Post by Poor Richard on Mar 25, 2022 10:46:09 GMT -7
33% of GLA Landowners are NOT paying Assessments
According to a Glastonbury Landowner's Association (GLA) internal email over 33% of landowners are not paying their assessments. On average about 15% refuse to pay assessments every year. The 2021 Year-End Financial Statements show that 65 parcels were behind in their assessments with a total of $106,562.35 owed on December 31, 2021. The GLA yearly budget hovers around $140,000.00.
The internal email was authored by Treasurer/Vice President/President Pro Tem John McAlister. He was compiling a list of members in good standing for attorney Ryan Jackson per the recent court order. McAlister states that it took him two days to figure out who was not in good standing either due to unpaid assessments or Project Review issues. He arrived at a figure of 413 parcels where 140 were past due in their assessments. If correct this is a dramatic increase, a doubling and then some, from the 65 parcels that were past due on December 31, 2021.
Unfortunately, GLA financial data cannot be verified because primary documents are rarely released. Director Brockett has repeatedly requested bank statements, legal invoices, and more for over two years. All of his document requests have been ignored. In 2019 Directors Sedlak and Brozovsky wrote the infamous Rule 2.01 which prohibited directors from viewing documents that were not also shared with landowners. Since only sanitized minutes and dubious financial statements were shared with landowners, many figures and actions could no longer be verified.
Are landowners voting with their checkbooks? It appears so. The GLA Board has not held monthly meetings in over a year. Even dubious minutes and financial statements are no longer routinely shared with landowners. Almost all functions of the board have been mired in litigation and bitter infighting. Attorneys have taken control of some board functions but they have proved no better at serving landowners. They were supposed to mail copies of the most recent court order to all landowners in good standing in early March. To date there has not been a confirmation of such action. The attorneys are also in charge of the next Annual Election and a vote to separate North from South Glastonbury. No apparent progress has been made on either of those two tasks.
Many landowners are ignoring Project Review requirements and proceeding with their construction plans. Over 15 infractions remain unresolved from 2021 while more are popping up in 2022. There are no plans for spring road maintenance which usually commences in April.