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
