Board of Directors
Utopia Homeowners’ Security Association
Memo
To: All Members
In September 2020 The City of Miami will implement the fourth and last salary escalation to complete its plan to achieve City police salary parity with Miami/Dade county.
Our rigorous financial stewardship and dues increase in 2018 have allowed us cover costs of the first three increases without having to reduce the number of our officers’ patrol hours. However, if all stays the same, this fourth increase will consume our financial reserves with negative cash flows.
Because your board is opposed to either reducing patrol hours or another dues increase it has decided to create a two-pronged membership drive to increase dues income as follows:
1. Implement a more aggressive, comprehensive membership drive convince homeowners within our boundaries, who have had a free ride, to join.
2. Approach residents living outside but along the Northern and Southern margins of our area of coverage to become members. Our study of patrol movement indicates that this will not overwork our present patrol schedule.
A recent 5 year study made with the cooperation of the Miami Police Department showed that the South Coconut Grove’s crime rate is 5 times Utopia’s so we feel we have an excellent reason for joining.
This plan will be an agenda item at the Annual General Meeting if you have any questions.
Yours,
Utopia Board of Directors