FINANCES

Dues are still only $60.00 this year.  Please contribute if you have not already done so.  

TO PAY: Please make check payable to "Ocean Hill Estates Committee" and deliver in an envelope to John Chamberlain at 40 Ocean Hill Drive.

Thank you for your participation!!

2017 BUDGET:
$1,500    landscaping, mowing, grounds
$1,550    fence, gateway, signs
$1,250    neighborhood events

2017 ACTUALS:
$1,571    landscaping, mowing, grounds
$1,117    fence, gateway, signs
$   598    neighborhood events

2018 BUDGET:  PROPOSED
$1,650    landscaping, mowing, grounds
$1,020    fence, gateway, signs
$   675    neighborhood events

Here’s the deal on dues.  Ocean Hill Estates is a neighborhood, not a binding HOA (home owners association).  We do not have mandatory fees.  We are, nonetheless, a community, a very nice community of friendly, thoughtful, generous, engaged families.  There is an open committee of people (OHEC) which formed over ten years ago to try to look out for the upkeep of common areas, facilitate communication, and sponsor neighborhood events.  There are expenses associated with those functions which are covered by annual dues.  The dues are voluntary, not a tax.  They are asked for between May 1^st and June 30^th each year.  The amount collected determines which functions can be supported and at what level.  Thanks to increasing participation the suggested annual dues of $60 per household has remained the same for many years.  Each home is encouraged to contribute their fair share… or more or less… as each feels is appropriate to help defray expenses.  Here is an estimate of the 2018 budget item percentages that money* will go for (in rough order of priority):

30%...mowing and clean up of common grassy areas  

25%...stockade fence repair for common areas

10%...gateway east fencing enhancement

  5%...new plantings for gateway gardens

  5%...mulch for gateway gardens

  1%...signage and communication for neighborhood events

  3%...luminary display materials

  3%...yard sale advertising and promotion 

  3%...halloween party and snacks for kids

15%...annual party (whether end of summer or end of year)

(* The monies are kept in a dedicated local bank account; records are available for inspection upon request.)