Despite the fact that the pool is paid for out of the regular monthly assessment, the board refused to issue pool passes to those who did not pay the deposit on the unrelated special assessment.
This past summer, a homeowner took her 5-year-old to use the pool. A board member believed to be Tom Mull allegedly told her that if she didn’t pay her assessment, the board would shut off her electricity. He then proceeded to call the Lombard Police Department to have the mother and child removed the pool area.
For months, this family lived in fear that their power was going to be turned off because of this board member’s threat.
An empty threat, it turns out, because only the electric company can shut off your power (if you don’t pay your electric bill), not the board because an assessment wasn’t paid.
The board member apparently was unaware of that, just as he was also unaware that the police department has no jurisdiction in board issues such as pool passes.
No, a police officer had to show up and inform the board member of that fact – all the while, a 5-year-old is trembling, thinking he’s the one about to be arrested.
Threatening residents and scaring children.
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