Tag: Lisa Magill

An HOA board in Florida says they just received confirmation from their county that the entire storm drain system in their community is the responsibility of the HOA. This includes all underground pipes and the ponds. And the county says the storm drain system should have regular inspections for blockages and other potential issues.

This board says they have no knowledge that their HOA has ever been inspected in its 25-year life span.

Yikes! The bad news for those of you reading this and thanking your lucky stars this isn’t your community? This isn’t all that unusual. All of our experts have examples of condos and HOAs learning well after the fact that they’re supposed to be maintaining and repairing something they all along thought was somebody else’s job.

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This is way more common than you might expect. In Florida, where this board learned of its new responsibilities, this doesn’t come as a surprise to Lisa Magill, CCAL, of counsel based in Pompano Beach, Fla., Kaye, Bender & Rembaum, who represents about 80 condos and HOAs throughout Florida. Finish the story here…

An HOAleader.com reader says their board passed a mistake-filled budget, over their objections, and didn’t provide proper notice for the meeting at which they did that.

In this week’s tip, we figure out whether this is the hill this owner should die on.

According to our reader: “Our Florida condo association board along with the community association manager generated the 2026 proposed budget increasing our dues by $20 per month.

I reviewed the budget in detail and found errors on several line items that would reduce the increase in dues down to at least $2 per month instead of $20. I emailed the board and the CAM three times with detailed spreadsheets supporting my numbers. I heard nothing from the board over the following three weeks. Read full article…