Spending: During the last public meeting the Board voted to restrict spending authority from unlimited to a set amount. Previous to this a Board officer or designated Director could spend without limit. The motion to adopt a restrictive resolution was brought forward by the Board President and adopted unanimously by the Board.
Term Limits: Limits for consecutive Board terms were proposed by The Board Vice President and tabled while an answer related to application of the resolution was provided by counsel. That answer came just after the last public meeting so Term limits will be voted on at the next meeting. The intent is to make it retroactive which will restrict certain Directors from running again. With potential impending future vacancies in mind any member who wants to be on a list of willing volunteers for the board should contact the office staff by email or phone. 703.330.5019.
Common Expenses: Currently as written the Wellington Community Board can make anything a common expense… yes, anything at all. A board could deem a cruise a common expense legally for example (crazy and a stretch but it would be “legal”). In order to make a restrictive change stick permanently counsel will work on an amendment that will be sent to the membership for a vote (all Wellington members). Important to note is that this will require 67.5% of the entire Wellington community membership to vote on and affirm. So when you see it come out take a moment to vote. This will be done through traditional snail mail. This was mentioned previously but the document submitted by counsel came as a simple policy resolution not a membership voting form and produced follow up questions. Just a note for those that follow what’s up and wondering why it hasn’t come yet, etc.
Projects: Current projects under consideration: Tennis court restoration/repairs, fixing a water infiltration issue at the pool guard station and upgrading security cameras around the community center. New bidding process to be proposed will request up to 5 bids per project along with up to 4 weeks for service providers to produce a proposal. Approved and to be ratified at the next public meeting is a project providing electrical service to Hastings side of Wellington to illuminate all those entry areas such as Hastings/Lucasville, Hendly/Hastings, Peachtree/Hastings and Rivercrest/Hastings, etc. This will match the type of illumination on the Wellington rd side. We are still exploring more lighting options in TH areas as well as trails. Staff are also waiting on suggestions for commercial solar lighting options. Many areas are just cost prohibitive for running power lines; hence, exploring all solar options.
Meetings: Always keep an eye on the events listing for any meeting time or date change. Generally Community Board meetings are third Tuesdays but sometimes holidays, schedules that impact quorum or other events can cause a change. The listing can be found here: http://www.wellingtonca.org/events/list/ General announcements are also posted to the main page at http://www.wellingtonca.org .
Budget: At the next meeting the Board President will propose to our Board that we post budget/spending actuals by month to the community reports section of our website.
Townhome Parking: Parking permits will be discussed in order to keep our private parking areas for Wellington members only.
Next meeting agenda is being set so if there are matters that you feel apply to the community association please email lmulloy@wellingtonca.org for consideration. Please remember that any suspected criminal type activity isn’t within the ability of a community board to act on directly. That falls to our police and should be reported to them. The non emergency line for our City Police Dept. is 703-257-8000 PWC Police information can be found here: http://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/police/Pages/default.aspx
