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Budget information and fall update
by the Northgate Board of Directors
The Board of Directors adopted the FY2025 budget at the October meeting. There will be no assessment increase in 2025. For your information, there are three major components to the budget: Maintenance, Non-Maintenance and Reserves. The following is an explanation for each:
Maintenance: Allocation and funding necessary for the regular maintenance of the community’s common areas. Elements within the Maintenance component include: landscaping, mowing of the turf areas, shrub and tree pruning, entry sign plantings, fertilization, weed control, litter removal, leaf removal, green space repair, seeding, mulching, aeration, maintenance of all street lights on community property, fence repair, tot lot inspections, curb painting, storm damage repair, storm drain cleaning, sign replacement/repair and miscellaneous maintenance items.
Non-Maintenance: This component of the budget includes management, security, trash removal, insurance, legal fees, assessment collection, water quality assessment fees (county mandated), Commission on Common Ownership Communities membership (county mandated), audit and tax return preparation, electricity (all street and pole lights), mailings and bad debt.
Reserves: The Reserves component of the budget consists of the contribution necessary to meet the replacement costs of each substantial community asset. Northgate is responsible for paving all streets within the community, and street paving is the largest Reserve element. Other elements in the Reserves component are sidewalks (all concrete work comes from Reserves), trees (removal and replacement), paths, storm drains, retaining walls, fences, tot lot, capital improvements (lighting, etc.), landscape renewal and snow removal.
In other news, tree pruning is taking place in Overlea, a refurbished trail was completed between Overlea and MVA, a failing retaining was replaced on Sparrow Valley Drive, numerous storm damaged trees were removed throughout the community and sidewalk replacements were completed in Apple Ridge and Overlea.
Please watch for signs informing you of leaf removal. They are placed at the entrance to each community. The first removal should take place shortly. Bad weather could interfere, so please be patient.
The deadline for applying to run for the board of directors is Friday, Dec. 27 at 5 p.m. Contact Sean Farrell at
Northgate News: for residents of Apple Ridge, Dorsey's Regard, McKendree I & II, Overlea, The Points, Shadow Oak and Williams Range.