DECEMBER 2024 NEWSLETTER
Silverhawk Purchase Update
As many of you will be aware, the SSPOA held a Special General Meeting on September 19th, 2024, to update members on the lack of progress in the completion of the proposed sale of Silverhawk to the RDNO, and the likely impact on the rates we pay. Following the SGM, we wrote to the RDNO providing a copy of the resolution that was passed, and a covering letter from your Board. Our original letter can be found here:
https://sspoa.ca/wp-content/uploads/Letter-to-Shirley-Fowler-Oct-242024.pdf
Further to that letter setting out the SSPOA’s position after the Special General Meeting, we have received a response from the RDNO which we would like to share with you.
We are sure that you will draw the same conclusion as we have. The basis of the deal, which you as rate payers were asked to support through the Alternative Approval Process, has fundamentally changed. The following quotation confirms that the community can fully expect to see changes in the fixed fee element of the overall charge to compensate for the $445,000 shortfall in revenue identified by the SSPOA:
“….based upon continued negotiations and differences in the categorization of properties
between Silverhawk and the RDNO, it is fully expected that there will be changes to the rate structure.”
It is also clear that the RDNO will press ahead with the acquisition of Silverhawk, without fully informing the ratepayers what the impact is going to be on our sewage rates going forward.
You can read the RDNO response from Chair Fowler, at https://sspoa.ca/wp-content/uploads/241112LTR_SSPOA_Silverhawk-from-Fowler.pdf
We have little option other than to await any proposal to emerge into the public domain via the tabling of a proposed deal at an RDNO Board Meeting or Committee of the Whole.
2024 Silver Star Property Owners Association Annual General Meeting
Date: Thursday December 28, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Location: NATC Auditorium
PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER ONLINE AT
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2024 requirements AGM attendance
1) All attendees must register online prior to the AGM.
2) You must be a paid-up member of the SSPOA for the year 2024 to register for the AGM.
3) There is a maximum of 180 in-person attendees, which is 100% of authorized capacity. No seating on the stairways or standing will be permitted.
Registration
Registration will be via the SSPOA website and will be accessible via the member’s login page. Please follow https://sspoa.ca/2024-agm-registration/ for the registration form that will need to be completed. You will only be able to register and attend as a voting member if you are a paid-up member. Please complete registration as outlined under “Registration”. You can register up to one guest to join you as part of this process.
2024 Membership Fees
To register for the AGM, you must be a paid-up member for 2024. You can renew your membership for 2024 using the online membership renewal at the SSPOA website https://sspoa.ca/membership/ . This can be completed online using a credit card.
For Group Strata members you must simply register; your 2024 fees have been paid. Please note that, this year we will NOT be accepting 2025 fees at the AGM as we have been in the past.
Next Year's 2025 Membership Fees
For those who registered with a credit card this year and have subscribed to annual billing, your membership will be automatically renewed on January 4, 2025.
If you are unsure, please login to your account to view your profile and billing details.
Group memberships for Stratas will be automatically renewed by the SSPOA.
AGM Agenda
Meeting called to order
Opening remarks and introductions: Mike Waberski
Adoption of the agenda
Minutes of the 2023 AGM: Loreen Ruault
President’s report: Mike Waberski
Treasurers report and 2024-25 Budget: Sheryl Bolton
Member Engagement Report: Loreen Ruault
Safe Community Report: Maura McCarthy
Utility Services Committee Report: Ross Foden
Executive Nominations and Elections
Presentation: RDNO by Amanda Shatzko, Area “C” Representative
Presentation: Silver Star Mountain Resort Update by Herwig Demschar
Election Results and Adjournment
Should you have any questions, please direct these to agmregistration@sspoa.ca
Your Board of Directors
Silver Star Property Owners Association