You're shopping for a new home. You go to Boca Raton or the River Oaks of Houston and find this magnificent villa.
It's beautiful. You fall in love with it and, right away, you purchase it. The deal is done. You now own a shiny, brand new home.
Then, reality sinks in. You realize that you don't have the furniture to put in it. You've never figured how much the electricity, water, property taxes, etc., is going to cost you. And, will you do the yard maintenance yourself or should you hire someone. And, should an emergency come up, will you have enough money on the side to cover it? Now, what do you do?
Do you get my drift?
The past board and president did exactly this when they purchased these two (2) pieces of equipment. They were not purchased according to the needs of the park. No forethought was used. (1) You never buy equipment, such as the Motor Grader, "used, as-is" unless it is certified and you have the maintenance and history of the machine. (2) This particular model of the Front End Loader is not meant to be used here in the park and neither is the plow they bought along with it.
That being said, we're stuck with their bad decisions. And, it'll be costly, like it or not. But, unless we're willing to spend the money to properly "outfit" the equipment, we're not going to get the results we're looking for. The question is whether we want to continue doing what has been done in the past -- plow all the way down to the road base and destroy the surface of the roads and then, grade in spring/ summer to have smooth roads? Or, do we want to have a legitimate 5-year road plan to build up our roads as they should be?
I hope I'm not wasting my time and the association's money trying to do what I'm doing -- making sure the equipment can do what needs to be done here in the park efficiently, safely and cost effectively.
Phil the Greek
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