I¡¯m glad to hear of
the Board meeting on this Wednesday,
May 5 at 6 pm at Ricardo¡¯s.
I¡¯ve finally
received the ¡°public record¡± of the ?Fairfield
Estates RIMD budgets for 2019 and 2020
and they are attached.
The budgets are
very simple with income about $20,000
a year in taxes, ~$10,000 in transfer
from Reserve Account (which I know
nothing about) and for 20-21 ~$22,000
carryover.
The planned
expenditures for each year are
essentially $5,000 for Professional
Services and $20,000 for improvements
other than buildings.
The last pages have
the cash balances on June 30, ~$14K in
2019 and ~$33K in 2020. From 2019 to
2020 the cash balance increased by
$18,569 so not much was spent in 2020.
The FERIMD was
dormant for several year before 2019
when Jim revised it. I greatly
appreciate him for doing that as the
Road District is a hugely important
assent of our community.
But the Road
District is taking about $20,000 in
our taxes every year, and I suggest
the Board start following some of the
rules that boards normally follow. See
the attached copy of the Board Members
Resource Manual.
On page 24 of the
attached Manual, it says, ¡°The public
must receive prior notice of
the¡.meetings at 24 hours in advance.
The notice must include ¡an agenda
listing the specific matters to be
discussed, considered or decided
upon.¡±
On page 10 it says,
¡°All districts must publish their
budget 30 days prior to the Public
Hearing at a meeting to adopt the
fiscal year budget.? A
copy of the publisher's affidavit and
the published budget must be submitted
along with the district budgets.¡±
Obviously 30 days
prior can¡¯t be met for the budget on
May 5, but 24 hours prior should be
able to be met with no problem.
So, the meeting
Wednesday should have an agenda and
budget published 24 hours ahead of
time. Hal¡¯s email said, ¡°We plan to
discuss mailboxes, the recent history
of the board, and financial records.¡±,
which sounds like a good start to an
agenda.
If you have
specific questions or items, you want
added to the agenda, I suggest that
you send them to Hal and that he
,following the Board Members Resource
Manual, publish (via this )
a more specific agenda 24 hours ?before
the meeting.
Ken
