(June 1, 2017) The Ocean Pines Board of Directors regular board meeting Saturday lasted less than 40 minutes — a rarity — and did not include directors Cheryl Jacobs and Slobodan Trendic.
One item, an amendment to Resolution M-02 on amenity policies, was removed from the agenda because Jacobs was scheduled to lead the discussion.
No explanation for the absences was given during the meeting and both directors, reached afterward, said they had no comment.
A meeting agenda posted online several days before, and available as a handout during the session, said the start time was 10 a.m. However, the meeting began at about 9:30 a.m., also without explanation.
The directors did vote 4-0 to allow Director Doug Parks and an information technology working group to draft a request for proposals to connect Ocean Pines anchor facilities through high-speed internet lines.
Parks said four companies responded to a request for information on the project: Bay Country Communications, Mediacom, AI Net and ThinkBig Networks.
Interim General Manager and Director Brett Hill is the CEO of ThinkBig and abstained from the vote.
The board also voted 5-0 to give new Director of Finance John Viola signature authorization for association checks. Viola succeeds Mary Bosack, who resigned on May 19.
Hill said the measure was identical to one passed by the board in February when Bosack, Director and Treasurer Pat Supik and Assistant Treasurer Gene Ringsdorf were given signature authorization.
The board voted unanimously to accept a corporate resolution for a new employee handbook apparently created by Bosack and vetted by Ocean Pines attorney Jeremy Tucker.
Hill said the previous handbook was more than 20 years old and a corporate resolution was required to adopt new standards.
He said there were no major changes in practicality. The new handbook set a universal employee performance review date for May 1 and updated policies for drug testing and background checks, Hill said.
The board also voted 5-0 to appoint Audrey Wahl, Bob Kessler and John O’Connor to the budget and finance advisory committee.
One item, an amendment to Resolution M-02 on amenity policies, was removed from the agenda because Jacobs was scheduled to lead the discussion.
No explanation for the absences was given during the meeting and both directors, reached afterward, said they had no comment.
A meeting agenda posted online several days before, and available as a handout during the session, said the start time was 10 a.m. However, the meeting began at about 9:30 a.m., also without explanation.
The directors did vote 4-0 to allow Director Doug Parks and an information technology working group to draft a request for proposals to connect Ocean Pines anchor facilities through high-speed internet lines.
Parks said four companies responded to a request for information on the project: Bay Country Communications, Mediacom, AI Net and ThinkBig Networks.
Interim General Manager and Director Brett Hill is the CEO of ThinkBig and abstained from the vote.
The board also voted 5-0 to give new Director of Finance John Viola signature authorization for association checks. Viola succeeds Mary Bosack, who resigned on May 19.
Hill said the measure was identical to one passed by the board in February when Bosack, Director and Treasurer Pat Supik and Assistant Treasurer Gene Ringsdorf were given signature authorization.
The board voted unanimously to accept a corporate resolution for a new employee handbook apparently created by Bosack and vetted by Ocean Pines attorney Jeremy Tucker.
Hill said the previous handbook was more than 20 years old and a corporate resolution was required to adopt new standards.
He said there were no major changes in practicality. The new handbook set a universal employee performance review date for May 1 and updated policies for drug testing and background checks, Hill said.
The board also voted 5-0 to appoint Audrey Wahl, Bob Kessler and John O’Connor to the budget and finance advisory committee.