Columbia Association Board removed three board members surprsingly

Columbia Association Board removed three board members surprsingly

For a 10-member board, Colubmia Association annouced they removed three board members at the recommendation of their ethics panel. This is really surprising. The vote is 5-0-0 to get rid of three board members. I served on CA board before for four years and alway pay attention what’s happening. Such a dramatic situation never happened before.

I believe they need to have a public vote and they need 7 votes to pass such a resolution (2/3 of 10 votes). Furthermore they could not fire the village repreentative elected by each village.

Attached is the document shared by the current CA board.

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Quick summary for the 82 pages document:

1. Key Timeline

DateWhat happened
April 10, 2025CA Board adopted the President/CEO evaluation policy.
April 21, 2025Board members scored the President/CEO evaluation.
May 2025The Board revisited or revised the President/CEO evaluation.
September 18, 2025A closed Board meeting was held. A memo about Board culture and risk was distributed.
September 25, 2025CA adopted a revised Code of Business Conduct and Policies.
September 26, 2025Three board members filed Complaint FY26-002 against Collin Sullivan and Bill Santos.
October 13 and 15, 2025The Ethics Panel reviewed FY26-002 and decided an investigation was needed.
October 17, 2025The Ethics Panel issued a memo saying FY26-002 would be investigated.
December 12, 2025The outside investigator completed findings for FY26-002.
December 19, 2025The Ethics Panel reviewed and accepted the investigator’s findings.
December 23, 2025The Ethics Panel closed FY26-002 and found no Code violation by Sullivan or Santos.
January 9, 2026A new complaint, FY26-004, was filed, claiming FY26-002 was a bad-faith complaint.
January 19, 2026The Ethics Panel reviewed FY26-004 and decided an investigation was needed.
February 2, 2026The Ethics Panel issued a memo saying FY26-004 would be investigated.
April 3, 2026The outside investigator completed findings for FY26-004.
April 7, 2026The Ethics Panel reviewed and accepted the investigator’s FY26-004 findings.
April 9, 2026The Ethics Panel found Code violations and recommended removing Eric Greenberg, Karin Emery, and Reg Avery from the CA Board.
After April 9, 2026A removal vote reportedly occurred with five yes votes in a closed meeting. The report does not clearly document the full details of that vote.