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Knoll-Century Hill Lawsuit Set To Proceed

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By BRAD DICKERSON

Highlands Today

Published: December 10, 2008

AVON PARK - A lawsuit filed by a Knoll-Century Hill subdivision resident against the homeowner's association will come to trial on Dec. 29.

The basis of Aaron Seward's suit is a claim that the homeowner's association held illegal and improper voting proxies to allow directors to amend the association's bylaws in order to purchase a clubhouse in the subdivision.

According to the suit, in April 2007, the association board held a member vote, allowing the association the authority to pass and enforce a special assessment to purchase property from private parties, according to an April 2 Highlands Today report.

Several claims in the suit mentioned that members did not receive adequate notice that the vote was going to take place, they did not receive a copy of the proposed amendment and the vote was taken by a show of hands without being recorded.

The clubhouse in question has been a community fixture for years and residents have had holiday meals in the dining facility and played shuffleboard outside. It was privately owned by a citizen, who later decided he wanted to sell it to the homeowner's association, the report stated..

In May, residents had to start paying a $1,000 fee that will be placed in an escrow account for the clubhouse's potential purchase.

Seward did not wish to comment on the upcoming lawsuit.

Highlands Today reporter Brad Dickerson can be reached at (863) 386-5838 or bdickerson@highlandstoday.com

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