(Sept. 29, 2016) The Ocean Pines Association Board of Directors discussed the following items during a public meeting in the community center on Sept. 24.
Agenda changes
Two changes to the agenda were made at the start of the meeting. Interim General Manager Brett Hill asked to move the legal counsel listed in the appointments section of the agenda to a closed session, citing a section of the Maryland Homeowners Association Act that allows discussions regarding contractual negotiations to be done during closed session.
Board President Tom Herrick added one more item, naming former board member Marty Clarke as chairman of the bylaws and resolutions committee, to the remaining list of appointments.
Advisory committees
Herrick encouraged homeowners in Ocean Pines to sign up for the various advisory committees.
“We’re looking for new people for, probably, seven or eight of these committees, particularly the marine committee, which has been inactive for more than a year,” he said.
Treasurer’s report
During the last four months ending Aug. 31, the association had a net operating revenue of about $3.5 million, Treasurer Pat Supik said. That was in part because Ocean Pines collected all of the assessments upfront and they are then spent during the year, she said. More than 95 percent of assessments were collected during that period.
She said revenues were $169,000 less than budget because amenities were “under budget by $185,000.” Wages and benefits were also less than budget, by $154,000, causing expenses to also come in less than budget by $149,000.
Supik said the reserve balance was about $8 million.
General manager’s report
Hill, who joked that he was in about his 29th day in the role, said, “we actually have, I think, accomplished a lot in about a month here.”
He said the association eliminated an odor problem at the yacht club and that a new menu there would likely be rolled out in October, along with a fall entertainment schedule.
At the country club, mold remediation and a beautification process has started. The latter will include 80, eight-foot tall bushes planted near the cart barn and maintenance shed.
An engineering report came back on the beach club, and public works has already started “critical repairs,” including the installation of new railings along the upstairs deck.
Conversion of tennis courts for use as pickleball is scheduled for November, and repairs to platform tennis courts will take place in October.
New bathrooms at White Horse Park are scheduled to be completed Dec. 1, and repairs to two major bridges should start next month and finish by Dec. 31.
Additionally, the softball field at Huntington Park should be converted for use by soccer and lacrosse teams next month.
Agenda changes
Two changes to the agenda were made at the start of the meeting. Interim General Manager Brett Hill asked to move the legal counsel listed in the appointments section of the agenda to a closed session, citing a section of the Maryland Homeowners Association Act that allows discussions regarding contractual negotiations to be done during closed session.
Board President Tom Herrick added one more item, naming former board member Marty Clarke as chairman of the bylaws and resolutions committee, to the remaining list of appointments.
Advisory committees
Herrick encouraged homeowners in Ocean Pines to sign up for the various advisory committees.
“We’re looking for new people for, probably, seven or eight of these committees, particularly the marine committee, which has been inactive for more than a year,” he said.
Treasurer’s report
During the last four months ending Aug. 31, the association had a net operating revenue of about $3.5 million, Treasurer Pat Supik said. That was in part because Ocean Pines collected all of the assessments upfront and they are then spent during the year, she said. More than 95 percent of assessments were collected during that period.
She said revenues were $169,000 less than budget because amenities were “under budget by $185,000.” Wages and benefits were also less than budget, by $154,000, causing expenses to also come in less than budget by $149,000.
Supik said the reserve balance was about $8 million.
General manager’s report
Hill, who joked that he was in about his 29th day in the role, said, “we actually have, I think, accomplished a lot in about a month here.”
He said the association eliminated an odor problem at the yacht club and that a new menu there would likely be rolled out in October, along with a fall entertainment schedule.
At the country club, mold remediation and a beautification process has started. The latter will include 80, eight-foot tall bushes planted near the cart barn and maintenance shed.
An engineering report came back on the beach club, and public works has already started “critical repairs,” including the installation of new railings along the upstairs deck.
Conversion of tennis courts for use as pickleball is scheduled for November, and repairs to platform tennis courts will take place in October.
New bathrooms at White Horse Park are scheduled to be completed Dec. 1, and repairs to two major bridges should start next month and finish by Dec. 31.
Additionally, the softball field at Huntington Park should be converted for use by soccer and lacrosse teams next month.