With the fiscal year 2018 budget ratified late last month for the Ocean Pines Association, the election season is about to begin.
Two seats will be on the ballot this year, with the winners elected to serve three-year terms.
Those seats currently belong to Doug Parks and Dave Stevens.
Stevens has indicated he would not run again. Parks, who was appointed last September after Pat Renaud resigned, said he was unsure if he would run.
“There’s a lot of things to consider,” Parks said. “To tell you truth, I really haven’t even thought about it because of all the things we’re taking care of. We’ve still got the GM [general manager] search [and] we’ve got several things with the technology work groups.
“I’ve kind of been nose-to-the-grindstone on those kinds of things and haven’t given it much thought, although I think I owe to everybody at some point to do so,” he continued. “I’ll probably make that a priority in the next couple of weeks. I haven’t even talked to my wife about it – maybe I should!”
Parks said he was enjoying his tenure on the board and believed the directors were making progress on several fronts. He was one of two, along with Slobodan Trendic, who voted against the budget.
“You’re never going to please everybody of course, but I’m getting some real on-the-job training,” Parks said. “It’s really different than the real-life business life that I live in.”
He said he hoped the “environment was less contentious” than during the last election cycle, when ousting former General Manager Bob Thompson often took center stage. Thompson was terminated just weeks after that election.
Former Director Marty Clarke also has not made up his mind, as he is recovering from recent health issues.
“I’ve made no decision,” Clarke said. “It’s going to depend a lot on what the hell happened to me – I lost 21 days last month in the ICU and I’m healthy as a horse. I’d like to know what the hell knocked me down before I go get in a fight.”
Clarke said he was feeling well and that a battery of tests last week showed he was in good health. He joked that a letter sent to the directors two weeks ago promising to run if the budget was passed was not enforceable, because he was on morphine at the time.
“I am weighing the option,” Clarke said. “If I wasn’t in excellent health, I might be concerned, but I’m in excellent health.”
Last year a record 12 homeowners filed for three vacancies. Brett Hill was the leading vote getter, and Trendic and Pat Supik were also selected.
Comprehensive Planning Committee Chairman Frank Daly, who finished fourth, said he was unlikely to run again.
“Right now I would say I’m not planning on running,” Daly said. “That could possibly change depending on how things will shake out, but it would have to be pretty dramatic. I think the current board is doing a good job. I think the three people that were elected are serving the people that voted for them well.”
Daly said his dealings with the board from a committee level had been professional.
“As long as they keep functioning as they are, I’m a happy camper as a lot owner,” he said.
Steve Lind, who finished fifth last year and was reportedly considered to fill the seat later given to Parks, was also noncommittal.
“Right now, I’m busy saving the Republic from the anarchists, America-haters, and criminal illegal immigrants,” Lind said, referring to his work with the Eastern Shore chapter of Main Street Patriots, an outgrowth of the Tea Party movement.
No one had filed as of Monday afternoon, according to OPA Marketing Director Denise Sawyer.
Last year at this time, two candidates, Larry Perrone and Ray Unger, had already filed.
The deadline to submit an application is Wednesday, May 10. Ballots will be mailed on July 11 and must be received by Aug. 10.
Votes will be counted on Aug. 11 and announced during the annual meeting on Saturday, Aug. 12.
Two seats will be on the ballot this year, with the winners elected to serve three-year terms.
Those seats currently belong to Doug Parks and Dave Stevens.
Stevens has indicated he would not run again. Parks, who was appointed last September after Pat Renaud resigned, said he was unsure if he would run.
“There’s a lot of things to consider,” Parks said. “To tell you truth, I really haven’t even thought about it because of all the things we’re taking care of. We’ve still got the GM [general manager] search [and] we’ve got several things with the technology work groups.
“I’ve kind of been nose-to-the-grindstone on those kinds of things and haven’t given it much thought, although I think I owe to everybody at some point to do so,” he continued. “I’ll probably make that a priority in the next couple of weeks. I haven’t even talked to my wife about it – maybe I should!”
Parks said he was enjoying his tenure on the board and believed the directors were making progress on several fronts. He was one of two, along with Slobodan Trendic, who voted against the budget.
“You’re never going to please everybody of course, but I’m getting some real on-the-job training,” Parks said. “It’s really different than the real-life business life that I live in.”
He said he hoped the “environment was less contentious” than during the last election cycle, when ousting former General Manager Bob Thompson often took center stage. Thompson was terminated just weeks after that election.
Former Director Marty Clarke also has not made up his mind, as he is recovering from recent health issues.
“I’ve made no decision,” Clarke said. “It’s going to depend a lot on what the hell happened to me – I lost 21 days last month in the ICU and I’m healthy as a horse. I’d like to know what the hell knocked me down before I go get in a fight.”
Clarke said he was feeling well and that a battery of tests last week showed he was in good health. He joked that a letter sent to the directors two weeks ago promising to run if the budget was passed was not enforceable, because he was on morphine at the time.
“I am weighing the option,” Clarke said. “If I wasn’t in excellent health, I might be concerned, but I’m in excellent health.”
Last year a record 12 homeowners filed for three vacancies. Brett Hill was the leading vote getter, and Trendic and Pat Supik were also selected.
Comprehensive Planning Committee Chairman Frank Daly, who finished fourth, said he was unlikely to run again.
“Right now I would say I’m not planning on running,” Daly said. “That could possibly change depending on how things will shake out, but it would have to be pretty dramatic. I think the current board is doing a good job. I think the three people that were elected are serving the people that voted for them well.”
Daly said his dealings with the board from a committee level had been professional.
“As long as they keep functioning as they are, I’m a happy camper as a lot owner,” he said.
Steve Lind, who finished fifth last year and was reportedly considered to fill the seat later given to Parks, was also noncommittal.
“Right now, I’m busy saving the Republic from the anarchists, America-haters, and criminal illegal immigrants,” Lind said, referring to his work with the Eastern Shore chapter of Main Street Patriots, an outgrowth of the Tea Party movement.
No one had filed as of Monday afternoon, according to OPA Marketing Director Denise Sawyer.
Last year at this time, two candidates, Larry Perrone and Ray Unger, had already filed.
The deadline to submit an application is Wednesday, May 10. Ballots will be mailed on July 11 and must be received by Aug. 10.
Votes will be counted on Aug. 11 and announced during the annual meeting on Saturday, Aug. 12.