Committee Meeting

A committee meeting was held last Friday 17th August 2007, some two weeks later than normal, here are the salient points.

Pepe asked why we were having the meeting after some of us had visited the Lawyers recently.
He was told that ALL the Committee members should know what is going on, not just some of us.

A discussion was held regarding the letter to be sent to Owners regarding the forthcoming AGM.
Various proposals were asked to be included in the agenda, Alberto the Administrator, replied these would come under "any other business"

I requested that a change in the term of Office of President and Committee from the present 3 years, back to the normal 1 year be included. Alberto explained that under the present rules, the Community could vote an administration into Office for 1,2, or 3 years as they saw fit.

It was explained that payments claimed from Mi Sol Bank account by the Social Security, for persons unknown, had now been re-claimed.

Pepe was then asked what had happened to the 7000 Euro withdrawn from Banco Popular.
Previously we had been told it was for insurance cover for Mi Sol, this was later changed to it being transferred to a contingency fund in case money had to be paid back to debtors who had appealed against the ruling that they should pay to Banco Popular. At this point Pepe became rather defensive, believing he was being accused of wrongdoing. It was explained in strong terms, that we were not accusing anybody of doing anything wrong, but that the Bank Statement showed a withdrawal of 7000 Euro, and that none of us had seen any documentation showing what happened to this money. Surely if this money had been transferred to another account, there must be some paperwork associated with that transfer, and we wanted to see it.
Pepe said he did not have any, but we could see it at the Bank. Arrangements have been made for Pepe and myself to visit Banco Popular this coming Thursday morning 23rd August 2007 at 11 am, so that I may see the relevant documentation and report back to the Committee.

The question was raised, had the Cambank Account opened by Paco and his supporters in the name of Mi Sol now been closed? A copy of a letter from the Legal department of the Cambank was produced. This said in essence that because of a Court Judgement from 24th may 2007, which showed Paco was the Pesident of Mi Sol, the Bank had no grounds on which to close the account. This particular Court Judgement is one of two, which are being appealed against at the High Court in Madrid. The hearings are expected to take place in 2008.

Pepe asked me if it was true that if elected President, I would allow Paco to be on the new Committee, I answered yes, why not? I further pointed out that I would welcome any Owner to join the Committee, whatever their views, provided they had the interests of Mi Sol at heart, and would work in helping to run the Park in the best interests of the whole Community. This lead to a discussion regarding a solution to the problem of those Owners who had paid "twice", The general view was that negotiations must take place between the two sides, to reach an agreement, which must then be put to all Owners at an E:GM. for ratification.

Pepe asked if people renting "lock up storage" had contracts. It was explained that not all of them had contracts at this moment in time, but they were in the process of being produced.
Pepe asked where the money for the lock up stores was, it was explained that the rental for these stores was added to the Owners bills who had the lock up stores. Pepe then said that certain members of the Committee had been acting on their own. This was refuted, as the records show that the Committee as a whole agreed to turning shower blocks into lock up storage units, issuing of contracts, and the rental charges being added to the renters bills.

Pepe complained that no chemicals had been added to the Swimming Pool for 6 days. It was explained that Mr Moran employed a company to maintain the Pool, and was it not a legal requirement that the water quality is tested by a qualified person every two weeks? It was also pointed out that the contractors who had repaired the missing tiles during the Spring, had not done the job properly, and had not cleaned the area properly before the Pool had been refilled.
This could not now be rectified until the pool was emptied. Pepe was told that if the Owners were unhappy with the present arrangement, all that need be done is send a letter to Mr Moran explaining that the Community was taking back the running of the Pool.

Pepe raised the subject of the Mi Sol Electricity account. This will be dealt with as a separate posting.

At this moment in time, it is not known whether there will be another Committee meeting before the AGM next month.