Florida Status Chapter 720 (FS720) was passed into law by the Florida legislature to provide procedures for operating homeowners’ associations, and to protect the rights of association members.
FS720.303(2)(d) Association powers and duties; meetings of board; official records; budgets; financial reporting; association funds; recalls.— requires that "if 20 percent of the total voting interests petition the board to address an item of business, the board shall at its next regular board meeting or at a special meeting of the board, but not later than 60 days after the receipt of the petition, take the petitioned item up on an agenda."
This PETITION is being used to require that the following topic be added to the agenda in accordance with FS720.303(2)(d): Saddlebag Lake Resort (SLR) Board of Directors (BOD) Code of Conduct
FS720.3065 Fraudulent voting activities relating to association elections; penalties explicitly calls out violations such as
- "Using or threatening to use, directly or indirectly, force, violence, or intimidation or any tactic of coercion or intimidation"
- "Menacing, threatening, or using bribery or any other corruption to attempt, directly or indirectly, to influence, deceive, or deter a member when the member is voting."
- "Elections of directors must be conducted in accordance with the procedures set forth in the governing documents of the association."
There have been reports of recent BOD behavior which violates the trust and respect from SLR members and this PETITION serves to provide an open forum to collaborate on violations and resolutions.
Reason
We the voting members of SLR demand that the BOD perform its business in a consistent professional, ethical, and transparent manner.
We demand the following be taken for immediate action by BOD:
- Report of violations of any Florida statute, SLR bylaw, or expected ethics behavior.
- Given compelling evidence of violations, BOD members should resign gracefully or be removed by a vote of their peers.
Member signature on this PETITION compels the BOD to add the SLR BOD Code of Conduct item to the next SLR Board Meeting.
Petition signers are asked to provide their SLR stump number as their address and to include "voting member" or "non voting member" in the comments to indicate whether you are the authorized SLR voter for the residence.
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Why people sign
Lake Wales
Because, our board needs to respect all Saddlebag members
Lake Wales
I am concerned about what my community is becoming
lake Wales
I have no objection to a Code of Conduct, but believe it needs to include factors that address behaviour that is inappropriate. The primary impetus seems to be the proclamation by one person Who has objected to most boards and board members since their arrival at SLR. They have proclaimed that the 2024 budgets did not pass and the board is misleading owners by claiming it did pass.
This is wrong, the Florida HOA statute provides the answer in section 720.306
Meetings of members; voting and election procedures; amendments.—
(1) (a) Unless a lower number is provided in the bylaws, the percentage of voting interests required to constitute a
quorum at a meeting of the members shall be 30 percent of the total voting interests. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, decisions that require a vote of the members must be made by the concurrence of at least a majority of the voting interests present, in person or by proxy, at a meeting at which a quorum has been attained.
There are no other relevant provisions that apply. Yes, when the reserve budget is first approved it required a majority of all owners but that was decades ago. Now it is a simple majority of the owners voting, provided a quorum for the meeting was met. Which it was. This simple majority was confirmed by SLRs attorney shortly after the annual meeting and communicated to all owners of the SLR facebook page.
Lake Wales
I want to know where the home owners money is being spent. Also what is happening in SLR
Lake Wales
I would like to know and trust the BOD is doing right for our community.