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The managing agent contracted on his own without any discussion with the board to have started the sidewalk repair work. The sidewalk looked perfectly fine to the board, and DOT hasn't issued any violations. When confronted, we were told that the repair was needed so we don't run the risk of getting our insurance canceled on us. This sounded fishy to me. It felt like the MA just wanted to give some work to his buddy. Can anyone comment on this ? I don't know any condo who'd start a repair volunteerily. Seemed too eager to me.
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I assume that you are on the board of directors and if you are, then call your insurance company and ask if they had been in conversation with your MA regarding a sidewalk repair. If, for example, the insurance company did a site visit and the repair was recommended, then it was done in good faith and to protect you. If not, then you have a problem as the MA was either lying or made an assumption that it was an issue and acted on it. To avoid this, you should have some stipulation in your agreement regarding their limits of authority regarding expenditures and quote requirements, e.g. board requires 3.
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