The January 22nd Anthem Council meeting marked the transition of the Council to control by the communities that make up the Anthem Master Plan: Sun City Anthem, Country Club, Coventry, Solera, Anthem Highlands, and Terra Bella.
Anthem Council is responsible for the upkeep of the Master Plan’s common properties, which include landscaping along Anthem roadways, maintenance of the waterfalls and other features at the main Anthem entrance, etc. A portion of our annual Association fees goes to Anthem Council for this purpose.
Each Anthem community has one representative on the Council, along with an at-large member elected by the Council. At the January 22nd meeting, Country Club resident John Thompson outpolled Sun City Anthem’s Roz Berman for the at-large position, giving Country Club two seats on the seven-member Board.
Mr. Thompson has an extensive background in construction and property management.
Chris Pritchett from Country Club was elected President of the Council, Jack Troia from Sun City Anthem was elected Treasurer, and Clint Wellis from Coventry was elected Secretary.
Randy Watkins, representing the Del Webb Management Company, sits on the Council as a non-voting member. But Mr. Watkins noted at the meeting that as long as the developer owns any type of property in the Master Plan, even the smallest of parcels, it retains the legal right to veto actions proposed by the Council, though it is unlikely to exercise this right under normal circumstances.
Watkins also pointed out that the Council and its activities are not governed by Nevada Revised Statute 116, which pertains only to homeowners associations.
Watkins said the Council reserves are funded at 53 percent at transition, which the developer has determined to be “adequate.”
The newly constituted Council wasted little time exerting itself. When representatives of Valley Crest Landscape, the current landscape contractor for the Council, presented a proposal for a three-year contract renewal with a 10-percent reduction in its fee, the Council put the brakes on, opting instead for a one-year renewal so that the contract could go out for bid later in the year. Valley Crest agreed to the arrangement and will offer the 10- percent reduction for the one year, saving the Council about $95,000.
The Council also voted to accept a proposal from the Wells Fargo insurance broker, which also obtains insurance for Sun City Anthem, for a one-year insurance package at a 10-percent premium increase over 2009.
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