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Article Courtesy of CBS
Channel 4 Miami
By
Anna McAllister
Published August 14, 2023
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DANIA BEACH - As hot as it is outside, tensions were blazing inside a HOA board
meeting in the Oakbridge neighborhood Wednesday night.
"We're tired of it," said resident Kim Cotugno.
Cotugno has lived in the neighborhood since 1997.
She says the current HOA board of directors are causing headaches and financial
woes for residents.
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"We've been assessed twice already in the last five months
on insurance which was negligence on the board of directors
part. Now, they want to put new roofs on only half of the
community but want to assess the entire community, the same
amount," said Cotugno.
Cotugno and other residents tell us the assessments are
costing them more than $5,000 per home and that the roof
replacement could cost up to $12,000 dollars per home.
"Unfortunately, we've had a series of appointed boards as
opposed to elected boards and now we're sitting in a
situation where we kind of have a financial knife against
our throat," said resident John Hickey.
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Residents say tempers are reaching a boiling with some of the board members.
One was seen taking down signs made by the homeowners expressing their feeling
about the board.
"We need some new leadership here, and we want to promote open and fair
elections. We want the owners to pick who it is who they want to represent them
as opposed to board members picking people that they prefer," said Hickey.
Despite having a full house at the HOA board meeting, many residents feel
they're still not getting answers and say their concerns are falling on deaf
ears.
We asked the HOA attorney and the property management company, Vesta Property
Services for comment, and they declined.
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