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Section 23: OPA Elections Subject: Brett Hill Candidate Statement Msg# 950919
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Sorry about that Joe. I was trying to directly answer the question as posed by Tom Stauss of the Ocean Pines Progress in his initial request for candidate statements.
My synopsis of the board's operations is that the majority of the large purchases, including capital expenditures, are just a show. Looking at the board packets, almost every purchase voted by the board is presented in a way to fix the votes. There is no real competitive shopping, just find something close, and make sure its more expensive than want you want, and then the decision is to get what you want. Mr. Herrick's push for using existing resources is sound judgement, and I would say to that end, I guess it's good that it became Mr. Terry's idea now, so that he pushed to move it forward. Still approving a six figure expenditure that is pushing towards the "Master Plan" is just sad. Conning the association members into all of these other purchases is absolutely ludicrous and needs to stop. If we are paying management present information to vote on, it needs to be accurate, non biased, and have reasonable background. I mentioned in previous message the craziness in the food truck options for approval, but it carries on all year. Look at the bids for pool furniture, and the replacement truck for the police department. Most of the bids provided to the board are completely different options, with Bob or whoever's favored choice positioned as the best deal. We have a multi-million dollar budget, and just spend money based on what someone or a few think is the best choice, with no real shopping. The projects themselves are crazy to begin with, but then when we proceed with a crazy project, it seems we just buy from someone's friend for what reason???? |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Brett, thanks for posting your candidate statement. For the pickleball courts, I think Tom Terry’s proposal of restriping existing tennis courts is a much better investment and compromise for the community. Spending $750,000.00 for pickleball courts and $55,000.00 for food trucks might appeal to a few, but I don’t see how these expenditures had sufficient documentation and research to be justifiable investments for the community. I would point out that while Tom Terry may have made some motion or spoke about using existing tennis courts for pickleball, Terry was a big advocate of the original plan that eventually came in at $750,000. Tom Herrick is the board member who pushed the use of existing courts. Terry even used his board majority to pass a motion to spend $150,000 on stage one of the big $750,000 master plan. Terry, the GM, and the board majority essentially conned association members on that $150,000 approved motion. |
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