Jonathan Association

The Jonathan Association recently named several of its newly elected board members to leadership positions.

Last month, the board of directors named Jim Battenberg, of Neighborhood 8, the new association president. He replaces Tom Davis who was ousted earlier this year, along with five other members of the board.

The Jonathan Association Board of Directors will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m . Tuesday night in city council chambers at City Hall.

To see the meeting agenda, click here.

Newly elected Jonathan Board members were announced at the homeowner association board's March 25 meeting.

According to information posted on the Jonathan Web site, the winners were: Jacqueline Bensman, Katie Tierney, and Sandra Rossol.

The Public Accountant firm of Casey, Menden, Faust & Nelson, P.A. tallied the results of the mail-in vote.The candidates, and vote totals included:

1. Jacqueline Bensman: 676

2. Katie Tierney: 635

The results of the annual Jonathan Association Board of Directions
election will be made public Tuesday night, according to interim
association President Mike Liebe.

A meeting to announce the
results will be held at 7 p.m. in council chambers at Chaska City
Hall.  Three seats are up for grabs.

For more information, visit www.jonathaninchaska.com. 

The three remaining members of the Jonathan Association board of directors filled four of the six vacant board seats at a special meeting Thursday night.

Six board members were ousted last month at the annual election when association member Mike Sibley made a motion to have them removed. It passed 40-4 among the membership present.

The Chaska Herald submitted questions to the six candidates running for the three open three-year positions on the nine-member Jonathan Association Board of Directors.

Following the removal of six of the nine board members last week, there is only one incumbent on the board, Debbie Boe.

By Mollee Francisco 

An attempt to remove six of the nine members of the Jonathan Association during the annual meeting last Tuesday was legitimate, according to attorneys for the large homeowners association.

The Jonathan Association annual meeting on Tuesday night resulted in the removal of six of nine directors who serve on the homeowner group’s board. 

Homeowner Mike Sibley, citing Jonathan’s by-laws, made a motion for the removal of President Tom Davis, Vice President Tom Kerber, Secretary, and directors Dan Weber, Cal Kuhlman, Dan Navratil and Joe Niedert.

By Mark W. Olson

A settlement is being discussed for the class action Jonathan lawsuit.

The settlement concept would allow the separation of Jonathan’s non-contiguous neighborhoods, such as Autumn Woods, as well as one of its largest neighborhoods, Clover Ridge.

The Jonathan Association Board of Directors elections will once again be done by mail-in vote. Three seats are up for grabs this year including those of Tom Kerber, Dan Weber and Debbie Boe (who was appointed after Walt Ripplinger stepped down). Directors serve three-year terms.