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The role of board members in a community association is fairly straightforward: keep informed on the association’s business operations; be familiar with and come prepared to discuss the agenda items for upcoming board meetings; encourage and participate in constructive, businesslike discussions of those agenda items; and use your judgement to […]

The common widsom is that arbitration provides a swift, private and cost-effective path to dispute resolution. Mindful of this widely held view, some construction companies have learned the hard way that arbitration does not always deliver the promised benefits. Too often, the arbitration process turns out to be more costly […]

New Jersey’s Municipal Services Act (the “Act”), N.J.S.A. 40:67-23.2 – 23.8, requires that every municipality provide “qualified private communities” with certain municipal services on its roads or streets or reimburse those communities for such services.  The purpose of the Act is to eliminate double payment for services (such as snow and ice removal, lighting […]

A:     We’re not prepared for our annual meeting which is in August. We’d like to reschedule for September. Can we do that or should we just have an unprepared annual meeting in August to just say we had one? B:     While we would normally not advise a board […]