What's next?

The Property Owners Association Board of Directors will likely decide Thursday night what the next assessment plan will look like.

Originally, an ad hoc committee recently appointed by the board proposed a $6 increase per month for improved lots and a $2 increase for unimproved lots. The committee is composed of four board members, two members of the association, the general manager and the finance director.

The board is also mulling over a suggestion made by a member during the public comment segment of last week's work session. That suggestion was for an increase of $6 a month for improved lots and $4 for unimproved lots.

Those numbers would represent a 25 percent increase in the assessment fee for both lot types, something the member characterized as fair to all.

While we could support either measure, we are concerned that the board is going to become bogged down looking at too many options and will again cause confusion among members.

If the board is determined to get a ballot mailed out and returned by sometime in September, it will have to get its plan formulated right away and should move ahead with either of these two plans, which are simple and straightforward.

The board wants to have an assessment increase passed by members so it can go into effect by the first of the year. Also, another failure to reach quorum, such as what occurred in May, may result in the need for the board to authorize a second election, either on the same plan with a lower quorum requirement or a new plan.

It cannot afford to be looking at every idea that comes before the board, such as it did for a year prior to the May vote when the board proposed and rejected more plans than any of us can remember.

Let's get a plan in place and move forward. And if a plan cannot be formulated quickly, then let's put it to rest for a year.