Question:
I live in a 120 unit condo association. We had our annual meeting last night with about 40 attendees which is 1/3 of the owners. A motion to install a security gate was proposed but with only 1/3 of owners attending, the motion passed with a show of hands. Is that legal? For an monetary undertaking like that, that affects all 120 unit owners, shouldn’t it be required that 2/3rd of the owners have to be present and vote on the security gate, not just 1/3 or 40 owners showing up with just over half voting for the gate? To me it’s like only 1/8th of the 120 owners voted for the gate, since only 1/3 of the owners actually attended the meeting. It doesn’t seem that that vote should have passed since less than 1/3 actually voted on such an undertaking.
– Karla
Answer:
Hi Karla,
The legality of the vote depends on your condo association’s governing documents, such as the bylaws and the CC&Rs. These documents typically outline the procedures for voting on various matters, including the quorum requirements (the minimum number of members who must be present for a vote to be valid) and the percentage of votes needed for different types of decisions.
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