By Frank Leeming, November 6, 2019
In a flash few saw, $36.1-million POA budget approved for 2020
It was like watching a Nascar race.
Board chair Cindi Erickson drops the flag and calls the meeting to order to deal with the POA’s $36.1-million budget for 2020.
Zoom. Vice-chair Tormey Campagna speed reads through his script and moves to approve the budget.
Bang. Director Nancy Leuhring corrects him. That’s a $500,000 increase in road maintenance, not $500. Got it.
Flash. Director Buddy Dixon seconds the motion.
Boom. Director Diana Podawiltz objects. The budget is failing to properly fund golf. There’s no money for repairing the Balboa course. The CEO is capitalizing things that used to be expensed, violating accounting principles. Thank you.
Zip. Vote 4-1, budget approved. Time elapsed: 4 minutes.
Campagna again: Moves to set annual fee for Fitness Center at $400, down from $490 this year.
Bam. Motion approved. Time elapsed: 3 minutes.
Erickson waves the checkered flag and the meeting is over. Total time: 7 minutes, or about $5.2 million a minute.
Village input: None.
Meeting location: Conference room at POA Building.
If you want to relive all this excitement, you can read Cheryl Dowden’s blow-by-blow report here.
By Frank Leeming, November 6, 2019
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Vicky Didion
11/06/2019 — 4:58 pm
Diana is the only sane board member we have. Very sad state of affairs.
John
11/06/2019 — 7:00 pm
Agree
Anonymous
12/03/2019 — 9:30 pm
With three more there will be 4 against 3.
Anonymous
11/06/2019 — 5:08 pm
What Vicky said . . .
Anonymous
11/06/2019 — 6:08 pm
SMH
Anonymous x 2
11/06/2019 — 10:11 pm
Yup! You go girl!!!
Me
11/06/2019 — 10:12 pm
Yup! You go girl!!!
Jack
11/06/2019 — 6:59 pm
All of Hot Springs Village Property Owners know they are being conned by the CEO with the support of the 2018 board hold-overs and Turn Coat Tormey!
Karol
11/07/2019 — 5:11 am
I applaud the board for swift decision-making. It takes courage to do what they did in such a sort time frame.
These brave people are to be commended for standing up to the mob and doing what is right for our future.
HSV is on the right path, finally.
Anonymous
12/03/2019 — 9:34 pm
The majority disagree with the swift decision making by the CEO controlled board.
Anonymous
11/07/2019 — 6:38 am
Karol my dear, it is so painfully sad to read your uniformed words. That “kool-aid” must have really tasted good for you to swallow all of that BS!
Anonymous
11/07/2019 — 11:58 am
That budget was approved before they ever got to the meeting. Karol – you must be new here.
Kathy Henderson
11/07/2019 — 2:13 pm
Karol-so sad that you don’t realize what just happened!