Following a 5-2 board of directors vote, it took two months to officially schedule a meeting between the Ocean Pines Association and golf management company Landscapes Unlimited.
That meeting will take place as a town hall today, Thursday, at 6 p.m. at the country club, with LU Regional Manager Scott Nissley fielding questions. One director who voted for the motion, however, said he’s not satisfied with the format.
“The original intent was to have an open board meeting, properly advertised to the community, requesting [Landscapes] to get involved,” Director Jack Collins said. “How it turned into a town hall meeting, to my knowledge, was a unilateral decision by the chairman. There never was a board vote [on the format] and there’s nothing in the motion that says anything about a town hall meeting.”
According to the Nov. 19 meeting minutes approved by the board, “[Director Dave] Stevens moved that at our earliest convenience, a special meeting will be called with the entire Board & Landscapes Unlimited to ask questions.”
“I would like to see the folks get involved as an accommodation to all the board members, specifically those members who wanted to ask some questions concerning the business plan that LU is proposing,” Collins said. “I think it’s a healthy exercise – that’s all.
“[The meeting] is going in a different direction, and it is what it is,” Collins continued. “For some reason it’s a 4-to-3 board, and it’s a shame.”
Collins added that he would not be able to attend the meeting because of a conflict in his schedule.
“We’ve got family things that we have to attend to,” Collins said. “It’s been on our calendar for a couple of weeks, so it’s something we’ve got to do.”
Director Bill Cordwell said the meeting could not be scheduled before the budget hearings, which Landscapes participated in on Tuesday.
“The business plan contained budgetary items,” Cordwell said, adding that he had no problem with the format.
“Jack has said several times that he wants everything to be open and transparent. How much more open and transparent can you get than a town hall meeting? This whole thing has been childish from the beginning,” Cordwell said, referring to the previous board’s vote to replace former management company Billy Casper Golf.
Cordwell said the board members were given notice of several possible meeting dates on Jan. 8. Originally, he also had plans to go out of town to attend to a family matter. He later changed his schedule to accommodate the meeting.
“This whole thing is just childish,” Cordwell said. “We want it open and transparent, but now that we’re open and transparent we don’t want that either.”
That meeting will take place as a town hall today, Thursday, at 6 p.m. at the country club, with LU Regional Manager Scott Nissley fielding questions. One director who voted for the motion, however, said he’s not satisfied with the format.
“The original intent was to have an open board meeting, properly advertised to the community, requesting [Landscapes] to get involved,” Director Jack Collins said. “How it turned into a town hall meeting, to my knowledge, was a unilateral decision by the chairman. There never was a board vote [on the format] and there’s nothing in the motion that says anything about a town hall meeting.”
According to the Nov. 19 meeting minutes approved by the board, “[Director Dave] Stevens moved that at our earliest convenience, a special meeting will be called with the entire Board & Landscapes Unlimited to ask questions.”
“I would like to see the folks get involved as an accommodation to all the board members, specifically those members who wanted to ask some questions concerning the business plan that LU is proposing,” Collins said. “I think it’s a healthy exercise – that’s all.
“[The meeting] is going in a different direction, and it is what it is,” Collins continued. “For some reason it’s a 4-to-3 board, and it’s a shame.”
Collins added that he would not be able to attend the meeting because of a conflict in his schedule.
“We’ve got family things that we have to attend to,” Collins said. “It’s been on our calendar for a couple of weeks, so it’s something we’ve got to do.”
Director Bill Cordwell said the meeting could not be scheduled before the budget hearings, which Landscapes participated in on Tuesday.
“The business plan contained budgetary items,” Cordwell said, adding that he had no problem with the format.
“Jack has said several times that he wants everything to be open and transparent. How much more open and transparent can you get than a town hall meeting? This whole thing has been childish from the beginning,” Cordwell said, referring to the previous board’s vote to replace former management company Billy Casper Golf.
Cordwell said the board members were given notice of several possible meeting dates on Jan. 8. Originally, he also had plans to go out of town to attend to a family matter. He later changed his schedule to accommodate the meeting.
“This whole thing is just childish,” Cordwell said. “We want it open and transparent, but now that we’re open and transparent we don’t want that either.”