Accomplishments of Bob Marshall's Administration

Several of you have asked that I try to recall some of the accomplishments of our administration. Keep in mind please that this covered the 2004 to2006 time period.

During the election process the item that seemed to be on many minds was the Millennium Agreement and whether or not it could be overturned, changed or just eliminated. We made several inquiries to legal firms including Rod Tennyson and Sacs and Sacs, who were the originators of the agreement.

We requested a formal inquiry and opinion from Gunster and Yoakley, an old and very respected firm of attorneys. These folks told us that while this agreement was not a very good one, we had lived with it for several years and trying to make any changes at that time would cost a prohibitive amount and probably not be successful. So we set out to make some accomplishments in other areas.

One of the largest accomplishments was the rapid recovery from the three hurricanes of those years. Yes, three hurricanes. I was not here for the previous 30 years but I understand that these were the first hurricanes to hit Century Village, WPB. So why if none for thirty years did we have to handle three in two years?!

Yes, I'm including the recovery efforts with the Clubhouse in these accomplishments. When all of the dust had settled it took one year to rebuild. The first permit was issued in May and it was reopened the following May. By far most of the reconstruction or the planning was accomplished during this administration. Oh yes, I do understand that the current administration tried to take all of the credit but you know what was done, when and who did it.
The local charities were extremely good to all of the residents but the coordinating took a lot of time and work. By the time the third one hit and we got it cleaned up, we were known as people who knew how to get things done and done right. In the office we found that the clerical staff had no Process and Procedure manuals to help them in their decision making process. Manuals were written for most of the activities. This gave the volunteers a place to research a question if they felt uncomfortable answering a question with their limited experience.

The UCO office was brought into the real computer age with computers networked. The one stop shopping concept was being developed as the Clubhouse recovery proceeded. This needs further discussion but I'll save that for a later submission.

The fire in the Wellington building is another example of how we worked for the unit owners. The roofing contractor had placed the tar heating apparatus on the roof, in violation of the law. When this heater caught fire it burned through the roof and the fire and resulting water damaged several apartments. I believe it was 10 or 12 apartments that were without electricity late in the afternoon. We held the contractors feet to the fire, brought an electrician to the site and restored the electricity to those apartments that permitted resident to return to their homes.

More to come when the brain releases more from core memory!

Bob Marshall