Investigative Journalism and Learning Hub - Waratah Strata Management deliberately prevented SP52948 owner from being committe member on 27 April 2019

Back to strata business and direct losses to Lot 158, including fire safety, health, and security issues.

As the role of the Treasurer is vacant, and nobody on the EC has the skills to manage and oversee the financials, with the firm statement that I have evidence of two current EC members being not financial due to unpaid full gas levies, in the final attempt I request to be "voted" into the committee.

I patiently waited for SP52948 actions and corrections for mismanaged affairs, including financials.

a) Police will now get a copy of the USB that I made in Waratah Strata Management's office on 13 June 2017. I have four copies of those files and they are kept in safe locations, not unlike SP52948 files.

Police will also be contacted to verify their "loss" of the USB with SP52948 files. That is serious allegation that was made in the Minutes of the EC meeting allegedly held on 21 March 2019.

The allegation in the Minutes of the same meeting is that BCS Strata Management refused to provide the additional copy of the USB with SP52948 files in the last month or two.

b) It is noted that Waratah Strata Management website contains numerous errors in financial reporting. As SP52948 has no Treasurer, Waratah Strata Management is exclusively responsible for inaccurate reporting.

c) It is noted that Waratah Strata Management did not have proper backups of SP52948 files since allegedly mid-2018, as per own admission.

d) It is noted that Waratah Strata Management website contains absolutely no SP52948 documents, including the falsified statements that Mr. Frank Tallaridi was the Strata Manager since 1 February 2017 (should I mention Mr. Simon Wicks' name?).

e) Lot 158 has what is called "historical" full accounting files for many financial years which show evidence of missing payments for gas levies, including owners who were missed in the Minutes of the alleged EC meeting on 21 March 2019.

Regards,

Hi,

• Based on evidence of unpaid full levies (including 10% simple interest per year) for second gas connection, two current member of the committee could not have been and cannot be valid.

• Quorum at AGM 2016, 2017, and 2018 was not satisfied.

• Lot 158 Motions that were excluded without any reasonable explanation or merits were determined by legal advice to be solely decision by the EC on 1 March 2019 (as per attachment).

• The alleged loss of files and their manual recovery as per Waratah's email on 1 March 2019 and the fact that access to Waratah web site is not operational for days is a worrying sign.

• Today (19 March 2019), notice board displayed agenda for the Executive Committee meeting scheduled for 21 March 2019 (that is just one day notice because the day of the meeting must be excluded). It fails to satisfy SSMA 2915 in these regards:

        Lack of detailed agenda.

        Each member of the strata committee, and every lot owner, need to be notified of an intended strata committee meeting at least 3 days before the meeting is due to be held.

        In a large strata scheme (more than 100 lots), the Secretary or meeting organiser needs to put the notice of the meeting on the noticeboard and deliver it to each owner.

        In describing any notice period for meetings, the legislation does not describe the nature of the ‘days’ notice – whether they be business days, calendar days etc. In the absence of such specification, the Interpretations Act 1987 (Section 36) requires that the period of time shall be reckoned so as to be exclusive of the day of the ‘event’ - the meeting. Section 76 of this same Act also declares that a letter sent through the post is deemed to have been delivered on the fourth working day after it was posted.

        Yet again, Lot 158 did not receive a letter with the notice of the meeting, and if it arrives later today, it is too late.

Lot 158 would be happy to be corrected if these statements need an update (with FULL proofs from the SP52948 accounting).

In absence of other competing interests for the membership, Lot 158 accepts to be a member of the committee.

I remind owners about unpaid levies for gas heating, which include a group of Executive Committee members.

As an example, a group of 11 owners (they are not the only ones owing money to SP52948) is proven to own around $40,000.00 in unpaid levies for gas connection (including compulsory 10% simple interest per year). There are a few more owners who I do not provide details herewith because their debt is smaller. Figures for 2017 and 2018 not included but it has been confirmed back-payments were not done so these figures are even larger in 2019:     

        Lot 3 undeclared unpaid levies $6,991.50 for second gas connections – 1999 to 2016
        Lot 62 undeclared unpaid levies $5,572.50 for second gas connections – 1999 to 2016 (ex Treasurer)
        Lot 68 undeclared unpaid levies $973.50 for second gas connections – 2012 to 2016
        Lot 102 undeclared unpaid levies $4,015.00 for second gas connections – 2003 to 2016
        Lot 147 undeclared unpaid levies $4,746.50 for second gas connections – 2001 to 2016 (long-term EC member)
        Lot 167 undeclared unpaid levies $973.50 for second gas connections – 2012 to 2016
        Lot 175 undeclared unpaid levies $4,317.50 for second gas connections – 2003 to 2016
        Lot 181 undeclared unpaid levies $5,644.00 for second gas connections – 1999 to 2016 (long-term EC Member and occasional Chairperson)
        Lot 182 undeclared unpaid levies $2,156.00 for second gas connections – 2009 to 2016
        Lot 192 undeclared unpaid levies $2,475.00 for second gas connections – 2007 to 2016 (part of debt belongs to previous EC member)
        Lot 148 undeclared unpaid levies $2,475.00 for second gas connections – 2007 to 2016

Lot 158 is making every possible effort to avoid financial losses to SP52948, but it seems the EC is trying exactly the opposite. These emails are designed to prove who really wants free mediation and avoidance of litigation (unless forced).

Regards,