Daniel Rossi
Acting Board President
It is hard to believe the camping season is coming to an end. We have 2 big weekends left, Labor Day Weekend, and Fall Fest Weekend. My favorite weekend of the year is Fall Fest Weekend. It does bring mixed emotions, however, because it signals the end of the camping season. I hope everyone has had a safe and enjoyable season so far.
I am sure everyone by now is aware the Association had a problem this year that was totally unpredictable. A former employee unfortunately decided to embezzle funds from our Association. This was discovered by our management staff earlier this year, after the employee had resigned. When this was first discovered by staff, they notified the Board of Directors and then spent countless hours confirming the amount and how the theft occurred. At this point, the management staff’s and the Board’s goal was to resolve this problem with the best interest of the Property Owner’s in mind. Staff began working with the offices of the Lee County Sherriff Department and the Lee County State’s Attorney. They were able to bring forth enough evidence to get the former employee charged with the crime.
The next step was to work with the insurance company to try to recover the missing funds. The staff was again able to produce enough information; the insurance company is currently processing the claim. We are hoping that by the time you read this newspaper, we have already recovered the money.
A lot of questions have been asked reguarding why we don’t have a checks and balances system in place to catch this. It is because we have that system in place that we were able to catch this. All our procedures have been reviewed and updates have been made.
I want to thank all of our Property Owners who have been patient as we disseminated this information. We had to go slowly based on advice from the State’s Attorney and our own legal counsel so as not to interfere with the legal case. The Board of Directors and management staff have been working hard to bring this situation to the best possible conclusion for all of us.
I hope everyone enjoys the rest of their camping season!
Daniel Rossi,
Acting Board of Directors President