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At our AGM, it was voted to have 7 members of council. My understanding is that we then need a quorum of 4. At the last council meeting, only three council members were present in person but they all had proxies of the other members to make up a quorum. Can they do this?

My issue is that only 3 council members were present in person and making decisions. I am concerned about the lack of governance as we have a major project happening in our building.

• Read more about Are pre submitted voting papers valid without a proxy or attendance at a strata AGM under the Strata Titles Act 1985?
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• Read more about Can a by-law ban bicycles from lot car spaces?
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A lot owner has two adjacent car spaces with an approved storage cage in one car space and one motor vehicle parked in the other.

The owner received a request that they cannot park bicycles within the airspace of either of the two car spaces and that owners should register bikes with the building and park them in an approved bicycle rack at another location in the building.

• Read more about Where can I find market data on owners corporation fee increases?
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We have our annual budget meeting coming up, and I want to demonstrate to lot owners that our fee increases this year are reasonable and comparable to what others are seeing. Is there data available on owners corporation (OC) fees for FY25 compared to average increases in FY 26?

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Our strata scheme is in a busy seaside location where street parking is at a premium, and we've been trying for some time to get visitor parking signs installed on common property spaces. The council-approved plans for the development clearly show these spaces as "visitor parking", but the strata plan lists them as general common property.

• Read more about Can a Strata Manager Act as chairperson and proxy holder at the same AGM under the Strata Titles Act 1985?
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• Read more about Can a non owner with proxies control strata decisions and sit on the council of owners?
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Our complex consists of three buildings with a percentage of owner occupiers and holiday let properties.

A hospitality company with a management agreement based at the reception of our main building runs the holiday letting properties.

The CEO of this company is not a lot owner. They get elected every year to the council of owners and use proxies from holiday let owners to run the show from decision making to financials.

• Read more about How are proxy votes counted on a show of hands at a strata meeting under the Strata Titles Act 1985?
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• Read more about Can co-owners both speak at a strata AGM if only one vote is permitted?
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A husband and wife own one property. While they have one vote only at an AGM, and one party will give the other their proxy to vote, can both parties speak to a motion?

Can one party give their proxy to the other owner to speak on item X, and then the proxy be passed back to the first party to speak on item Y?