The CotoBuzz Journal

The CotoBuzz Journal

Community Journalism, Newsletters and Blogs Covering South Orange County, CA

February 2007 We do not make jokes, we simply watch the LA Times, the Orange County Register and the Coto de Caza Board of directors and report the facts!

New Coto de Caza Standard of Service Performance – More Liability

January 19, 2007

One of the reasons often cited to mislead residents…..…err attempt to justify the increase in CZ monthly dues was the need to bring services up to standard.

The board has gone on record and assert that since Keystone is unable to hire competent people, the board now directly hires their account executive assigned to Coto de Caza. It is not rocket legal science to figure out what happens to association liability as a result of the board’s actions.

Since the private security company is unable to provide even bare-bones training required by law when securing guard cards, the board has now decided to not only develop a guard training program, but do the training. Guess what happens to liability?

Since the private security employees cannot spell post orders, board members, with no prior experience have issued new post orders…… this is an egg, these are your brains…..any questions?

The only question may be, is this an attempt to bring services up to standard, or to lower the standard to meet the services provided?

Oh just great! Varo/Mezger, the most incompetent CZ Board Members in the history of Coto are now training our security guards? Surely, this must be a joke; but should we laugh or cry? Joe Morabito

I am working on getting a list of the Safety Committee members that are training the guards and also might get my hands on something that if I do get it I will share with all of you. Can't say what it is right now but its a very important document .- Ed Caruso

Hi Jan:

By the way, the training being provided to UPS employees by the board, formulated by the safety committee, by any measure, is an “actionable item” – therefore it should be documented in the safety committee meeting minutes (by statue) – in fact, is a different story. CotoBuzz

Hello All: Can we please talk employment reality specific to training UPS guards. Once the CZ Board approves our Post Orders perhaps with Safety Committee involvement if that is what the Board wants to do, it is UPS’s complete responsibility to train their employees in accordance with whatever laws may apply and our Post Orders. No CZ Member should be involved in that training or anything else specific to selecting, hiring, training or otherwise managing UPS or any other supplier employees. Need I remind all of the guard that sued Securitas and CZ concerning the beating/injuries he sustained from a wild party in Coto. My understanding is that CZ was not found to have any liability because past CZ Boards wisely never pieced the agency veil. In other words, the guard was deemed not to work for CZ because we had nothing to do with him personally. Any time, the dopes on the current CZ Board pierce that agency veil; they expose our Members to employment litigation. Please, CZ Board, maintain the arms distant relationship with our supplier’s employees including Vinnie Davis. CZ is facing a serious accident related lawsuit because of CZ Board Member actions. We don’t need any more litigation naming CZ that is the result of the current CZ Board’s dumb actions and decisions. Joe Morabito

P.S. We are paying Universal about $1.6 million or more a year. I think they should be able to train their employees for the money we are paying them.