The committee is elected at the Annual General Meeting. It comprises up to seven voting members:
- Chairperson
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- 4 other members
In addition, both the Building Manager and the appointed Body Corporate Manager are non-voting members of the committee. Currently, the appointed Body Corporate Manager is Archers Body Corporate Services, a representative of whom attends all formal meetings.
The 2023/24 committee comprises:
- Angelo Rigano (Chairperson)
- Alan Abercrombie (Secretary)
- Sharon Rigano (Treasurer)
- Melanie Miller
- Ramon Marbelli
- Nicholas Nasr
- Charlotte Jackson
- Matthew Bega (Building Manager)
- Stephen McCulloch (Senior Body Corporate Manager, Archers Body Corporate Services P/L)
ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE
The committee acts on behalf of and in the interests of the Body Corporate—that is, all owners at AHA—and ensures that decisions and actions are consistent with the BCCM Act, Standard Module and the scheme’s by-laws. Its work centres on:
- maintaining the AHA’s common property in good condition, both in the short term and long term. This involves close liaison with the Building Manager, who is contracted to manage the care and maintenance of the common property.
- making decisions that impact on the body corporate—for example, insurance, legislative matters related to lot entitlements, easement rights, valuations and the such like.
- The committee is also represented on the Allure, Solaris commercial and Solaris Residential Management Committee, the committee comprising representatives of the three buildings in the Solaris/Allure Precinct to manage the precinct.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The AHA Body Corporate Committee currently meets tri-monthly, typically between 2pm and 5pm. Meetings are held in the Archers Conference Rooms. The Body Corporate Manager sends the agenda to all committee members and owners at least seven days prior to the meeting. The Body Corporate Manager also sends out the minutes of the meeting to all lot owners. The agenda notices and minutes of meetings are also available on the AHA Stratamax portal.
Lot owners who are not committee members have the right to attend committee meetings as observers. The lot owner must give the Secretary (via the Body Corporate Manager) at least 24 hours written notice of their intention to attend. However, a lot owner’s attendance may be limited at the discretion of the committee.
Many AHA matters are resolved by the committee via email and then ratified at the next meeting. The Voting Outside Committee (VOC) process is also used to attend to legislative, contentious or sensitive matters where a formal vote is required but cannot wait until the next meeting.
SPENDING AUTHORITY
The committee has authority to spend up to $8,600 on any one item. Expenditure outside this amount must be approved at a General Meeting. At least two quotes are needed for major expenditure items of above $10,000.