A Timeline Review of the Asset Consulting Rate Increase from $100 to $150

In this video, I walk through the timeline of Asset Consulting’s hourly rate increasing from $100 to $150, based on the committee meeting minutes, invoice PDFs, and email correspondence available to owners at the time of recording. The documents are presented in the order the dates happened, so owners can decide for themselves what the record suggests.

The goal of this video is narrow: to show, using dated documents only, when a rate increase was billed, when it was minuted, and what the Corporation’s own records do and do not contain in between.

What this video covers

• The only prior motion on record authorising paid committee work: Item 6 of the 21 July 2025 Committee Meeting Minutes, which resolves that any legal-related work performed by any committee member should be paid at $100 per hour.
• The three subsequent committee meetings (August, September, and November 2025). None of them records a motion changing the $100/hour rate set in July.
• Asset Consulting Tax Invoice 0059, dated 16 December 2025, which back-charges the Corporation for 109.4 hours of work performed between 19 and 30 November 2025 at an additional $50 per hour. The description line on that invoice refers to a “committee approved rate increase effective 19.11.25.”
• Asset Consulting Invoice 0057 (dated 1 December 2025, billed at $100/hour) and Invoice 0060 (dated 16 December 2025, billed at $150/hour), which show the rate changing across the invoice sequence.
• The only minuted resolution on Belinda Bartel’s hourly rate after the July 2025 meeting: Item 13 of the 12 January 2026 Committee Meeting Minutes, passed eight weeks after the 19 November 2025 effective date claimed on Invoice 0059.
• A discrepancy on the face of the 12 January 2026 minutes: Phil Dinham is listed on page 1 under “Apologies”, and on page 4 is recorded as seconding the motion to increase the hourly rate.
• An email from the Corporation’s Treasurer, Graham Morris, dated 18 December 2025 (four weeks before the January meeting), stating: “Yes there was a vote / 4 in favour / They decided before I got a vote.”
• A single timeline bringing the five key dates together: 21 July 2025, 10 November 2025, 19 November 2025, 16 December 2025, and 12 January 2026.
• A flag for the next video: the 21 July 2025 motion authorises paid committee work for legal-related matters. The invoices referenced above include charges for rent roll sale, renovation projects, and other non-legal matters. That scope question is the subject of the next video.

What this post is, and what it is not

This is independent owner-created commentary for transparency. It is not official Corporation, Committee, or strata manager communication, and it is not legal, tax, or financial advice.

I am focusing only on what is visible in the documents available to owners as at the date of recording, namely the committee meeting minutes, the invoice PDFs, and the email correspondence shown on screen. If additional supporting documents exist outside what owners can access, that could change what owners can verify from the record set shown.

I make no claim about any individual’s motives or intent. Where I point to a discrepancy (such as the Apologies/Seconder question on the 12 January 2026 minutes), I am pointing to the document as it reads on its face, not drawing a conclusion about how it came to read that way.

Corrections and right of reply

If you have supporting records, please share them and I will update this post. Examples include:

• additional committee meeting minutes (or a written out-of-session resolution) authorising the rate increase between 21 July 2025 and 12 January 2026;
• a corrected version of the 12 January 2026 minutes clarifying the Apologies/Seconder entries;
• corrected versions of Invoices 0057, 0059, or 0060; or
• any other document that speaks to when and how the rate increase was authorised.