Association Dues for 2014 and payment booklet

The Board of Directors of Island Gate has been preparing our community’s budget for 2014.  We have concluded that we will be able to manage the community’s financial obligations without increasing the Association dues for 2014.  Our dues will remain at $260 per month.  We have been able to keep the dues steady for a few years by focusing on keeping our costs low.  We have also been quite lucky with variable items such as no snow removal costs for the last two years.  This savings allowed us to offset higher insurance costs in 2013.  We think we can get by keeping the fees the same and will do so in 2014, although there may be an increase in 2015.   

    

Continuing the effort to keep costs low we have analyzed the monthly dues payments from our neighbors and noticed that most of us pay automatically from our bank and never use our payment books.  Since the payment books cost the community about $1,000 a year to print and distribute we decided that only neighbors that request payment books will be receiving them this year.  This will allow us to keep costs low while still accommodating our neighbors who still want a payment book. 

If you are requesting a payment book please call AA at 732-294-8882 ask for Lorene and she will be glad to send you a book.  Please do this by November 29th so we may have a book to you for the New Year.  If you do not request a book by November 29 we will not be able to send you a book. 

If you are paying without the book, either automatically or on line please continue to do what you are doing.  Thank you.

If you are going on line to pay electronically for the first time, please follow the instructions below:

1)    Contact the AA website at www.askaa.com  

2)    Go to process my on line payment, this will direct you to smartstreet.com (our bank processing company) There are 3 options to pay.  We recommend number 3, which allows a recurring payment each month to be set up.

If you are going to mail the payment manually the address to send the payment is below:

Island Gate HOA

C/o Association Advisors

PO Box 105007

Atlanta, GA 30348-5007

  

Thank you, as always for your cooperation

The Trustees of Island Gate

Tornado watch in our area until 5pm today

The National Weather Service has issued a wide ranging tornado watch from Washignton DC to Southern New England until 5pm today.
Please be aware of the condotions today and be safe. 

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

   TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH

   AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

   THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS

   AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS

Tornado watch in our area until 5 pm today

Chowderfest this weekend

Saturday October 5, 2013 Is Merchant's Mart From 10 am - 4 pm Merchant's Mart at Chowderfest is a big flea market where Long Beach Island stores try to sell ALL of their products so they don't have to take it back to the store and keep it in stock all winter. It is a lot of fun to find great bargains at Merchant's Mart. Sunday October 6, 2013 Is The Fun Chowderfest from 11 am - 4 pm                           (Early V.I.P. entry is at 10 am) At Chowderfest LBI 16 area restaurants from Long Beach Island and the mainland cook up their best chowder and serve it to 15,000 people who then vote on the winners. There are bands, beer truck, vendors, etc. It is a lot of fun - see you there.

Saturday October 5, 2013 Is Merchant's Mart From 10 am - 4 pm Merchant's Mart at Chowderfest is a big flea market where Long Beach Island stores try to sell ALL of their products so they don't have to take it back to the store and keep it in stock all winter. It is a lot of fun to find great bargains at Merchant's Mart. Sunday October 6, 2013 Is The Fun Chowderfest from 11 am - 4 pm                           (Early V.I.P. entry is at 10 am) At Chowderfest LBI 16 area restaurants from Long Beach Island and the mainland cook up their best chowder and serve it to 15,000 people who then vote on the winners. There are bands, beer truck, vendors, etc. It is a lot of fun - see you there.

Saturday October 5, 2013 Is Merchant's Mart From 10 am - 4 pm
Merchant's Mart at Chowderfest is a big flea market where Long Beach Island stores try to sell ALL of their products so they don't have to take it back to the store and keep it in stock all winter. It is a lot of fun to find great bargains at Merchant's Mart.
Sunday October 6, 2013 Is The Fun Chowderfest from 11 am - 4 pm
                          (Early V.I.P. entry is at 10 am)
At Chowderfest LBI 16 area restaurants from Long Beach Island and the mainland cook up their best chowder and serve it to 15,000 people who then vote on the winners. There are bands, beer truck, vendors, etc. It is a lot of fun - see you there.

Exterior Home Lights to be installed in our community in the coming months

Over the next few months we will be having our exterior lights removed and new white plastic, corrosion and fade resistance lights will be installed.  Our current lights were installed when the homes were built and the brass has badly corroded.  We decided that the white would go well with the homes and would last longer and look better longer than the brass we had.  There are three lights on every home; they are over the front door on the patio and over the garage each will be replaced.     

The lights were purchased at Lowes and are stock number 0208502, feel free to check them out at Lowes if you want.

 

A local handy-man/contractor Fredericks Painting, will be doing the installation.  They are fully insured LIC # 13VHO7633600.

The work should start late this week and we expect it to be wrapped up by the end of the year (weather permitting).  Access to your home will not be necessary and the current installed light bulbs will be replaced. 

A reminder, 60 watt bulbs are the maximum allowed n these fixtures and anything in excess of that will jeopardize the reliability of the fixture.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact a board member.