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HOA board members are committed volunteers who are doing their best to build stronger communities – both fiscally and socially. Every decision they make is driven by these two important goals. As residents of your community, they too care about the direction of the HOA and are willing to step in to support its success.
It's also a consequential role that presents its share of challenges. HOA boards are responsible for enforcing their governing documents, protecting property values, and maintaining common property. They are charged with financial stewardship and with executing service agreements and contracts for the HOA.
Board members are held to a high standard of conduct, the breach of which may subject each or all of them to individual liability. (Raven's Cove v. Knuppe.) Board members can, however, make incorrect decisions, as well as correct ones, so long as it is faithful to the corporation and uses its best business judgment.
They tend to be self-serving and driven by personal agendas. It has been my experience they don't follow legal advice and I eventually withdraw from representation (a polite way of saying I fire them). Once their path of destruction is visible to everyone, they usually get sued or thrown out of office, or both.
Can the board make decisions in an HOA without consulting homeowners? In a word, yes. There are certain decisions the board can make unilaterally. On the flip side, there are also some decisions that must go through a membership vote.
The duty of loyalty requires that HOA board members act fairly, in good faith, in the interest of, and for the benefit of, the HOA as a whole, rather than making decisions based on any personal interest or gain. HOA board members should also avoid acting where there is a conflict of interest.
The fiduciary duty of board members is a legal responsibility to act in good faith on behalf of a person or group that relies on you. This relationship typically exists between an individual in a position of power or authority and those affected by that individual's decisions.