Minutes of the 4/27/11
Special Meeting of the
Held at the MKL
Clubhouse
President
Godfrey called the meeting to order.
The
Secretary indicated that a quorum was present.
A motion
was made to not read the wording of the following two proposals (1. Proxy/Ballot for Association Membership Fee By-Law and 2. Proxy/Ballot to Insure Collection of all dues/fees due upon sale of
a house.) The motion was proposed by F. Frigerio
and seconded by B. Bierley. It was adopted
unanimously by voice vote. The wording of both proposals had been previously
distributed to all houses in MKL.
Mr. Godfrey
described the two proposals.
Discussion
was as follows:
J. Irving
asked why everyone should not fund the amount which would be generated by the
membership fee. T. Dwyer reviewed a slide discussing why this was a fair way to
raise funds, indicating particularly that new residents benefited from all the
prior improvements previously funded by residents.
C. Irving
observed that the seller may bear part of the membership fee as part of
negotiations and that this could present difficulties during the current
economic period. T. Dwyer observed that the fact that the fee was tied to dues
and could be spread over four dues periods was designed to mitigate this
concern.
D. Deitz observed that the membership fee and full tax
abatement from conservation easements could together generate more funds than were
needed. Mr. Godfrey had previously indicated that a dues reduction could be
considered if this eventuality were realized.
D. Denson
suggested that the membership fee should be based on the value of the home like
property taxes. Other residents responded that this fee was more like a country
club membership than a property tax.
A motion
was proposed by S. Godfrey and seconded by F. Chaney to call the vote for both
proposals. It was adopted unanimously by voice vote. The results are as
follows:
Membership
Fee
105 in
favor
17 against
Dues
Collection
112 in
favor
9 against
Both of the
above proposals were thus approved.
The meeting
was then adjourned.
Minutes
submitted by
Tawnya Kabnick, Secretary.