CB South to hold special membership meeting next week

Allowing for members to weigh in on upcoming covenants revote

[  By Katherine Nettles  ]

At the request of a group of 16 people, the Crested Butte South Property Owners Association has scheduled a special meeting for its membership to vote on whether or not to move forward with the POA’s restated and amended covenants vote in July versus waiting until a new board of directors is elected in August. The board sent out notice to its membership on Saturday, May 21 that the special meeting will take place on Wednesday, June 1 at 5 p.m. with both in-person and Zoom options available.

According to POA board president Andrew Sandstrom, the POA bylaws require that if 10 people or more send a letter to the board requesting a special meeting, it must be convened. 

“We got a notarized letter from 16 people calling a special meeting of the owners,” he said. “The request of this group is essentially that because previous vote misallocations nullified the last vote, they are calling into question the validity of the current board and their ability to hold a new vote.”

The letter states, “Please find this letter as a formal objection to the current Crested Butte Property Owners Association Board of Directors moving forward with the proposed Amended and Restated Covenants and Restrictions Vote. Based on Crested Butte South By-laws and our rights as Members of the CB South Property Owners Association, we are requesting a Special Meeting.”

The letter continues, “Since the vote allocation issue was serious enough to nullify the Covenant vote, it logically follows that the current Crested Butte South Property Owners Association Board of Directors were also elected through a vote that could be nullified.”

The special meeting requires a quorum of at least 10% of all owner/members in good standing, or about 95 people. If there is not a quorum the presiding officer then adjourns the meeting and proceeds with the board’s plans as previously established during the board meeting earlier this month. 

“The board feels that we are setting forth a democratic process for people to vote on this issue,” said Sandstrom. “We feel this is a group that doesn’t have the best interest of the community in mind and rather has their own special interests in mind and they are trying to derail the process of a vote.” 

Nevertheless, he said the meeting will proceed and the members will have an opportunity to voice their preference. 

“We’ve worked to improve these covenants and develop a more nimble process,” said Sandstrom. “We will let the membership decide.”