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CA NEWS
Board Member Views By Bob Glandt, Vice President
Dog days of summer mean preparing for 2018 budget
Your Sun City Texas staff is starting to gear up for the upcoming lion dollars for next year. It has to be examined multiple times to
budget process for 2018. All departments are asked to submit make sure that we, the owners and residents, are getting value
their respective proposed budgets to Executive Director Jim for our HOA dues which, based on projected expenses, may go
Romine and Director of Finance Ann Dodson for initial review. up a little. Not one single person involved in this process wants
Meetings are then held with each of the department heads to our dues to rise without good solid reasons for doing so.
validate their requests and explain any new line items that Look around this beautiful place we call home and notice how
appear. This process will take place in August. In September, much is done with what we pay in HOA dues. If you think they
our advisory committees then get their chance to review the are too high, watch a few episodes of House Hunters on HGTV!
SURSRVHGEXGJHWVZLWKWKHGHSDUWPHQWWKH\DUHDIÀOLDWHGZLWK For 21 years now, the CA has been acting on your behalf to
and weigh in with questions or suggestions to make sure they ensure the lowest dues possible while getting the most out of
have their appropriation requests in the proposed budget. each dollar. I believe they have done an outstanding job!
October brings budget reviews with all department heads again, Labor Day Holiday Closures
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Committee and the Board of Directors. When the Finance Monday, Sept. 4
Committee votes to approve the proposal, it is then forwarded $OOIDFLOLWLHVH[FHSW&$EXVLQHVVRIÀFHVZLOOEHRSHQ
to your Board of Directors for discussion at the November board on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4. Business will resume
ZRUNVKRSDQGÀQDODSSURYDODWWKH1RYHPEHUERDUGPHHWLQJ normal hours and operations on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Enjoy
two weeks later. a round of golf or go for a swim at one of Sun City’s
Fitness Centers!
All of what you just read seems like a lot of work just to say OK
to a proposed set of numbers doesn’t it? Stop and think for a
second. Sun City will be looking at a budget of almost $18 mil-
CA BOARD RESIDENT MEMBERS Upcoming Board of Directors (BOD)
workshops and meetings
Bob Glandt Gary Sandercock
Vice President Treasurer Workshops and meetings held quarterly
512-819-0912 512-966-8447
[email protected] [email protected] WORKSHOP
Thursday, Aug. 10, 1 p.m., SCB
Sandy Goodman Steve Ricks Live on Channel 18
Secretary Resident Member
512-868-3453 512-868-9864 RESIDENT DIRECTORS’ OPEN SESSION
[email protected] [email protected] Wednesday, Aug. 16, 3 p.m., CCFG
Steve Ashlock, President MEETING
512-532-3355 • [email protected] Thursday, Aug. 24, 1 p.m., SCB
Live on Channel 18
Board Agenda and Minutes are posted
online at www.sctexas.org > Resident Home
Community Association Info > Board.
All Board workshops and meetings are posted on the
website following the meeting under Communications
> Videos.
BOD meetings are rebroadcast on Channel 18 on the
day of the meeting at 6 and 8 p.m. and the following
Wednesday at 6 p.m. Workshops are rebroadcast at 6
and 8 p.m. the day of the workshop.
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