Can a chairperson use proxy votes at an AGM if the strata manager is effectively running the meeting?
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Our chairperson says they are chairing the AGM. However, the strata manager is speaking 90% of the agenda. The chair is exercising the chairperson’s proxy votes (general proxy to chair) not named for motions in the agenda. I understand this proxy is used for a quorum, but the chairperson uses it for voting rights when they are not technically chairing the meeting.
Can fire exits be used for wheelchair access in strata buildings without breaching safety regulations?
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A resident in our building has requested to use the fire exit as an entry/exit for her mother who is in a wheelchair as it is the only suitable entrance. She has also requested to cut down a tree near the fire escape to provide extra room for the wheelchair.
Is it against fire safety regulations to use a fire exit in this way?
Can tenants store items in common property?
Our strata committee has been approached by a new tenant asking if she could store her baby's stroller under the stairs in the entry foyer to our three storey 1930s building. While the space looks custom built for this purpose, no-one has stored anything there before.
Can committees exceed sinking fund budgets or bring forward forecast spending without general meeting approval?
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Is it permissible for a Committee to do either or both of the following without seeking approval at a general meeting? Expend, albeit within its spending limit, some 3 to 4 times on a sinking fund budget line item. Bring forward expenditure, albeit within its spending limit, budgeted for the following year in the 10 year forecast, but not allowed for in the current year’s budget.
Admin expenses paid from sinking fund: How to fix body corporate budget errors and recover funds
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Our body corporate manager has paid an admin cost out of our sinking fund and this has not been rectified. We are only a smaller entity of 37 Lots. Most expenses are for gardening.
This amount paid in error was not budgeted for in last year’s figures so upsets both admin and sinking fund budgets. It amounts to one third of our costs.
What is the best course of action, as requests to the Body Corporate manager appear to be ignored.
How are special levies split for strata repairs: Equal shares or unit entitlement?
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Our body corporate is authorising remedial works and maintenance such as roof repairs, painting of the whole building etc. Additional funds are required for the work as there are not enough funds in the sinking fund.
Is the amount divided equally between the number of units OR should the amount be divided by the size of the units [1 bedroom and 2 bedrooms etc]? I only have a 1 bedroom unit and the other units are 2 and 3 bedrooms.
Why strata schemes use one bank account and cannot transfer between admin and sinking funds
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For accounting purposes body corporates have two accounts - an admin fund and a sinking fund. In practice most body corporate work with one current account from which money from either fund is drawn. This can create confusion over how much money schemes really have allocated to either fund and how much money they really have to use on an immediate basis.