For the most part, our ice storm brought down pine debris. There might have been a rare incident where other trees were affected. Some on your board have said they know some people will take advantage, and cut and throw unrelated yard debris on the pile, and they are OK with that. Once again, your board serves the deviant behavior of some, and at times the same deviant behavior of individual board members. It appears as though they bless the bad behavior in advance, because they want to excuse the behavior of some on the board. In the end, we all pay, as we follow the rules. We should be use to it by now. We are told to pay our assessments by the end of January. In order to look out for deviants, there are no fines until after March 1. Most of us paid for our own drainage when our homes were built. Maybe your builder wasn't on the favored list. It appears if you are a board member and built homes, and don't like your drainage, or the drainage at the site of homes you helped build, we all pay. If you are a private lot owner receiving mowing services from the association, we are paying for a substantial portion of your lot mowing fees. If you are a board member you can leave large piles of dirt by the road for over a year, let weeds grow on it, and pile all kinds of what appears to be non storm debris, out for pick up, at our expense, and declare that it is OK if residents do it, to cover for yourself.
Take a ride around for yourself. There are instances where the bushes and trees were over grown and now are trimmed. The debris is piled for pick up, at our expense. I was reading about clean up in some areas of Myrtle Beach. If they notice non storm debris in the pile, it stays on your lawn! This isn't hard. Perhaps your board would like to provide this picture to the contractor, and he could do the same. From what I heard at the meeting, debris weight is a measurement, of how much we pay. We are already weighed down with the expense of paying for our board and fellow residents deviant behavior.
