(Updated June 2023)

 

Your Present Board Members - As of October 2024

 

* Position 1: Liz Hammack, Chairperson
Term expires May 2027

* Position 2: Sue Barton, Secretary
Term expires May 2026

* Position 3: Chris Seigneur, Treasurer
Term expires May 2027

* Position 4: Gordon Rabing, Board Member
Term expires May 2026

* Position 5: Allison Smith, Board Member
Term expires May 2027

Our By-Laws say ... the board of directors shall consist of five members. All directors shall be owners ...

E-mail the board: theboard@myriverbank.org

 

Board of Directors and Officers

The board of directors is elected by the HOA members. The board of directors is responsible for making important decisions, enforcing rules and regulations, managing finances, and maintaining the overall well-being of the community.

1. The board of directors has a fiduciary duty to act in the best interest of the association and its members. Their responsibilities include overseeing the association’s finances, making decisions regarding common areas and amenities, enforcing rules and regulations, and hiring and managing vendors or property management companies. The board also has the power to adopt rules and regulations, which must be reasonable and applied uniformly to all members of the association.

Effective communication and collaboration between the board and the members are crucial for the successful governance of our HOA.

ORS 94.644 (Edited here for relevance)

Meetings of board of directors; notice; executive sessions. 

* all meetings of the board of directors of an association are open to owners’ attendance. An owner does not have any right to participate in a meeting except as may be provided by the governing documents or by the board.

 *The board may close the meeting to owners and meet in an executive session to:
      (A) Consult with legal counsel; or
      (B) Consider the following:
      (i) Personnel matters, including salary negotiations and employee discipline;
      (ii) Negotiation of contracts with third parties; or
      (iii) Collection of unpaid assessments.

* Except in the case of an emergency, the board may not meet in executive session unless voted for by the board in an open meeting and the presiding officer of the board states the general nature of the action to be considered and, as precisely as possible, when and under what circumstances the deliberations can be disclosed to owners. The statement, motion or decision to meet in executive session must be included in the minutes of the meeting.

* A contract or an action considered in executive session is not effective unless the board, following the executive session, reconvenes in an open meeting and votes to approve the contract or action, which must be included in the minutes.

* The meeting and notice requirements in this section may not be circumvented by chance or social meetings or by any other means.

* As used in ORS 94.640 and this section, “meeting” means a convening of a quorum of members of the board of directors at which association business is discussed, except a convening of a quorum of members of the board of directors for the purpose of participating in litigation, mediation or arbitration proceedings. [2021 c.40 §3]

oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors094.html

 

Our By-Laws Article VIII - Officers

Chairman: The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Association and of the board of directors. ...

Secretary: The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept a complete record of all meetins of the Association and of the board of directors and of the owners; keep appropriate current records showing the names and addrsses of the owners; perform such duties as he is required to perfor in connection with assessments; and shall perform such other duties as may be required by the board of directors to perform the duties of the secretry.

Treasurer: The treasurer shall pay or cause to be paid vouchers in accordance wit the terms of these bylaws; shall keep such records, make such reports and perform such other duties as may be required from time to time by the board of directors.