Can committee secretaries be reimbursed for meeting and credit card expenses?

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The Body Corporate has reimbursed the secretary for annual organiser plan on GoToMeeting to hold the committee meetings, general meetings and informal committee meetings, that are not transparent to owners. Sums included fees for payment by a credit card as well. One general meeting and two committee meetings were held online remotely, costing more that $600.

Can all expense be paid by the secretary using a credit card?

There are months with no general meeting or committee meetings, but the payment of the annual plan includes meetings in these months.

Is it a conflict of interest for a strata chairperson to set their own pay?

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We have a Strata of 21 units. 11 units are held by a group of original owners who are also friends.

They have appointed a chairman who is also paid "in lieu of a building manager". This person refuses to be transparent around processes and does not share information with the committee. Therefore we do not have a democratic process and "do not know what we don't know". The chairman controls the meetings the information provided and votes on all matters including his remuneration.

Can a body corporate employ a resident for small maintenance jobs?

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We are a 9 villa complex under the standard module. We are considering appointing a retired resident living in our complex to undertake care of our common area gardens consisting of maintaining a small garden area and a limited amount of mowing. The resident has volunteered to do the job. He is 70 years and very physically able to do the work as it should only be around 3 hours a month. This would be ideal for our situation.

Can a strata chairperson be paid as a caretaker?

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The Chairperson of our body corp made up of 74 units is also in the financial documents as being a ‘caretaker’ receiving approx $900 per month payment from the Body Corporate.

Multiple requests to the Strata manager and the chair/caretaker, in their capacity as chairperson of the BC, for a copy of the job description, hourly rate and hours of employment have been met with silence.

Must older strata schemes comply with the NSW Strata Schemes Management Act 2015?

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  1. Is it compulsory for an existing Strata, say registered prior to July 1974, to adopt or comply with the new NSW State Strata Management Act of 2015?
  2. Can a majority Executive Committee vote to decide to maintain and comply with their pre-existing 2015 Strata By-laws?
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