Monday, January 11, 2016

January 2016 KHHA Board Meeting Minutes

Kings Hill Homeowner Association Board Meeting
January 11, 2016 - - Lower Westford Town Office
Called to Order at 7:05 pm

Present: Martha McClintock, Janice Edler, Anne Cummings, Eric Johnson, Bob Parker, Kim Maloney, Ben Saunders

Guests: None

Election of new board members: Newly appointed President, Lance Pitcher, resigned from the board.  Bob Parker offered to step into this role.  Motion by Kim, second by Eric, to accept Bob’s offer to be Board President.  Vote passed 6-0.  Ben Saunders was added to the Board since he had expressed interest in serving during the annual meeting.  Motion by Kim, second by Bob, to nominate Ben for the vice president role.  Vote passed 6-0.

Open Forum:  No issues identified to the Board

Secretary: Janice read the report from the December meeting.   Motion by Eric, second by Martha, to approve minutes as written; passed 7-0.

Treasurer: Dues Collection - Eight members are past due.  Discussion ensued on collecting back dues from Homeowners.  A note to a delinquent Home Owner in arrears for dues that states the board will start proceedings and to contact the Board for a payment plan will be sent out.  Note to be drafted by Kim.  Motion by Kim, second by Bob, all approved.

Annual financial audit review:
Eric provided a copy of the financial audit.  Board discussed updating report.  To be discussed at next meeting.

Roads: North Road issues with no sand on a trash day.  Louko’s was notified and came back to properly sand the road.  Gauthier’s came later that day to pick up trash.  Discussion on the culvert located on Forest Lane and adding more fill.  Kim to look at culvert.  There is a concern with large, heavy vehicles traveling over the culvert until a fix can be made.  

Trails:   Discussion on replacing a bridge on the red trail in the spring.  Possibly look at rerouting a section of the blue trail. 

Environmental report:  Anne brought forward an idea on holding 2-3 social events per year,
possibly during trail clearing days.  Anne to put together a proposal.

Policy Development: No Updates

The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 pm.  The next meeting will be on February 8th at 7:00 pm at the lower Westford Town Office. 

Respectfully submitted,
Janice Edler

Monday, December 14, 2015

December 2015 KHHA Board Meeting Minutes



Kings Hill Homeowner Association Board Meeting
December 14th, 2015 - - Lower Westford Town Office
Called to Order at 7:05 pm

Present: Ann Laramee, Martha McClintock, Janice Edler, Jake Cady, Anne Cummings, Eric Johnson, Bob Parker, Lance Pitcher, Kim Maloney

Guests: None

Open Forum:  No issues identified to the Board

Secretary: Janice read the report from the annual meeting. Treasurer’s report for October will be added to the meeting minutes file on the KHHA drive.

Treasurer: Dues Collection - Nine members are past due.  Progress was made in collecting dues from aging accounts last month.  Discussion ensued on collecting back dues from Homeowners.

Jake sent out the Louko’s snow removal contract to the board and it has been posted to the drive. 

Billing has not been received from Pigeon Brothers for work performed on Old Stage Rd.

Roads: There is a three year contract for plowing in place with Louko’s.  This is a fixed price contract.  Pigeon Brothers completed road maintenance work on Birth Ridge Road and Forest Lane.  Work included adding fill material to roads, ditching, removing trees, and replacing a culvert.

A formal request from a Homeowner to add more fill over the new culvert on Forest Lane was received.  New Roads Commissioner to meet with Homeowner.

Trails:   No discussion on trails.

KHHA Handbook: Anne to update the Board members in the soft copy version of the handbook located on the KHHA drive.

Covenant Committee:    Stage 1 complete – covenants/bylaws update language and edit typographical errors.  Discussion on next phases briefly discussed.

Annual Meeting results - Election of new board members:

President – Lance Pitcher
Vice President – Bob Parker
Treasurer – Eric Johnson
Secretary – Janice Edler
Roads – Kim Maloney
Trails – Martha McClintock
Environmental – Anne Cummings

Vote to accept candidates as read, motion Anne, second Eric; all in favor.

Policy Development: No Updates

The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 pm.  The next meeting will be on January 11th at 7:00 pm at the lower Westford Town Office. 

Respectfully submitted,
Janice Edler

Monday, October 19, 2015

2015 KHHA Annual Meeting Minutes

Kings Hill Homeowner Association Annual Meeting
October 19, 2015   Westford Public Library
Call to Order 7:10 pm

Present:  Jim Nichols, Martha McClintock, Ann Laramee, Anne Cummings, Janice Edler
Guests: Eight Homeowners attended the meeting.

President' Report: Ann Laramee reviewed the work of the board during the 2014-2015 association year.  A Copy of report is provided as an attachment.

Treasurer’s Report:  Eric Johnson provided a copy of the financial report for the 2014-2015 association year.  A Copy of report is provided as an attachment.

Collection policy will be posted on KHHA drive and blog site.

Road’s Report:  Jake Cady provided the report which was read by Ann Laramee.  A Copy of report is provided as an attachment.

Trail’s report:  A Trail clearing event is scheduled for October 24th at 9:00 am.  Meet at the top of Mountain Road. Light breakfast fare will be provided.

Handbook Discussion:  Anne to send Janice the document to post on the KHHA drive and blog site.

Covenants Committee:  In September, the Board approved the revised Covenants to be sent to Homeowners for a vote.  This will be sent out via hardcopy.

Michele Davia offered information regarding Fire district loans.

Voting for the 2015-2016 Board: Next year' board members are Eric Johnson, Janice Edler, Martha McClintock, Anne Cummings, Bob Parker, Lance Pitcher, and Kim Maloney

Lance Pitcher received a write in vote and agreed to participate on the board after being contacted by Ann after the Annual Meeting.

Ben Saunders also expressed interest in serving on the board if another member was needed.

Meeting adjourned at 7:45 pm. 

Respectfully submitted,
Janice Edler