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Uncapped Needles, Again?

Posted on by Don Ryan - 4 Comments

The “pen” pictured below was placed into a plastic trash bag yesterday without the needle being capped. I am a diabetic and have used this type of device before; each pen needle comes with a cap. It does not require a lot of effort to cap the needle after use.  This used needle is a bio-hazard and must be disposed of properly. This is definitely not “properly”.

We have already had one of our guys stuck by an uncapped needle and he had to undergo a bunch of anti-viral medications to prevent infection. These medications made him ill for weeks. This is a prime example of negligent behavior and violates Health and Safety as detailed in Texas Property Code 209.

I am incredulous that someone would believe it to be OK to toss this into a plastic trash bag. The offending party will be issued a fine.

Health and Safety, Medical Sharps

Work Orders/ Trim Colors

Posted on by Don Ryan

Work Orders

Please call the Office and have a work order made out if you need something done on your property or if we need to address a problem in the common area.  Our maintenance guys are busy now doing painting, landscaping and all of the other work assigned by management. Asking them to do something directly circumvents processes that have been in place for the past 45 years.

We need Work Orders made out so that we can properly allot costs and labor for our financial reports. It also provides a paper copy for future references, and simply asking one of the guys to do something causes problems in that they get busy and forget about it, resulting in misunderstandings.

So, call the office to get a Work Order made. We will get to it as soon as we can, based on other projects in play.

Trim Colors

There seems to be some confusion on how we do the paint schedule and when we paint the trim colors.  First, we paint the base color on several rows of houses (10-20 homes).

Later, we will come back and paint the trim colors. We co not do both colors at the same time and as far as I know, we never have. There is no set time period within which we paint the trim colors, it depends on several things. However, we will be back to paint trim colors when we can.

Trash days, mowing, and other pressing matters will interrupt the painting schedules.  We did not forget about you, we just have not gotten there yet.

 

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Sharp Items in Trash Bags

Posted on by Don Ryan

As most of you know, we do not allow broken glass in plastic trash bags.  If you do have broken glass, such as mirrors or bottles, please put it into a box and tape it securely closed. This prevents injury to our guys and you getting a hefty fine. We do monitor trash bags for broken glass on each and every trash day. Any sharp item needs to be securely contained to prevent injury!

The photos below simply boggle the mind; it goes beyond negligence. Yes, that’s a large butcher knife along with several other knives in a plastic trash bag. One of these knives is protruding from the bag, in the second photo.

Fortunately, none of our guys were injured, but it could have ended rather badly. We do know where this bag came from as there was a piece of mail in the same bag.

Information, Sharp Items, Trash Pickup

2017 Annual Membership Meeting

Posted on by Don Ryan

Following a power outage at the Ruthe Jackson Center, our 2017 Annual Meeting commenced as planned. After introducing the current Board members and reading the Minutes of the 2016 Annual Meeting, the election process began.  After about 45 minutes we had the results of Proxy, absentee ballots and ballots cast in person.

The results were members of the current Board were reelected (Robbie Jamison, Karelin Seitz and Don Ryan) and our newest Board is Alfredo (Fred) Quintero. We would like to welcome Fred to the Board of Directors!

The current Board is as follows:

  • Don Ryan – President
  • John Moreno  – Vice President
  • Karelin Seitz – Secretary
  • Robbie Jamison – Treasurer
  • Jerry Hopper – Board Member
  • Alfredo Quintero – Board Member   
  • Bea Beltran – Board Member

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Here’s why we asked residents to cut their trees…..

Posted on by Don Ryan - Updated

The storm last night demonstrates why we asked our residents to trim the trees on their property, and why we ask for proof of homeowner’s insurance. The tree below damaged the fence and landed on the house next to it.  This tree appears to have been dead for a while. Since this tree damaged the fence adjacent to common property, the homeowner is responsible to replace that fence.

 

 

 

 

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