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# Willamette Towers HOA Board of Directors Board Meeting ## Thursday, 12 November 2015 16:00 Willamette Towers Office Board Members Present:Jeff Ryder, Chair; Paula Rogers; Luther Greulich; Rick Lowen, Treasurer; BMC: Diane Sollinger; Tom Weaverling Present: Jeanne-Marie Moore ### During this WT HOA BOD Meeting: Rick Lowen was elected Treasurer. The 2016 budget was adopted. A dues increase was approved. ### Introductions: None. ### Report on plumbing phases: Tom Weaverling gave a report on the plumbing projects that will occur over the next few years at WT. Phase 1 (boiler replacement) was completed in March 2015. Phase 2 (replacing first-floor galvanized piping with Aquatherm) will take place in January 2016. Phases 3-5 (more replacement of piping with Aquatherm by stack) will take place in 2017 and later. ### Owners’ Forum. No comments. ### Approval or amendment of agenda. Approved as is. ### Approval or amendment of minutes (10/29/2015). The minutes from 10/29/2015 were approved, with two emendations: the name of the plumbing company and the unit number requesting reimbursement. ### Election of Treasurer. Rick Lowen was elected Treasurer. ### Reports #### Treasurer There was no Treasurer’s Report this month. A full operating statement can be found in the WT office. BMC will provide a summary each month starting in December. ### Committees Neighborhood Watch. Jean-Marie Moore has contacted Steve Chambers in Eugene Police Department’s Crime Prevention. He can come to WT to talk to residents about setting up a Neighborhood Watch. ### BMC Unit 1202’s request for reimbursement for plumbing work was approved. Unit 206’s lease was renewed for 1 year with a 3% increase. ActionGrams were reviewed. ### Old business #### Adoption of 2016 Budget. Jeff Ryder made motion to accept the 2016 budget (file: “WT 2016 Budget version 2.xlsx”). Rick Lowen seconded. Discussion: Keep in-house and outside vendor figures separate; split up insurance category into 4: property, directors, flood, liability. Passed unanimously. 2016 increase in monthly assessments. Jeff Ryder made a motion to accept Rick Lowen’s “2016 monthly assessment worksheet.” Rick Lowen seconded. Passed unanimously. #### Updates on ongoing projects. Bike stickers are working okay. The east door was fixed for $720, and the north stairwell door will be finished next week for $1,439 (parts) + $1,200-$1,500 (labor). The $17,000 for Mechanical Air will be paid in December. We had previously thought that we would need to pay it sooner. ### New Business Election of new Treasurer. See above. ### The next WT HOA BOD Board Meeting: Thursday, 17 December 2015 at 16:00. ### Adjourned 16:56. ### Executive session.