Thursday, July 10, 2008

Dues Increase

Because of the weekly lawn maintenance which is now being taken care of by a professional company, and the needed landscaping and the reserve account, the decision has been made to increase dues.  This was not an easy decision, but was a necessary one.  Dues will increase from $15/mth to $20/mth effective immediately. 

If you have paid the $180 already for your pool key, the monthly dues will be charged to that $180 credit on your account until it is used up (which will be January 2009).  So in February 2009 you will begin receiving monthly invoices for the $20 dues until the remaining $60 difference is paid (May 2009).  Or you can choose to just send us the additional $60 before then if you would rather not get the monthly invoices.

If you have not paid the year in advance, you will receive an invoice each month for the $20.

We encourage you to please plan ahead, as those homeowners desiring a pool key for next summer will need to pay the entire $240 up front in June 2009.  

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have no problem with a dues increase. However, if you are going to pay a professional lawn maintenance company to mow the lawn, you need to apply more water so they are not mowing dead grass. Also, if you are going to install more landscaping, it also will need more water. Please water the lawn MORE to make the area look better than it does today.

Cimarron Estates HOA Executive Committee said...

You are most certainly right!

Turns out that our sprinkler timer had been malfunctioning for some time now, and getting worse (although we didn't know it until the grass started to die). Cory replaced it a few weeks ago, and then set the sprinklers to water every day to get the grass back to green.

We think we have caught the problem now and think we can prevent this from happening again next year.