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Full Board Meeting Packet with more detailed Action Items

Below is a link to the Full Board meeting packet from the Homeowner portion of the MCA website (some Homeowners find it difficult to find). The agenda on the Board packet has additional important details versus the Agenda sent to Homeowners directly, as highlighted below.

Most Homeowners are likely not yet aware that there is now a Board Member vacancy as a result of the resignation of the Treasurer Mel Sykes.

When there is a Board resignation, our bylaws state
“A vacancy in any office may be filled by the Board of Directors by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term.” (Article VIII. Paragraph 3.)
Any such appointment would therefore be for the remaining 2 years, 9 months of Mel Sykes’ term. The Board leadership’s proposed replacement is detailed in the full board packet below. [NOW REMOVED AS NO LONGER RELEVANT]

June 12 MCA Board Meeting Packet

For this meeting Homeowners, the Board has provided Homeowners the opportunity to make comments before and after the agenda items. If you are participating by Zoom you can provide your comments via email to the Board prior to the meeting. Their email addresses are provided below for your convenience (from the MCA Homeowner website).

PRESIDENT Chris Perone chris.perone@meadowsca.com
VICE-PRESIDENT Tom Bondur tom.bondur@meadowsca.com
SECRETARY Alex Peake alex.peake@meadowsca.com
TREASURER Mel Sykes melvin.sykes@meadowsca.com
DIRECTOR Don Breece don.breece@meadowsca.com
DIRECTOR Susan Chapman susan.chapman@meadowsca.com
DIRECTOR Michelle Johnston michelle.johnston@meadowsca.com
DIRECTOR Marilyn Maleckas marilyn.maleckas@meadowsca.com
DIRECTOR Mark Pienkos mark.pienkos@meadowsca.com

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5 responses to “Full Board Meeting Packet with more detailed Action Items”

  1. mnbreece Avatar
    mnbreece

    Web Admin, The MCA Bylaws may say that the appointed director to fill a vacant board seat is for the remainder of the vacant seat term, but FL 617.0809 (3)says OTHERWISE: (3) *The term of a director elected or appointed to fill a vacancy expires at the next annual meeting at which directors are elected. *Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the board of directors, but only for a term of office continuing until the next election of directors by the members or, if the corporation has no members or no members having the right to vote thereon, for such term of office as is provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.

    https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2013/0617.0809#:~:text=(3)%E2%80%83The%20term,or%20the%20bylaws. https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2013/0617.0809#:~:text=%283%29%E2%80%83The%20term,or%20the%20bylaws.

    The Bylaws cannot overrule state law.

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    1. Website Admin Avatar
      Website Admin

      Sounds like our bylaws need to be amended to fix that, but we need to be obeying the law first.

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  2. Richard Sommerfeld Avatar
    Richard Sommerfeld

    I thought by law the directors of an HOA were supposed to attend a course on Chapter 720 of the Homeowners Association Act. Apparently, the president of MCA was asleep during the 4 hr. class because he’s now made at least 7 violations of our own MCA Bylaws and 4 possible violations of Florida Statutes.

    2. Why are we paying 2 law firms to protect the executives of the MCA from the residents. While both law firms say they represent the corporation (i.e., the MCA), it certainly looks like they are defending certain MCA executives. Why are the residents, through their assessments, paying for such bad legal advice?

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  3. lisi5f0a56d8f76 Avatar
    lisi5f0a56d8f76

    should we as homeowners get our own legal council?

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    1. Richard Sommerfeld Avatar
      Richard Sommerfeld

      I don’t know. It’s just sad when the majority of homeowners voted for a break from the past and yet the current president seems to embrace muzzling residents at every turn with our own money. Perhaps this is a question you should pose at the board meeting in front of other residents and the lawyers who appear to have been hired to protect certain board members. I think both law firms have failed the residents. Further evidence of that is the 5-page Civility Resolution which is a blatant violation of both state law and the First Amendment.

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