Chair
Barbara Soby
Members
Jackie Cline
Carolyn Moulton
Rick Moulton
Gloria Mitchell
Nick Bankson
Purpose
In compliance with all relevant World Church and OBOT policies and procedures, manage the processes and paperwork related to the sale and transfer of privately owned dwellings on the Campgrounds, the transfer of Campground lot leases, and the renting out of privately owned cottages, to promote fair access for church members to purchase, transfer, exchange and rent out their cottages. Monitor all lessees for compliance with lease requirements
Responsibilities
- Identify Community of Christ (World Church) policies, OBOT policies, State laws, and federal, state and local regulations relevant to committee’s work to ensure compliance.
- Manage “The Potential Housing List”, working with the Treasurer to send out invoices to people on The List on an annual basis.
- Execute established process on all Lot Lease transfers, ownership transfers, and cottage sales.
- Report the status of ownership and Lot Lease transfers, cottage sales, availability of properties, and list changes to the Board and interested parties.
- Store Lot Leases securely, updating records as needed per the Lease Signing Process for New Land Lot Lessees policy.
- Monitor Lot lessees for compliance with lease requirements.
- Serve as first point of contact for cottage owners who want to rent out their cottages short-term or long-term, promoting compliance with applicable OBOT policies and state and local requirements.
- Monitor private rentals for compliance, including terms of Lot Lease for long-term rentals, having proper insurance in place to be rented out, registering with authorities as a rental, annual town inspections/rental certification, and paying required sales tax.
- Monitor private rentals for compliance with relevant OBOT policies, including but not limited to:
- Town of Wareham Board of Health Inspection Regulations for Cottage Rentals Policy
- Long-Term Leasing/Renting of Privately Owned Dwellings Policy
- Assessment Fee (tithing) Policy
Cross Committee Collaborations
- Work with Treasurer to track payment of cottage ‘tithing’ by cottage owners who rent out their property.
- Work with the Communications and Marketing Committee to keep cottage owners informed of requirements for renting out their homes short- or long-term.
- Provide updated versions of “The Potential Housing List" to the Communications & Marketing Committee for uploading to the website, whenever changes to The List are made.
- Work with Operations Committee to address requests from lessees about maintaining their property per lease requirements and policy.
- Work with the Financial Management Committee to keep up-to-date the list of people who rent out their cottages.
- As needed, revise existing policies and procedures or draft new policies or procedures related to committee work in collaboration with Governance Committee.