What is the procedure to have the minutes of an AGM amended? Is it by way of a motion for the agenda of the next AGM or can an amendment be proposed and seconded from the floor at the time of the next AGM? If it is the latter, is a vote necessary?
A tenant has written to the strata committee about rules relating to hanging washing on the line. They insist the committee record their name and email contents in the minutes. Can the committee ignore the request and merely note in the minutes that "correspondence relating to hanging of washing was received, discussed and replied to"?
I have purchased a top floor unit in Kogarah, NSW and noticed there is no smoke alarm installed. The unit was in a building built in 1974.
I emailed strata asking them to have a smoke alarm installed and their response was:
“As this is a requirement for within your own lot, you will need to organise to have the smoke alarms installed as soon as possible. Unfortunately, this is not a strata cost and one that you will need to cover.”
The 2006 NSW legislation regarding smoke alarms falls short of the NSW Fire and Rescue's "encouragement" that interconnected alarms be installed.
Despite being very familiar with the NSW legislation I was unaware of NSW Fire & Rescue's "encouragement" until a new electrician mentioned it last Friday.
It would be great to receive some information about interconnected alarms for townhouses.
Our building was built in 1977. I am getting conflicting information from Council and the contractor regarding our smoke alarms.
Due to the age of the building, are battery operated smoke alarms compliant? The building is old and it seems too complicated to go down the hard wired path.
I’ve heard the EPA guidelines are just an information sheet and, for class 2 buildings, the type of smoke alarm used is the owner's choice - hard wired or battery operated. Is this correct?
I am the secretary of our strata committee. Our building is six years old. We do not have a sophisticated safety system, with no central fire panel.
We are not required to submit a fire safety statement to the Council. However, we’re committed to ensuring we have all the safety measures and that they are routinely inspected.