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Woodmont’s July 19 board

meeting was chaired by

Richard Kisco. Present were

Treasurer Tom Cianfrani, Secretary

Steve Schulte and board members Bill

Foy, Karl Natriello (Finance Commit-

tee) and Tom Krisak (Pool Committee).

Kathy Romano and Executive Director

Cheri Bungard represented Wentworth

Management. Chuck Bacon (Greenleaf)

and 13 homeowners attended.

Landscape committee chair resignsTom Ryan has resigned as chair (since

October 2008) of our Landscaping Com-

mittee. In a letter to the board, he wrote:

“While I believe that everyone on the

Landscape Committee understands the

financial challenges of the last two years

brought about by adverse weather con-

ditions, there is nonetheless a disagree-ment between the Board and myself 

about the priorities for and the alloca-

tion of our existing resources and the

steps necessary to get the most out of 

those monetary resources.”

Rich Kisco said he had had discussions

with Tom, but the board’s decision to

stop all spending on beautification until

the fall was firm (the board recently

spent about $300 on plants for the pool

that were ordered earlier in the year). A 

homeowner pointed out that this deci-

sion was not communicated directly toTom or to his committee.

Fred Sturner, a member of the commit-

tee and a former chair, said Tom R. had

been “the most conscientious and caring

of all chairs and took the most trouble

over his reports to the board.” The com-

mittee will not meet until a new budget

has been drafted, and will then suggest

that a board member joins it, to keep

members informed of board decisions

and policies.

Finance Committee reportTom Cianfrani said Woodmont’s net

income for May was $2,200. Revenue is

up by $9,600 from recovery of 2010/2011

legal expenses but offset by lower inter-

est income on replacement reserves.

Revenue and expenses are on plan.  YTD, snow expenses are about $21K 

over plan and grounds improvement is

roughly $6,500 under plan. In May, $2K 

was transferred from operating to oper-

ating surplus as a first installment on

repaying the $35K borrowed from the

snow reserves. As of the end of June,

$10K will have been repaid. Fred

Sturner asked if snow could be dumped

in the detention basin instead of piled up

on circles and verges. Tom C. said piling

up the snow was much cheaper than

carting it to the basin.

Newspaper nuisance  A homeowner complained about The

Times’s Weekender supplement, which

is tossed into our driveways whether we

are subscribers or not. Not much can be

done about this, although several people

have contacted the newspaper.

Broken sidewalk still broken A homeowner complained that the walk-

way from the Morton to the Marvin cir-

cle was damaged during the snow sea-

son and is not yet repaired. Kathy said it

would be addressed.

Welcome Committee revivedThe committee has been dormant for

several months owing to lack of informa-

tion about new Woodmonters. Kathy

said two newcomers moved in in June.

Their names and addresses will be sent

to Mary Louise Buckley, who takes a

small gift and a copy of “Welcome to

Woodmont” to new residents. Tom Kri-

sak will keep Mary Louise informed

Kathy noted that our governing docu-

ments are being revised and updated by

Stark & Stark in all respects that do not

call for a two-thirds majority vote.

Architectural mattersRich Voss noted three applications have

been approved by the board: new roof

exhaust covers (9 Jackie), replacement

garage doors (32 Woodmont) and a new

sliding door to a deck (17 Morton).

Sidewalk repairs approvedThe board voted to accept a bid byCervelli to repair and replace the side-walks on the west side of WoodmontDrive from the tennis courts aroundpast the entrance and west on FranklinCorner Road, also, on the east side, fromthe sign down the road to the newsbox-es, total $17,750 plus about $1,600 forunderlying stone. Both amounts will bedeferred maintenance requests.

A newsletter for Woodmont?Senior Publishing Co. has submitted a

proposal to provide us with a monthly

newsletter, free of charge. Woodmont

volunteers would contribute four pages

of copy and photos each month. The

company sells advertising, does layout,

prints and distributes. Board members

are thinking it over. In the mean time,

please make sure Kathy has your email

address. This issue of the Highlights is

56 percent paperless!

If you need help . . . Kathy Romano is on duty in the

Woodmont office from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Mondays (609-895-1046, fax 609-895-

9630). On other days, contact her at

609-895-9636 or kromano@went -w o r t h m g t . c o m .

The Highl ights is an independent report on board proceedings at Wo o d m o n t . This issue was written by Liz Hagen. The Highlights isprinted and distributed courtesy of the board, but it is not the voice of the board. The official minutes are in the cl u b h o u s e , or onlineat the URL above. Please send comments or corrections to Liz at lizhagen@leasow e . o r g , 6 0 9 - 8 9 6 - 2 9 2 3 .

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