{"id":1329,"date":"2025-10-14T21:59:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoajusticenow.com\/home\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2025-10-14T21:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:59:37","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8%f0%9f%9a%a8-watchdog-update-october-8-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoajusticenow.com\/home\/%f0%9f%9a%a8%f0%9f%9a%a8-watchdog-update-october-8-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8 WATCHDOG UPDATE \u2013 OCTOBER 8 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cShadow Committees, Secret Meetings, and the October 9 Construction Vote\u201d<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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\u26a0\ufe0f Overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Omega Villas Condominium Association has scheduled another so-called Construction Meeting<\/strong> for Thursday, October 9 at 6:30 PM<\/strong> Gmail – BOD Construction meetin\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this meeting is just the surface. Behind closed doors, a \u201cLegal Committee\u201d<\/strong> has been quietly operating \u2014 making major decisions without open votes<\/strong>, without public disclosure, and without any statutory authority to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under \u00a7 718.112(2)(c)1, Florida Statutes<\/strong>, a condominium board \u201cmay not take action on behalf of the association except at a meeting open to all unit owners.\u201d<\/strong>
That includes hiring attorneys, authorizing arbitration, and directing litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udd0e The Legal Committee Loophole<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Internal emails confirm that this \u201ccommittee\u201d has been meeting privately with counsel and advancing arbitration matters \u2014 all without a recorded Board vote<\/strong> or even notice to owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an abuse of the closed-meeting exception<\/strong> in \u00a7 718.112(2)(c)3, which allows confidential meetings only<\/em> to discuss specific litigation strategy<\/strong> or personnel issues<\/strong>.
Using that exception as a shield for everyday governance is a direct violation of state law<\/strong> and the Omega Villas By-Laws (Sections 7 and 9)<\/strong>, which require majority approval of the Board in a properly noticed meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida precedent makes this clear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n