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Q&A: Who Passes the Annual Budget?
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Who Passes the Annual Budget?
Q Does our condominium board of directors need to have our next annual budget passed by the condominium owners or can they pass it themselves?
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A “In most states, unless the condominium documents specify otherwise, the decision is a board decision,” says attorney Henry Goodman of Goodman, Shapiro & Lombardi, LLC in Dedham, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island. “The reason for this is that the board usuallyhas the obligation to properly operate the community in terms of maintenance, repair and replacement, keeping up property values. In order to carry out their duties, the board needs the necessary financing. Quite often if the decision for budgeting were left up to the unit owners, they may consider their own financial condition and deny the board the funds necessary to carry out their duties. This would put the board in the position of either having to resign or be in breach of their obligations to the unit owners. In some states, there may be statutory language which requires a vote of unit owners. However, I am unaware of any such language.”
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an unknown user
Our condo association president has turned into an aggressive dictator, does he/she have the legal right to ask our secretary to remove discussions and motions from minutes without cause and refuse to hear other board members concerns or make a motion to vote. There is nothing in the bylaws stating that, and the co-owners now want to know what is the board hiding. Several co-owners sent the president a letter asking for an explaination of his/her decision, the president refuses to disclose reasoning. What rights do the other board members and co-owners have to get this overturned?
