Question: The role of the council of owners vs the role of the strata manager. Who really runs the show?
Answer: The Strata Manager is a contracted service supplied to the Strata Company, and Strata Managers need that direction from the Council with regards to most of the duties undertaken on behalf of the Strata Company.
In the end, Section 135 talks about the functions and the Constitution of the Council and ultimately, the role of the Office of the Council is to perform all the duties of the Strata Company. The Strata Manager is a contracted service supplied to the Strata Company, and Strata Managers need that direction from the Council with regard to most of the duties undertaken on behalf of the Strata Company.
As long as the Strata Manager informs the council, provides expertise around the legislation and helps in keeping them informed on the bylaws that also govern the scheme, it then falls to the Council of Owners as to whether they want to take on that advice, or want to instruct the strata manager differently.
Ultimately, as long as the Strata Manager feels it is not going to cause significant detriment to the scheme and by and large as long as we inform the Council along the way, we generally tend to do what the council asks us to do.
Scott Bellerby
B Strata
E: scott.bellerby@bstratawa.com.au
P: 08 9382 7700


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