Question #1. If you are for transparancy, what are the salaries and benefits of Big Canoe Emplyees??I have stated that I am in favor of the present Board’s decision to hold open meetings and I am for transparency. Today Big Canoe is one of the most open communities in this area; holding Coffees for the Community, Open Board meetings once a month, inviting interested parties to participate on Advisory Committees. Georgia is not a Sunshine State, so any transparency that the Big Canoe POA Board of Directors enact , they do with the residents in Big Canoe’s best interest in mind, not because it is state mandated.
That being said, Big Canoe’s POA Board passed an open work session policy to begin in November to further the transparency of the organization. Those sessions will be posted and all may attend and even participate at appropriate time. I encourage you to come because I find them very interesting and informative.
Salaries and benefits of Big Canoe employees will never be available to the public, regardless of who is actually paying the bill. This is part of the confidentiality clause in everyone’s contract and work agreements. I have no knowledge of pay for Big Canoe employees, and after questioning active Board Member, they have no knowledge either. You can see the cumulative cost of entitlements as a line item on the annual budget and the month financial reports. Those can be found on the website. These pay ranges are compared by the auditor every year to see if we are in line with other like communities. So far the auditors have felt that they are.
So…. no candidate can promise you disclosure of salaries as a campaign promise, me included.
Question #2. What are the benefits awarded to Big Canoe POA Officers, etc?
Board members are given a Medallion Membership for amenities for the three years that they serve and then an additional 1 year after. I am not sure who else gets this benefit. 
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