Board Members Present:
President Mary Pracht Diane Jones
Vice President Joe Claflin Suzi Combs
Secretary Faye
Taylor Larry Hibbs
Treasurer John Porter John Cummings
Ken Benck
GM James Turner
Vice President Joe Claflin opened
the Board meeting by introducing the new president of the Board, Mary Pracht.
Mary asked for approval of January’s
Board minutes. Passed unanimously
Treasurer’s report was given during
the Town meeting.
19th
Hole
GM Turner presented the proposed
Management Agreement to the Board for approval.
Motion was passed unanimously. GM
Turner left to attend his twins’ eleventh birthday party.
Operational
Policy & Procedures
·
Country
Club
o $50
per week day
o $100
per weekend day
o Passed
unanimously
·
Pool
o 6
days per week, 9 hours per day
o Passed
unanimously
Straw
Vote
·
Dorsey
vs. DPOA payment of $10,000
o Passed
unanimously
·
Sales Tax
User Fee
o $2,155.28
was paid for out of state tax
o Passed
unanimously
Special
Assessment of $50. 00 per home owner / not lot owners
o One
time fee to be collected when dues go out next week
o Passed
unanimously
Budget
for 2014-15 Fiscal Year
Treasurer
John Porter:
o Total
Revenue - 1.270,000
o Total
Expenses- 1,178,000
Ken Benck asked about the 12 Hour
Police Protection. Ken Benck, Suzi
Combs, Diane Jones, & Larry Hibbs believe it is important to keep the 24 /
7 Security in the budget
John
Porter asked Chief Joel Tyner: “Joel what is it going to cost to keep the
extra body there?”
Joel
Tyner: “We are short staffed now.” Joel explained that if DH goes back to a 12
hour security, the gate will break down causing problems with entrance into DH.
John
Porter: “Do you think $30,000 for
this employee?”
Joel
Tyner: “Yes….”
Mary
Pracht: “All the other areas of
access into Diamondhead are still going to be there.”
Larry
Hibbs: “Until we have better access
through those gates, we need to keep it at 24 / 7 security.”
Joel
Tyner: I’m doing just fine with the
schedule we have right now.
Joel
Tyner: We need that extra person to
man the gate. “If I went to 12 hour
shift, I would loose 4 people…” Some of these
people were recently hired. “If we loose
them, you pay for what you get…”
The Board proceeded to cut other
areas of the budget in an effort to keep the 24 / 7 Security:
o Patio
Deck at Golf shop - $3,500
o Beautification
Committee’s request for a sprinkler system - $5,500.
o “Last
item in Capital funds” John Porter - $15,000.
Treasurer John Porter suggested the
Budget be tabled until next month. This
will allow the Finance Committee to review the Budget again. This idea was agreed upon by all Board members.
The Dues will be sent out to the
DPOA membership next week, with the $50.00 assessment.
Meeting adjourned
Notes provided by
Diane Porterfield
