Welcome everyone to the April Association Board of Directors meeting.
This has been a very difficult month for the Association Board and others with a lot of hard work going into finalizing the budget for 2025-2026. I would like to thank the DACs for all their hard work in setting their priorities and giving us their wants and needs. I would like to thank the staff and especially Ryan and Blake for all the time they have put in to get this budget clearly presented and explained to help us make the right decisions. Finally, I would like to thank all the members of this Board for all the hours put in attending meetings and working through this process. This has been my third budgeting process and the most difficult but by far the most gratifying. I believe we are getting good numbers and good results as a result of better computer programs and better management. We will be finalizing the budget later in this meeting.
In the past two years we have put a lot of emphasis on insurance and landscaping, two of our three largest expenses. Our third largest expense is water and today we will be establishing a new Association Water Advisory Committee. When I ran for election two years ago, I stated I would like to concentrate and work on our three biggest expenses. We are finally going to start paying attention to the third one and I think we have the perfect person for the job. Ed Logg has an incredible background in water usage and I know will do an excellent job ferreting out cost savings for the Villagers. I look forward to working with Ed and the committee to get our water usage under control.
The volunteer appreciation lunch reception on Friday was the biggest and best attended so far. It seems to get bigger and more festive each year. I again want to thank everyone who volunteers and would like to thank Julia, Maria and the staff for putting together an excellent luncheon
Speaking of volunteering, we have two openings on this Board with Stephen Gilbert’s term expiring and David Raskin’s one-year appointment ending. Stephen has agreed to run for one position but no one else submitted an application to run for the other position. As a result, Stephen will be elected by acclamation and serve a three-year term. David is going back to the Montgomery DAC and the Board will have to find and appoint someone to a one-year term to fill the open chair. Anyone who would like to volunteer for a one-year appointment to the Association Board of Directors, please contact me or Maria Hernandez.
Thank you all for being here, and, as usual, my phone, my email and my door are always open and available for questions, comments or discussions.
—Association Board President Michael Schwerin
