Where we are at Lamarina and where we need to go

Luis asked me today. well what does the Administor do if he or she doesn't have the right to do a special assessment.. i said first of all we set a budget , and the past 2 years l can see that was not done correctly... and then we set a reserve fund that is 1/4 of that budget and in March the owners agree or not for that.. hopefully they say yes .. and that is when the facts need to be true and listed for them and given to them way ahead of the meeting .. ( we need to sent the facts out so everyone knows what we need.. and THAT IS where the boards work comes in ... they list the issues the owners have asked for and then add any other needs for our building... Say.. the painting..it would be on the list and the postives on one side and negatives on the other and the costs of that and then the owners vote and we then set the reserve and the budget for the next year... Then if the management runs into trouble he or she goes into the reserve with the board oking it....the reserve that is used for the problems that come up has to be replaced in the next budget... This system makes the management stay in control and not over spend as they have for the last 5 years.... Also our bank statements are issued to our web site so everyone knows the facts of where we are and this keeps any fraud down.. and this is done monthly... along with the income and expense sheet with the balance sheet... We must change to a cash system for we have not be able to control our books with the acural system... ( it makes the management think we have more money then we really do) Like this year saying Jeff pays when he hasn't and paid his fine's when he hasn't...So now Dave Lewis is trying to get money somewhere... who knows how.. but they blew it when i told them to stop the pool and put it on hold ......and they also blew it in the March meeting when they broke for lunch and the reserve fund was never talked about after that ,,, and l know the pool people told them to stop talking that way or the new pool would have died.. That was the mistake they are paying for now and l must say everythng is breaking down here now!! the pumps , the hotwater tank, the boiler, the paint is peeling off faster then they can repaint, the elevators again today stopped working, the hurricane and the rain storms this year proved that the cracks in the beams in the main parts of the building are causing big problems..The termites are eatting away and they sprayed in the lobby once and they are back again... and in other units.... the washer and dryer are just hanging on... the rebar needs some serious rebuilding and making the lower first floor columns widen and bigger with added larger rebar forms and cement... But all of this MUST BE DONE WITH A CONTRACTOR OTHER THEN THE POOL ONE..I KNOW WHENEVER I TALK ABOUT THAT I GET PUSHED ASIDE.. but today l finally showed Luis how bad things really are there.. for one the builidngs they put too much sand in the cement mixture ( this was done by hand ) and the corners and walls are flaking away by just a touch of the hands.. and l showed Luis as it flaked away in front of his eyes. l showed him the tiles that was already cracked , broken and pieced together like a mess... l showed him how the heat pumps will not have enough air to pass around them to make them work at there best system.... and l showed him how the drain pipe drains right back on the deck.... l showed him how the steps in the hot tub was an after thought and now the raisers on them are so off that when you stand back each step is a different height.... l showed him all the cracks in the cement and the poor workmen ship...l told him the cememt was fine when the cement truck dropped it off but it was how they worked with it the week following and that day.. never cured it and that is why it cracked all over the place... i told him the only way now to get the rust spot of the cement is with micr-acid.... i told him that we need our palapas back $3000.00 to rebuild them and they should have never been distroyed.. we have no shade .... and what a waste to distroy them..... i told them that the building should have a texture color cement as the last coat on the buildings so we never have to paint again... i told him we should have put glass blocks all along the beach side of the bathrooms so we don't have to have the lights on all day to see in them...it all adds up to the maintance and costs for upkeep.... and the next years budget....i told him why wasn't there holes recessed down ready for the raiilings to be recessed in for a more secure hand rails? ,the bathrooms will barely handle a wheel chair... and the ramp to get back up to the firstfloor should be more level....He seemed to see all this and said he was going to ask and find out why.. I told him the lawyers agree this is a mess and we should be getting a 5 year warrenty on the work...So these are some of the ways we are dealig with issues. Luis also should not have work on a bank account where he can not even pay our bills on time... that is not right and very stressful for him...We do need to stop and think and have a better 5 year plan , stop the beauty look , get into the repair and rebuilding of the building..
That is what matters here and should be in the front of any wish list...Gail