Hi, yes we charge 150 per year, which just covers our grass cutting. If and when other things need doing we reconsider fees. Photocoping paper etc is just supplied!, as are phone calls etc.
We have an upto date house list ,with names , kids names, phone numbers which we circulate with their permission to every house. Also an ice breaker when new people move in( only happened once in 3 years).
We will investigate Neighbour watch before my term finishs and hope to be handed over to the council as well. Our builder is very good, if a little slow to react but it does ifnally get done and hes quiet house proud himself.
Just remeber been handed over to the council wont get the grass cut!
And yes we have had one or two houses saying the issues we try to improve are actually the builders problems, and maybe they are right, but its our area and we live there not the builder.
As to decasion making, hmm chair, sec and treasurer decide if we pay for grass or not, what else is there to decide? Its not local government.
When more house where proposed for next door estate, we had a meeting about 11 people there out of 24, and we agreed to spend 25euro making a submission. There was also some community pressure , all organisations in town where making the same point.
However,if a commitee is elected then they should be let do the job they where elected to do.
When we lived in south dublin, the RA formed to object to a development and then evapourated when issue was over. In the area there was also a community group made up of reps from about the 20 RA in there area and it was very policitial, with one party making sure it had all the reps positions from their own RA's and it became quiet messy at times. To be avoided, as this group tried to say it spoke for the entire area, and actually undermined the position of the RA
Good debate