Homeowner Requests for Placement of a Matter on the Agenda for a Board Meeting

State laws and homeowners association governing documents mandate that the management of the association is conducted by the board of directors acting at properly noticed regular and/or special meetings at which a quorum of the directors is present. In addition, in the absence of an emergency situation, the directors are prohibited from discussing or taking action on any item of business that was not included on a written agenda for the meeting that was circulated to the association members with the notice of the meeting. A common issue that is addressed within the operations of a homeowners association is how members of the association can get a matter that is of concern to them included on the agenda for a board meeting in order for it to be acted upon by the association’s board of directors.