What are the offices, duties and responsibilities of the LGCA Member Council?

Council Members are elected by a majority vote of the owners at the annual meeting every September and are asked to serve a two year term.  Members are not paid for their service but may be reimbursed for any reasonable but rarely occurring out-of-pocket expenses.

Together they are responsible for the overall general maintenance and upkeep on the community by hiring managers, vendors, and professionals to complete any work needed to protect the common elements and areas.

For more info, see Article III of the Community Code of Regulations.

Officers are chosen from among the current members of the Council and include a President, Treasurer, and Secretary and may include a Vice President.

• President. The President shall be the chief executive officer. S/He shall preside at all meetings of Unit Owners and of the Council and shall have all powers and duties customarily vested in chief executive officers, including the power to execute, acknowledge and deliver Instruments on behalf of the Council.

• Vice President. The Vice President, if any, shall exercise the powers and duties of the President In his absence or in the event of the President’s incapacity to act, and s/he shall have such other duties as the Council or the President may impose.

• Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be the chief financial officer. S/He shall have charge and custody of the funds of the Council.  The Treasurer shall keep detailed books and records of all assets, liabilities, receipts and expenditures of the Council, specifying and itemizing therein (i) the costs and expenses of the maintenance, repair and replacement of the Common Elements and (ii) all other expenses incurred or revenues received by the Council.  In pursuance of the Council’s assessments of the Common Expenses against the Units and the Unit Owners, s/he shall keep an accurate record of such assessments and of the payment thereof by each Unit Owner.  S/He shall deposit the funds of the Council in the name of the Council in such depositories as the Council may from time to time designate.  S/He shall, on request, render to the Council an accounting of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Council and in general s/he shall have the powers and duties customarily vested in chief financial officers. The Treasurer and any other employee or agent of the Council handling its funds shall, if required by the Council, in addition to the bonding requirements set forth in Section 8 of Article VIII hereof, furnish bond in such form and amount and covering such risks as the Council shall require, the premium for which shall be a Common Expense.  S/He shall comply with all requirements made of him by the Act.

• Secretary. The Secretary shall be responsible for giving any requisite notice of meetings and for keeping the minutes and for keeping the minutes of all meetings of the Unit Owners and of the Council. S/He shall maintain records of all calls, notices, waivers of notice and minutes of all meetings of the Unit Owners and of the Council, of all proxies to vote at meetings of the Unit Owners and of all written consents of the Council.  S/He shall maintain the voting list required by Section 5 of Article II hereof and a list of all addresses submitted for notice purposes pursuant to Section 1 of Article XII hereof.  The Secretary shall be the custodian of all the books and records of the Council other than those whose custody is placed herein in the Treasurer and in general shall have the powers and duties customarily vested in Secretaries.

• The Council may occasionally elect one or more Assistant Officers who serve for a limited time to divide the workload and increase the efficiency of regular operations. Assistant Officers work with the Council but are not voting members.

• Also, committee members and volunteers are always appreciated and welcomed!