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Post by Admin on Sept 29, 2017 17:58:13 GMT -7
Charlotte Mizzi for North Glastonbury Director
 Serving on the Glastonbury Landowners Association for the last 2 years and being president in 2016 has been an honor. I served on the Board for eight years from 2002 to 2010 and was chairperson of the Master Plan Committee for two years prior to its adoption. I've lived in North Glastonbury since the year 2000 and I'm very interested in serving again.
I'd like to share my vision for the soccer field/recreation land of20+ acres. This area has been designated as a parkland. I would like to see this area developed with a community center facilitating activities such as sewing groups, exercise room, table tennis, etc. for our members. The building can also be a place for our GLA meetings and office. My vision encompasses a walking trail with beautiful trees and shrubs. The parkland need not be supported by our GLA fees. Just as the soccer field was developed by donations, the parkland can be funded by donations and grants.
According to the Park County Park Plan, a recreation area is an important community amenity which increases property values and provides cultural richness. Our parkland could be a place where our community enjoys the beauty of our mountains, a place to relax and meet our neighbors and where the spirit of community comes together in peace and tranquility.
My background has been in administration. I worked for the city of Jersey City for 27 years. During my tenure I served as Rent Leveling Administrator, Chief of Staff for the Office Mayor, Public Works Director (2 years) and Acting Mayor when the Mayor was away.
I have expertise that includes managing a multi-million dollar budget and interacting with attorneys, engineers, appraisers and officials. I am grateful for your trust in me and would like your vote in November.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2017 11:08:08 GMT -7
Ms Mizzi, according to your bio your background has been in administration. Wouldn’t that require analysis of all aspects of a project? If so it would seem your stated experience is tripping over your “vision” here. Who are you trying to convince yourself or the landowners? I see it as being very disingenuous and that in and of itself does not bode well for your tenure as a Board member for GLA.
You state, “The parkland need not be supported by our GLA fees. Just as the soccer field was developed by donations, the parkland can be funded by donations and grants.” Really? YOUR “VISION” IS NOT A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF THE FACTS!
1. (Cost) The property is encumbered - conditions from the County - plus it satisfies the requirements the County imposed on CUT for their future development of Reserved lands. GLA pays the price for that development.
2. (Cost) The parkland is to be made public to not only Glastonbury landowners but to the surrounding Emigrant area, which means public use and more maintenance of our roads at a increased assessment fee for landowners.
3. (Cost) Security for your “vision” will have to be provided. The soccer field’s decrepit building has been vandalised over and over again through the years as everyone knows. Look at the costs for that area over the years - thousands of landowners dollars and look at that mess of a “recreational park” and all the money spent down the drain - gone and should have been spent to repair our roads!
4. (Cost) How much more must be spend to try and control vandalism now that the public will have access? I can picture people from the area coming up here to NG at night partying and leaving a mess for GLA to cleanup and not to mention vandalism usually occurs at night.
5. (Cost) Insurance will go through the roof for “public” access and may require either a security system or a security guard - will you be willing to guard your vision?
6. (Cost) Personal Liability - we’ve been sued by landowner(s) and lost our insurance because of it - how much more a loss suit from an outsider if there is an accident and someone is seriously hurt? Does GLA have sufficient money in the coffers to cover the deductible let alone a protracted law suit
You say it need not be supported by “our GLA fees” Really Mizzi?
So, all of the donors and volunteers will cover the yearly expenses not just the materials? Will THEY PAY AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ONGOING BILLS FOR:
Increased power bills, taxes, insurance, attorneys fees if sued, grounds maintenance, building maintenance and repairs, unexpected issues.
Since you stated that your expertise has been in administration and includes managing a multi-million dollar budget you surely have seen our budget? I could go on about “increasing property values” which doesn’t apply here from an appraiser’s standpoint but from a realtor’s selling point (asked appraiser(s) the last 3 appraisals).
I ask you master administrator and Board member why not give the whole picture of keeping the 20 acres and the cost to everyone? Why not let CUT develop the “parkland” at NO EXPENSE TO GLA and satisfying THEIR requirement to the County? There would still be “your vision” and it wouldn’t bankrupt GLA and that money could be spent on our roads that would increase EVERYONE’S property value and a lot nicer to drive on!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2017 4:18:58 GMT -7
Charlotte, after reading your bio how can you, without your nose growing, say that you do not have a “conflict of interest?”
Clearly you have an agenda and are not going to even consider the cost to GLA period. Does that sound “unbiased” to you? It sure doesn’t sound like a responsible board member to me. You have a fudicuary responsibility to make decisions that will not jeopardise the financial well being of the Corporation.
You are pushing an agenda to adhere to your “dream” that sounds wonderful, but in reality would “hurt rather than benefit” in the long run. You say you are an experienced administrator and have expertise in working with multi million dollar budgeting...where my I ask are you using this experience when you are on the finance committee??? How can you possibly push this pipe dream when you look at the finances is beyond me.
We are a Non-Profit Montana Corporation and as member shareholders we have a right to expect fudicuary responsibility from our Boardmembers and you as a Boardmember have the responsibility and duty to make decisions based on reality and facts not visions!! People “want” a lot of things but the issue is can they AFFORD it...that is reality.
We can barely take care of the roads, signage, ditches, culverts and so on and you want a parkland?? Any reasonable person who drives these roads will want their monies going to fix and maintain our roads and not a “playground” for the public!
Are you not trying to add to the “vision” and plans that CUT had or has for THIER development? You’ve mentioned several times what CUT plans are and who’s benefit are you working towards by “pushing” this dream and vision may I ask?
That would be a feather in your cap and a long term expense for all landowners. And you have the nerve to say there isn’t even the appearance of a conflict of interest!!!
Come on Charlotte, it is called “divided loyalty.” You are either loyal to GLA or loyal to CUT and their plans...which is it? You can’t be both and sit on a Corporate Board representing ALL landowners and yet pushing for a “parkland” that would benefit CUT and financially burden the very Association you say you represent.
You are on notice...this Association can not afford to fulfill your dream and also maintain our roads to benefit all landowners.
Sally Muto NG27
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Post by paul harvey on Oct 3, 2017 8:10:58 GMT -7
Dear Charlotte,
There are some forgotten facts in your recently published bio. You shared your development vision for the 20-acre soccer field, but “The Rest of the Story” is that there are some complicated legal facts that may actually keep your dream from ever happening. Voters need to know the soccer field is encumbered with contracts with CUT and Park County that violate the “perpetuity clause” of the Montana Constitution. Voters need to know there is reversionary clause in GLA’s deed for the soccer field that must be removed. Sharing your dream but not the critical facts behind your vision is much like giving candy to starving children.
In your bio you obviously want voters to be impressed that you have 27 years of administration experience from Jersey City. But “The Rest of the Story” is that Jersey City is one of the most corrupt cities in this country. It is known for its dirty players.
You forgot to tell voters that you did nothing to protect the property of a GLA member when you knew that this landowner’s property fence was taken down and that board member Paul Ranttalo was using his backhoe to trespass and damage that property. “The Rest of this Story” is that you overlooked the trespass and damage to a GLA member’s property so that a year-round greenhouse could be built for your friends (otherwise known as Keepers of the Flame) on the adjacent parcel. You forgot to tell voters that you are a person of considerable influence in the group raising funds for the greenhouse. You forgot to tell voters that fellow board members censured you for this violation of your fiduciary duties.
In your bio you write that you are interested in serving for another term on the board. But you forgot to tell the voters “why”. Is “The Rest of the Story” about you planning to continue your dual loyalties (otherwise known as a Conflicts of Interest)? Have you forgotten to tell the voters that you cannot give your utmost loyalty and service to GLA when you also have the duty of loyalty to your responsibilities an ordained minister for Church Universal and Triumphant, to your leadership role with the Glastonbury Prosperity Association and in the various board positions you have held and still hold with the North Glastonbury Teaching Center?
Now that you know we know the “Rest of the Story” Charlotte, why not withdraw your bid for another term as a GLA board member. Your cotton-candy bio is fluffy at best. YOUR VERY OWN WORDS SHOW THAT YOU ARE NOT FIT FOR THE JOB OF GLA DIRECTOR.
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Post by Poirot on Oct 6, 2017 19:42:56 GMT -7
Administrator's Note: I added a link in blue to the below mentioned article so it will be easier for reader's to locate. For an in-depth look into the character of this candidate, please go to the category above on this Community Forum called, "Open Letters to the GLA." Find the title, " Put the Gavel to Rest," open it and enjoy the read. It is an eyeopener into her "presidency in 2016" and "expertise that includes managing... and interacting with"... Really? Think twice before casting your ballot. |
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Post by A lawyer on Oct 10, 2017 8:55:11 GMT -7
Charlotte,
I am profoundly outraged with your behavior at the October 9. 2017 board meeting. The fact that you continued to support a board candidate, after it was determined she was in violation of some of the GLA Covenants and thus not qualified to be a board nominee, is totally not ok. It shows that you will not give your primary loyalty to GLA. It shows that you too are not qualified to be a board nominee because you did not stand for the enforcement of the rules of our association. You have failed the test of being in good standing. Do the honorable thing Charlotte, withdraw your bid to serve another term on the GLA board. It does not turn out well when anyone violates the law.
A lawyer
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Post by Disgusted on Oct 10, 2017 19:19:57 GMT -7
Formal Complaints
Meeting Decorum "GAG ORDER" Illegal
Feb 1, 2016
To GLA Board of Directors
THIS IS A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH FACTS PRESENTED IN THIS LETTER AND ON THE REQUIRED FORM DEVELOPED BY GLA
On December 7, 2015, President Charlotte Mizzi violated state law 35-2-414 and 416, and Bylaws Article VI (B) and (H) with assertion and implementation of her stated new meeting process,
greatly different from the Board approved Conduct of Meeting policy implemented May 18, 2015. The entire Board also violated these legal requirements by allowing the handing out and following the new Meeting Decorum at the January 11th, 2016 Board meeting.
The following are the critical elements of State. (Emphasis added)
35-2-414. Requirement for and duties of board
(1) Each corporation must have a board of directors.
(2) Except as provided in this chapter or subsection (3), all corporate powers are exercised by or under the authority of the board, and the affairs of the corporation managed under the direction of its board.
35-2-416. General standards for directors
(1) A director shall discharge the duties as a director, including the director's duties as a member of a committee:
(a) in good faith;
(b) with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a similar position would exercise under similar circumstances; and
(c) in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation.
(3) A director is not acting in good faith if the director has knowledge concerning the matter in question that makes reliance otherwise permitted by subsection (2) unwarranted.
The following are the critical elements of the Bylaws which all Board members are required to be aware of, understand, and implement. (Emphasis added):
Bylaw Article VI (B) The business and affairs of the Association shall be managed by the Board of Directors. Such Directors shall in all cases act as a Board
Article VI (H) Quorum “The Directors shall act only as a Board and the individual Directors shall have no authority as such."
I request the Board start the February 8th meeting with a change to the agenda. The first order of business should be to discuss and implement the following order of business for this meeting and to present it to the Membership to replace Bylaw Article VI (P) Meeting Agenda.
1. Call to order with pledge of allegiance and moment of silence
2. Call for Member comments to the Board as an Open Floor Comment Period
3. Reading and disposition of any unapproved Minutes
4. Reports of Officers and Committees
a. Vote on items requested by Committee Chair
i. Call for and hear Member Comments before votes are called
ii. Call for and hear comments specific to the topic from the audience.
5. Ombudsman report(s)
6. Unfinished Business
7. New Business; finish with a call for future agenda items from Members
8. Second Open Floor Comment Period and
9. Adjournment
In closing I ask, how can a Director know what they do not know, which a member of the audience knows, if they do not ask the audience to speak.
Thank you
l
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Post by Disgusted on Oct 10, 2017 19:22:40 GMT -7
Thanks to LK for filing the above.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2017 8:45:40 GMT -7
Charlotte, you mentioned at a Board meeting that you wanted on the Road Committee if re-elected. Since you, Clare Parker, Kathleen Rakela and I’m assuming Marshall Haley are so concerned to put your hats in the ring to bring about, what you think is better governance. Where were any of you during the snow fencing work being done???
Charlotte, as I’ve stated before, your contributions to the GLA Board have largely been verbal questions, statements, opinions and voting. Of all the Board members you have been corrected the most for your statements and conclusions contradicted by many on the Board. You acknowledge only certain Board members who correct you and disrespect the others, who are not in your same organization or social circle, by not acknowledging their correction with humility. You have a “bad habit” of using “that’s your opinion” when actually FACTS are given to you. When you make motions a lot of the time they are not seconded because the are either irrelevant or wrong. Very unprofessional and lacking appropriate Board behavior.
I can only surmise that you DO NOT KNOW the difference between a fact and an opinion??? Is it your age?
You have been shown to be uninformed on many of the issues and very dogmatic on others (separating out interest from assessments to name one). Why not graciously step aside and allow a younger sharper person take your place? There is a way to prove me wrong...let me see you physically do the necessary road work by investigating and monitoring the roads? We don’t need people on the Board only to pontificate their opinions! Letting others do the heavy lifting.
To name a few: Charlene, Kevin, RJ, Dennis, Leo, Dan, Mark, Regina. Landowners like Claudette, Ia, Tim, Chris, Chad, Bob Sones, Debbie Blais, Walter, Jeff Reiderer, these are the people that are willing to serve GLA without being “paid” for the work they do. We have way to many committees that accomplish nothing, and thank heaven the Board members who voted to do away with the Community Property Committee. We really don’t need a Communication Committee either - this could and should be dealt with at the Board level.
What can you and do you bring to the table? Other than tout to people that “you are on a board” which might make you sound important? What you bring could be as a landowner and not take up space on the Board so younger landowners can serve this community with fresh eyes and ideas. Be a volunteer...oh wait...that’s right you made the comment saying volunteers weren’t dependable! Here’s your chance to prove that statement wrong! Things change and we as older citizens should be gracious enough to step back and let change happen.
There is a lot of dead wood (voters only) on the Board, what we need are movers and shakers who take their positions seriously and are willing to get their hands dirty. What we need is new blood and I’m afraid Charlotte you and Clare are not that. Why not step aside with some dignity and grace and let others possibly “ask” for your opinion? Why not use your energy to minister to your flock?
My humble opinion as an old lady also,
Sally
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