the budget can be trusted.
I would venture to say that 99% of the homeowners do not even know that an Audit Committee exists, let alone know that all of the meetings, agendas, and minutes are secret. And the worst part is that the annual Audit Report is delivered at the May board meeting, voted on for approval, and accepted by the board with the vast majority of the board never seeing or reading the report.
And of course no questions submitted by the residents are ever answered.
This is corruption at its highest level.
I am sure you know that SCA has never had an independent audit.
The first time that one should have been done is during the May 2005 transition from developer to homeowner control. If it had not been for Tim Stebbins, Del Webb would have kept another $1M.
You yourself told me that the board paid the auditor another $1500 to do a payroll audit, but Nissen vetoed that effort at one of the Audit Committee's secret meetings.
2. While the Audit Committee is the most corrupt internal organization, Anthem Council is the most corrupt external organization.
SCA pays them about $600,000/year which is about 52% of their budget. And yet we only have one vote on the Council. One only needs to talk to Mary Jo Ruark in the COHs Community Development Department to know that all the City requires is that Anthem Council maintain 97.23 acres, most of which is between the entrance to Anthem Country Club and the waterfall.
There is nothing that dictates the maintenance and upkeep of that waterfall, and it has become the bread and butter item of BrightView in their contract with Anthem Council.
Plus the contractor provides a yearly $25,000 kickback to Anthem Council in order for them to maintain that contract.
Ron Johnson exposed this fact years ago.
All that needs to be done is for the president of SCA to grow a spine, and send a letter to the president of Anthem Council demanding a conference to discuss the budget.
I am convinced that the Association can save $200,000 to $300,00/year.
All it takes is a little guts.