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SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 BOARD MEETING · LEGAL SPENDING

LEGAL FEES: $20K? $23K? $27K? PICK A NUMBER.

Ask a simple question, get several numbers. About $23,000? $27,000? Meanwhile the Association is roughly $43,000 over budget — and about $1,700 alone went to drafting a new communications policy. Because apparently what Cantrice really needed was another policy and another legal bill.

Satirical cartoon comparing several legal fee figures and an over-budget total
Editorial cartoon. Satire, not verbatim dialogue.

Editorial cartoon / satire: visual dialogue is satirical and is not presented as a verbatim quotation from any director, manager, owner, or contractor.

Separate the ledger from the meeting answers

The Association’s financial records already document $20,382.40 in attorney/legal-services expense through August 31, 2026. At the September 29 meeting, President Mark Reynders referenced approximately $23,000 and $27,000 figures during the legal-spending discussion. Management separately stated that the Association was approximately $43,000 over budget. Mark also stated that approximately $1,700 related to preparation of the Association’s new communications policy.

The question: What is the single reconciled legal-expense number as of September 29, what matters generated it, and how much additional legal spending is expected?

The $20,382.40 figure is drawn from published Association financial records through August 31. The $23,000, $27,000, $43,000 and $1,700 figures are attributed to statements made at the September 29 meeting and should be reconciled against the next published financial statements.