Candidates want to change ‘corporate’ rules, CEO, CMP and secrecy
By former HSVPOA Board Director, Frank Leeming, February 12, 2020
Scrapping “corporate” rules imposed over the last three years, trimming high-paid staff, replacing the CEO and dumping the CMP top the list of goals reviewed by four candidates for three seats on the POA board of directors.
The ratings were compiled from issues you sent me listing which you believe the new board should address first. Four of the five candidates participated; Nikki Choyce did not.
Each was asked to give 10 points to the issue they considered most important, nine points to the second most important, and so on.
Click here to see how Kirk Denger, Dick Garrison, Tucker Omohondro and Lloyd Sherman rated issues facing the board.
Several conclusions emerged from the list of issues sent by hundreds of property owners:
- Villages are not happy with the current board or administration.
- The Comprehensive Master Plan (CMP) doesn’t have many fans.
- Board and staff secrecy don’t sit well with property owners.
- There are more critical issues facing the POA and the new board than can be solved in a year or two.
- The four candidates responding to the survey agree with what property owners say they want: Change.
For example, Garrison said: “My rankings are based on what is possible.”
Omohundro said: “I struggle with ranking the items as one more critical than the other. Some items can be done more quickly than others, although may not be ranked as most important. They are all critical to the future of the Village and more importantly the Villagers.
“I did not rank the CMP item as I think the CMP needs to be eliminated as a governing document,” Omohundro said.
“Although it may have some recommendations that would be beneficial, we do not need to try and weed through all of it, to find those items as a board. A new plan that actually works for our Village would have my support.”
Sherman said “elimination of the Governance Committee goes hand-in-hand with repairing Bylaws/Policies” and “staff reorganization needs to take place in conjunction with the senior management change.”
Other points Sherman made:
- A marketing committee needs to be formed quickly so it can input and provide guidance for the 2021 budget.
- The CMP advisory committee needs to be disbanded.
- The Finance Committee should begin developing a long-term plan for the Village’s future health before the budgeting process begins.
- Monthly work sessions would show change immediately to regain property owner confidence.
- The POA has no business being involved with restaurants.
Denger gave 10 points to an interesting concept he is pushing again in this year’s contest: Tying the amount a property owner pays in assessments to the value of his property as determined by county assessors.
Ballots for this year’s board election will be mailed on Feb. 28.
By Frank Leeming, February 12, 2020
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2020 Board Candidate Survey Results (Frank Leeming)
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Kirk Denger
02/12/2020 — 8:45 pm
Replacing the CEO was my #9 choice, not #7 as printed, Frank.
Tom Blakeman
02/12/2020 — 10:42 pm
Great work Frank. This survey speaks volumes. The fact that one candidate declined to participate . . . Priceless!
Craig
02/13/2020 — 5:17 am
Replace “ceo” should be number 1 on anyone’s list.
End the madness.
Number 2 clearly removal of the “CMP”, which is not only worthless, but is NEVER going to happen.
Phil Lemler
02/13/2020 — 9:16 am
Good job Frank … it seems to me that the candidates who responded are open, transparent and willing to expose their strategies for all to see.
Anyone declining to respond … either has NO strategies … has not been assigned any yet by the “BIG BOSS” …. or wants to slide onto to the POA board quietly, without transparency.
I would say the board is already full of “hide it from the Villagers” directors.
HSV needs LTD!
Frank Shears
02/13/2020 — 10:08 am
Frank, excellent job. Thank you for sharing it with us. It is very difficult for us to dive deep into the issues surrounding the coming election and you are doing a stellar job of informing us what is “really” going on. The facts you uncover are priceless.
Thank you!
Frank Shears
02/13/2020 — 10:24 am
Excellent job Frank!
Thank you for your insight and your common sense approach. There is not enough common sense on the current POA Board. We need to elect LTD then support and back them once elected.
Vote for Lloyd, Tucker and Dick. They have the knowledge, experience and common sense to get the job done!
Doris C
02/13/2020 — 1:23 pm
A bit off subject but I would surely like to know why we are seeing so many Commercial FOR SALE Property Signs all over the Village.
Is Cooper finally actively divesting itself from HSV?
Or maybe, Lesley pissed off John Cooper to the point where he’s trying to “make a statement” about something?
I’m no real estate expert but the only “traffic” that’s going to SEE these signs are those of us who live here except maybe for a few passers-thru!
There’s so many of these signs now, they are negatively impacting our landscape and will probably send the wrong message to any potential home buyer that the Village is wide open and ready for an influx of traffic producing, landscape-degrading commercial properties.
Maybe it’s just a sign post so that RE/MAX knows where the properties are located if/when they get a potential commercial investor?
And then again, why would ANY commercial entity even give HSV a first or second look with all the turmoil within our administration?
Any body got the real information about why these signs suddenly popped up?
Thank you!
Ken
02/21/2020 — 6:11 am
Didn’t you hear? It was their plan all along. Jody Latham confirmed that in her media statement. Put two and two together and everything is finally clear. We only have ourselves to blame. Glad I’m out of here!
Minn Daly
02/13/2020 — 2:10 pm
Frank thank you for shareing. Yes, voteing for LTD to take our community back to sanity. Certainly they have help now with our developer COOPER putting Commercial land on local market with RE/MAX as agent. Smart move by John Cooper. Takeing thier development HSV back, out of BOD/CEO hands. Now there should be NO reason for CMP or GOVERNANCE committees. All entities that want to build can do so by dealing with the developer CCI. NO needed to have HSV POA involved in any parts of development. This should aid LTD upon election to HSV BOD in restructuring HSVPOA.
Minn Daly
steve bylow
02/14/2020 — 1:17 am
Thank you Frank and the 5 folks who shared their views.
The fact that Ms. Nikki Choyce elected to not share her views is a another data point of concern.
My guess is the five issues with the most points would not have received any votes from Ms. Choyc. At a minimum, we know “transparency” would not have made it on her list.
While I’ve seen folks debate a lot of issues over the years, I’ve never seen a property owner support a lack of transparency from our leaders.
The fact that the CEO and her Board felt we should not see what we were paying the CEO was “over the top arrogance”. The fact that they then made a decision to spend our money on legal fees to fight the legitimate request to have transparency was stunning.
Ms. Nikki Choyce’s decision to not support transparency is my top concern.
Thanks
Edward Norling
02/14/2020 — 7:33 am
Hopefully these candidates if elected, will actually do what they Say.
And not drink the same cool aide they all seem to sip once in office.
Phil Lemler
02/14/2020 — 9:14 am
(Drink the cool aid?) -I know Lloyd won’t … and we have already seen that Dick won’t … and, I highly doubt Tucker will … but, EVERYONE has to make sure that these three get the votes … don’t assume anything … tell your neighbors … tell your golf groups .. tell your social contacts … EVERYONE you can .. to make sure they vote for ALL three!
Willy N
02/14/2020 — 9:43 am
It is extremely important that EVERYONE works hard to get LTD elected. Don’t assume anything … talk to your friends … your church members … your golf groups … your social clubs … and everyone you know. Villagers must get out the vote … VOTE for all three candidates (Lloyd, Tucker and Dick- LTD) … you don’t want to look back later and say I could have helped turn the Village around … but I didn’t take the time to vote and recruit voters. Many people are apathetic and you have to encourage them to participate! Apathy can be mitigated by word of mouth campaigns! Don’t MISS this opportunity!!!!!!
steve bylow
02/15/2020 — 10:07 am
I agree that sharing the importance of voting is important but it is also critical to state why and support it with data points that folks can relate too. For example, the ones I tend to use include:
1. The CEO and Board did not feel we should know how much the CEO was making. It only became public after they paid money to defend a law suit and lost. Have you ever lived in a community where they kept the salary of the mayor a secret?
2. Tanners was a thriving business at Grenada and got forced out because the CEO or her designee could not find a compromise to address the concern they would lose money by providing breakfast.
3. The CEO filed a grievance against a Board Member who raised legitimate concerns and they got fired. The Board member had significant business experience compared to the CEO (you can view her limited business experience on Linkedin). Who ever heard of a company with a process where the CEO could file a grievance against a Board Member.
While it is tempting to add a #4, #5…. it is important to limit the data points to three and also reference this website as an excellent resource for folks to get a broader perspective.
Thanks
steve bylow
02/15/2020 — 10:18 am
I forgot to mention; I’d avoid using the statement “vote for LTD because the CEO needs to be fired”. That is an opinion and not a data point.
I don’t recall “LTD” stating the CEO needs to be fired. I do recall them stating concerns with the direction the CEO is taking but to simply state the CEO needs to be fired over simplifies the situation and in my opinion does a disservice to “LTD”.
I also have a concern stating other folks need to be fired. I don’t feel it is appropriate to fire folks who are doing what their boss wants. Just my opinion.
Thanks
Linda Anderson
02/14/2020 — 9:49 am
FRANK Thank You and the Candidates that chose to respond. There is so much that has to be done to turn HSV into a financially stable,and united community.
THE BOARD MUST TAKE BACK IT’S POWER AND CONTROL
1. Remove the Governance Committee ( The Power Base behind preventing the changes to the Corporate By-Laws ). Any motions to change the By-Laws must be voted on by the Board at POA meetings . No secret governance.
2. Change the Corporate By-Laws – The Governing legal strangle hold over HSV. Back to proper BY-Laws.
3. Remove the CMP – Clearly a thorn in in the interests of HSV & Property Owners.
3. Remove the CEO from the Board. No more influence over the Board and to address the Board when reporting to the Board as the only employee of the Board with determination to replace with GM ASAP.
4. The Board should become more involved in managements financial determinations. Replace the Finance Committee Charter. It should be only members. Remove the power over the Board and Finance Committee from management to release any information when needed. This alone would provide the needed Trust and Transparency of the membership.
5. Make MAINTENANCE a priority for roads and re-modeling buildings. Leave developing to the Builders.
6. INCREASE GOLF REVENUE in order to bring back financial stability. The Golf department and committee should provide a 5-10 yr plan for change NOW. Golf is the back bone of the community and action to preserve it should be implemented immediately.
The new Board members will have to put on their best Armor and be prepared to fight to remove the “CORPORATE” chains that bind HSV. YOU ARE APPRECIATED and THANK YOU FOR BEING COMMITTED TO CHANGE.
Keith
02/14/2020 — 10:10 pm
Yes! We cannot wait for them to be in full control and responsible for the decisions they will make. LTD to the rescue.
Ken
02/21/2020 — 6:17 am
They don’t even see it coming do they Keith? Key word=responsible. Good luck LTD/DP
Lorri Street
02/15/2020 — 3:33 pm
Phil I concur 100%…like-minded HSV Property Owners must use these last two weeks before ballots go out to further reach out to Villagers you know who no longer are able to get out on their own and the many new out of state HSV residents who have yet to connect with the vital LTD information. Today I handed out LTD flyers at the dog park and at a Garage Sale that was being held in my neighborhood…distributed approximately 40. I also keep flyers in my car so if an opportunity to distribute one (or many) presents itself I’m ready to share! Have handouts been distributed to Mount Carmel residents? I can print in color the two sided LTD handout for anyone who wants a batch. We need to blitz the Village with LTD information right up until voting begins.
I stand by ready to print…just ask. I can be reached at streetbiken@att.net.
We must prevail!
HSVP C
02/15/2020 — 4:13 pm
Lorri, if you would like LTD buttons, we have some.
Lorri Street
02/16/2020 — 3:15 pm
Thank you for the offer but at this point in time I think it’s important for folks to read the backside of the handout that was collaboratively written by the LTD candidates. As I was distributing flyers today I was a little surprised by some who still weren’t fully aware of LTD and what they stand for.
Lorri Street
02/15/2020 — 4:46 pm
Thank you for the offer but at this point in time I think it’s important for folks to read the backside of the handout that was collaboratively written by the LTD candidates. As I was distributing flyers today I was a little surprised by some who still weren’t fully aware of LTD and what they stand for.
HSVP C
02/15/2020 — 5:01 pm
I totally agree. I only meant they might make a nice addition to the flyers. Thanks, Lorri for all you do!
Billy G
02/16/2020 — 9:37 am
Lorri – please take the LTD buttons. Hand them out with your flyers. It will help. Every item that declares the names for LTD will help. Anything and everything must be done to get these 3 candidate elected.
Take the buttons. Hand them out. Thank you.
Karen Bump
02/17/2020 — 4:00 pm
I will probably get pounded for this question, but how can we trust any of the candidates to do what they say when they get in? All I can go by is what they say. Same as the last ones voted in. I just re-read the candidates profiles and resumes from the last election of Cindi, Nancy and Buddy. All seemed to be well-qualified. All seemed to say wonderful things they would do and stand up for the people. Nothing could be further from the truth once they got in.
I will vote for LTD because I do not think Mr. Denger’s plan is a good one, and I am not sure his voice will stand up to the other board members and Leslie. I would never vote for Ms. Choyce as she doesn’t even try to hide her non-transparency and acts like a dictator in the meetings I have watched, at least that is my .perspective.
Mr. Garrison is correct they most likely could not get rid of Leslie Nalley this year unless 2 more come over to that view, which is unlikely. But there is much that can be done to set things right, and I think they all agree changing the bylaws can do go a long way to do that. But they don’t have to give her a good performance review, they don’t have to give her a raise, they don’t have to give her a bonus, they don’t have to re-new her contract when it is up. I hope they keep that in mind as well.
Tom Blakeman
02/18/2020 — 12:26 pm
Drain the swamp. Soon.