Members press RCSC on marquee signs, clubs funding and privilege‑card fairness at budget town hall

Multiple members used the town‑hall Q&A to raise issues they said the proposed budget does not fully address. Dennis Stokley pressed the committee to replace marquee signs sooner than planned, saying the signs have been failing for more than a year and are visible to prospective buyers. Stokley suggested exploring alternative funding sources or reclassifying the signage project to access different capital buckets.

Other members questioned the clubs allocation. Stokley and others noted the committee set clubs’ annual allocation at 5% of the capital budget but said the 2026 program list shows clubs receiving about $223,300 against a projected SIF spending total that would yield a higher 5% amount; he urged the committee to reconsider priorities to maintain the promised share for clubs.

Several residents raised equity concerns about privilege cards and the structure of the annual assessment. Patricia Bridal, a single homeowner, said paying the full annual assessment while renters pay different rates “feels like a penalty for being single.” Presenters responded that the assessment is charged per property (a longstanding policy), that renters do not have the same membership privileges, and that the differential has been upheld in past reviews.

Committee and staff answered technical questions in the public forum: an attendee asked whether leasing golf equipment had been re‑evaluated; staff said RCSC is limited by policies that restrict debt and that leases can be treated as debt on the organization’s books. Other clarifications included that a roofing line item referenced as “lower level offices at Lakeview” actually referred to the warehouse/former vintage‑vehicle building at Lakeview.