I attended the Village board meeting yesterday. It was interesting, and a bit rowdy. About 225 people were in attendance. The main topic was voting on a two tiered system, designed to almost double the dues for property owners with water meters on the lot.
After some compelling arguments on why we should not use a two tiered system, the board had clearly made up its mind in advance and voted 4-2 to send the proposal to the property owners for a vote. It will easily pass, with practically all non-metered lots likely to vote yes, since their dues will not be raised. Sort of pay back time for Village residents living off of them for the last 40 years.
And another surprise. We are giving over our golf courses to be managed by Troon Management Company, the largest golf course management company in the country. This contract was again done in secret, behind closed doors, and presented to us as an afterthought. Hard to tell what it might all mean, but the board stated they cannot tell us what it will cost. Confidential information that Troon does not want public. Right than the board should have said goodbye. But they seem to love secrets.
I addressed the board in terms of closed, secret meetings, urging them to adopt the Open Meetings Act. I'm guessing I might as well have talked to the flag pole outside. I don't believe under the direction of Keith Keck that they have any intentions of doing so. He has no intention of having anyone second guess his and the boards decisions. And he has four people convinced to follow him. I told them I consider any decision they make in closed, secret meetings to be "null and void." They are at worst illegal, and at best unethical.
We probably should bring legal action against their closed, secret meetings. We can probably get an injunction to stop anything decided in secret until a legal judgement can be rendered.
At any rate, the whole thing is disgusting. I didn't move here for this kind of nonsense.
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