Fall Bill
Gere & Carol Flick
purpose of the protest was to let the Board know that, as cottage
owners, we believe we have a right to an accounting of the amounts we
are charged. There are several reasons for this. The Board has
stated that since the gas and water services are no longer billed by
the company, they have lost revenue generated when they operated the
gas and water system. We all remember that the company doubled the
cost they were charged to allegedly cover the costs of maintenance of
the system. Now that they have lost that source of revenue, they have
added the nefarious "common usage" charges.
There is one problem here. While I will agree that they did lose some
revenue as a result of the loss of the gas and water systems, they
also no longer have maintenance costs, cost of gas and water and the
associated taxes and other add-ons. However, if you review your fall
bill from when they did have those revenue sources, the cost was
around $300 per cottage, the same amount we are paying now.
Something doesn't add up. The company no longer has a gas or water
bill as large as previously, they don't incur any maintenance costs
for the systems, yet, we are paying the same amount.
Actually, why even seperate out the "common usage" charges at all?
Aren't they really part of the company's operating expenses?
Think about it, our "operations fees have now gone from $1,100 per
year to $1,700 or more per year with no accounting!
Board members: if my assumptions are incorrect, I invite you to
provide us cottage owners with the information to refute my claim, in
detail!
Gere