Can Association Boards discuss delinquent assessments in Executive sessions?
Such discussions are not generally within the items contemplated by the Statute and should be held during the public portion of the meeting, if only members are present. However, depending on the particular issue needing to be discussed, such as the course of action to be taken in litigation, to discuss strategy, or other sensitive or potentially privileged information, an Executive session might be properly called. The point of an executive session is to balance the need of the Association to keep certain matters private with the need for owners to have access to Association information. To protect against violations of fair debt collection and credit laws and the invasion of personal privacy that may occur when discussing delinquencies in an open meeting, delinquent owners should not be identified by their name. It is also the practice of some Association Boards when discussing delinquent accounts during the public portion of a board meeting to use the unit number of the owner as opp
