HOA Question

[JDStang]

What is the name of your state? Florida I am a board member of a HOA in a 41 lot sub division. Since we ara a small community the board members are not comfortable approaching our neighbors about convenant rules not being adheered to dues not being paid on time. The board is interested in hiring an outside organization to be the "middle man" metween the board and the rest of the community. This organization will take care of all the billing, getting quotes for any needed services, letting home owners know of any neglect to the rules in our DCR's. etc.. My question is do we as board memebers have the right to make this decision without the approval of the developer? We have tried to get the developer to attend a meeting to discuss our concerns but he will not return our call or attend a HOA meeting. Additionally, the developer only ownes 2 lots in this sub-division as all other have been sold. The DCR's state that a "Class A member shall be all owners with the exception of Declarant and shall be entitled to one vote for each lot owned". A "Class B member shall be a declarant who shall be entitled to excersise 5 votes for lot owned. The class B membership shall cease and be converted to Class A memebership when the total votes outstanding in class A membership equal the total votes outstanding in the class B membership, or ten years following the date of conveyance of the first lot, which ever occurs first". Any help in getting this resolved would be appreciated. Thanks!