Hello,
As per SSMA 1996 Section 108, for the fifth time in four years (I am persistent),
the following members of the Executive Committee and BCS (old name
Raine & Horne Sydney) failed to comply with the Strata Schemes Management Act.
At the AGM 2014, the following message with have to be clearly communicated and minuted in
the public documentation: any owner who provides proxy vote to current members of the EC,
any new owner who wishes to become member of EC, or any other owner, that supports Motions
presented by the current EC is an accessory to illegal activities and
breaks the law.
No matter what any owner wants personally, access to documents that belong to owners
corporation and compliance with laws of Australia and NSW must be enforced.
We run very serious business with extreme consequences for 218 owners and
their families. It requires competent, ethical, open-minded, and unbiased volunteers
and the Strata Manager.
At this stage, without any hesitation, I can conclude that the AGM 2014 is invalid and
illegal.
The attached documents show that BCS acknowledged the lack of
documents. Out of 13 requests for access to documents that belong
to owners corporation, none were provided during my visit today.
The major issue is, or course, BCS completely hiding all details of audited financial statements
for FY 2014 (balance sheet, income and expenditure statements, debtor financial status report,
cash book payments by account code, cash book payments summary, receipts, and similar).
Second major issue is that none of the tenders for Caretaker, Strata Manager, and
building painting were provided.
Third major issue is that water and gas reimbursements from townhouse owners for
overpaid personal expenses were neither provided. That makes all 18-19 owners
such owners unfinancial for the AGM 2014 (including an EC member).
Then, there is also lack of document confirming which owners are financial to vote at
the AGM 2014 (Item e) in my request in the attached document).
That makes already-delayed AGM 2014 doubtful and illegal as independent financial accounts
review is impossible and actions by the EC and the Strata Manager non-compliant
with the Act.
Here are more details of the quality of service of BCS today.
a) I came to their office as scheduled at 08:29 hours.
b) The computer system was allegedly down and at 08:50 hours I calmly warned
the staff at the counter that I would only wait for another 15 minutes for the
systems to become operational.
c) I spoke to Mr Russell Young and asked him how would he feel if his family was
affected by illegal and unethical activities. No response provided.
d) I then also warned Mr. Russell Young that I was aware of two rigged
Caretaker's tenders. No response provided.
e) Just when I was preparing to leave, at 09:07 hours, the computer systems
became "available".
f) Search for requested documents in many folders until 09:40 showed
that none of them were available.
g) The attached document, DocID BCS9354999, is now registered in BCS database.
I requested that BCS Manager signs off the summary, which was declined by
Mr. Russell Young. According to his own statement, Russell did not
wish to even ask his manager to process the request for signature.
h) This afternoon, I received short Statement of Financial Affairs, which makes
me puzzled even more. The statement is allegedly for period 1/09/2014 to
30/11/2014. However, today is 17 November - 13 days earlier than
30 November, as listed in the report.
Last year, Raine & Horne Strata Sydney and the current EC forged the minutes of the
EC meeting one week before its due date, so it is their common practice.
Anyone who wishes to challenge my statements is welcome to talk.
