2026 Stetson Hills HOA Budget Total: $867,840

HOA Homeowner Dues: $260 paid quarterly ($80 per home per month or $1,040 a year)

Where YOUR money goes: 

• Landscape: Over half of the annual budget is devoted to landscaping related activities in Stetson Hills.

• Compliance enforcement: Over $10,000 is budgeted for RCS, a company hired by the HOA Board to patrol community streets and monitor homeowner compliance with HOA rules.

• Management fees: Over $45,000 is budgeted for City Property Management.

• Collections & legal: Over $30,000 is budgeted for collections and legal fees.

Links:

Stetson Hills HOA Board 2026 Approved Budget

Stetson Hills homeowners paid nearly $19,000 in HOA fines in 2025, up from approximately $14,000 in 2024. That level of fine revenue is not a sign of a healthy, well-run community, it is a red flag that enforcement may be overly aggressive, overly technical, or driven by standards that homeowners don’t clearly understand or support.

When an HOA increasingly relies on violations and fines, the practical impact is predictable: more conflict, more resentment, more “gotcha” compliance, and less neighborhood trust. It can also indicate deeper problems such as unclear or shifting expectations, arbitrary rules, inconsistent enforcement, and governance practices that prioritize compliance activity over collaboration and common-sense solutions.

SHCG believes fines should be a last resort, not a routine operating tool. The HOA Board’s role is to represent homeowners and protect the neighborhood through clear rules, due process, consistent enforcement, and reasonable standards - not to create an environment where everyday quality-of-life choices turn into violation letters and escalating penalties.

If you’ve received fines or enforcement letters (especially for issues you believe are not clearly supported by the CC&Rs), please share your experience through our private Input & Updates Form or email info@stetsonhillscommongood.com so we can track patterns and advocate for transparency, fairness, and practical reforms.

Links:

HOA Board Income/Expense Report - December 2025

HOA Board Income/Expense Report - December 2024

Stetson Hills HOA homeowners paid over $16,000 in 2025 for charges related to collections, late fees, small claims fees, and legal fees (the total was also over $16,000 in 2024). Even when some of this activity is tied to delinquent assessments, totals at this level are a warning sign that the HOA Board's approach may be drifting toward punitive escalation instead of early, practical resolution.

When collections and legal fees become routine, the impact is predictable: more conflict, more financial hardship for some households, and a community culture that feels adversarial rather than neighbor-focused. It can also reflect broader governance issues, such as overly aggressive enforcement, unclear standards, inconsistent communication, and a tendency to escalate rather than resolve.

SHCG believes the HOA should prioritize clear communication, reasonable grace periods, consistent processes, and fair payment options before legal escalation - especially in a community where the Board is supposed to represent homeowners, not create avoidable friction and added costs.

If you’ve experienced Stetson Hills HOA collections activity, late fees, attorney letters, or escalating charges you believe were unreasonable, please share your experience through our private Input & Updates Form or info@stetsonhillscommongood.com, so we can track patterns and advocate for more transparent, fair, and solutions-oriented practices.

Links:

HOA Board Income/Expense Report - December 2025

HOA Board Income/Expense Report - December 2024

Stetson Hills meeting documents show a recurring structure where homeowner input (“Open Comments”) is pushed to the very end of the meeting - after Board business. For example, a posted agenda lists “Open Comments / Next Meeting Date / Adjournment” as the final section (see link below). Meeting minutes similarly reflect substantive discussion and votes first, with homeowners allowed to speak only after decisions were already made (see link below). Homeowners contend this is not a harmless format choice, it is a process that shuts owners out at the exact moment their input matters most.

Why homeowners believe this is unlawful

Arizona law A.R.S. § 33-1804 requires that owners be given an opportunity to speak after discussion of agenda items and before the Board takes formal action (votes) (subject to reasonable rules). When public comment is consistently delayed until the end, the Board is effectively running a “vote first, listen later” meeting model - the opposite of what the law intends.

Why it matters:

This structure blocks homeowners from commenting before the Board makes decisions that directly affect property rights and daily life - including enforcement priorities, rule interpretations, budget/spending decisions, committee direction, and community standards. When owners can’t speak until after votes are taken, it:

• eliminates meaningful participation (comment after the decision is not participation);

• reduces accountability and increases distrust;

• fuels conflict and escalates enforcement and fines; and

• reinforces the perception that the Board is operating with minimal transparency and limited homeowner input.

What SHCG advocates for:

A simple, lawful meeting structure where homeowners can provide brief comment before votes - either:

• Item-by-item (comment after discussion and before action), or

• A clearly structured Owner Input segment before any substantive votes,
  with reasonable time limits.

Example agendas, minutes and A.R.S. § 33-1804 are linked below and also posted in the Document Library. Additional details will be added here and to the Improper HOA Actions page as further records are produced by the HOA Board (official record requests have been submitted). 

Help document the pattern:

If you’ve attended a Stetson Hills Board meeting where homeowner input was restricted until after votes were taken, or where you felt shut out of the decision-making process, please share your experience through our private Input & Updates Form or by emailing info@stetsonhillscommongood.com. Your input helps document patterns and supports efforts to push for open, fair, and legally compliant Board practices.

Links:

HOA Board Meeting Agenda - November 18, 2025

HOA Board Meeting Minutes - September 23, 2025 

Arizona Revised Statute (A.R.S.) § 33-1804 - Open meetings; exceptions; notice; agenda; policy statement

In 2025, the HOA Board filled two vacant Board seats by appointing past Board members without notifying the community in advance and without clearly posting the appointments as agenda items. Homeowners view this as part of a long-running pattern where a small, entrenched group maintains control through closed appointments rather than an open, community-informed process. Homeowners also contend this practice likely violates Arizona open meeting/agenda requirements and the HOA’s own governance standards, and that actions taken without proper agenda disclosure should not be treated as valid.

Why it Matters

When Board vacancies are filled without clear advance notice and agenda disclosure, homeowners lose the ability to follow, understand, and meaningfully participate in decisions that directly affect property rights, enforcement actions, budgets, and long-term community direction. It also undermines trust in the integrity of HOA governance and creates a risk that significant actions taken by an improperly constituted Board, or taken through meetings that were not properly noticed, may be challenged as invalid.

Just as importantly, these processes can discourage homeowner participation and make it easier for the same small group to maintain control without transparency or accountability.

For supporting documents and details, see the Improper HOA Actions page.

After community backlash over how the HOA Board handled two roadside memorials in our community, the HOA Board canceled the June 24, 2025 regular meeting and then held a June 27, 2025 meeting that the minutes later labeled an “Emergency Regular Meeting.” Homeowners contend the posted agenda did not identify the meeting as an emergency, and that it was held at 10:00 a.m. (instead of the typical 6:00 p.m. start time), a difficult time for working residents to attend. Homeowners contend the meeting was not properly posted/noticed and that the Board conducted routine, non-emergency business, raising serious concerns about compliance with Arizona open meeting/agenda requirements (A.R.S. § 33-1804) and the HOA’s own governance standards.

Arizona law generally requires at least 48 hours’ notice and an agenda for board meetings, and permits emergency meetings with less than 48 hours’ notice only when the action cannot be delayed - and only for emergency matters. If a meeting is labeled “emergency” but used to conduct routine, non-emergency business, homeowners contend the process does not comply with A.R.S. § 33-1804’s emergency meeting limits.

Available agendas, minutes and A.R.S. § 33-1804 are linked below and also posted in the Document Library. Additional details can also be found on the Improper HOA Actions page (Improper HOA Board Action Report #3).

Homeowners are encouraged to review the documents and decide for themselves whether this “emergency” meeting, and the business conducted during it, complied with the law and reflects acceptable governance by the HOA Board.

Links:

HOA Board Emergency Meeting Agenda - June 27, 2025

HOA Board Emergency Meeting Minutes - June 27, 2025

Arizona Revised Statute (A.R.S.) § 33-1804 - Emergency meetings law

The HOA and the Closed-Door Meetings - YouTube Video (6:41)

Many Stetson Hills homeowners are raising serious concerns about how the Stetson Hills HOA Architectural Review Committee (ARC) operates. Unlike Board meetings - which Arizona law requires to be open and noticed - the ARC process in our community is often experienced as a “black box”: meetings not open to homeowners, no posted agendas, no meaningful minutes, limited records, little transparency into how decisions are made, and no appeals process.

This matters because the ARC’s decisions directly impact property rights, home improvements, home values, neighborhood aesthetics, and enforcement outcomes. When homeowners cannot see what is being discussed, what standards are being applied, or how guidelines are adopted or changed, it creates predictable problems: inconsistent outcomes, shifting expectations, and residents feeling they are being judged by rules they were never given a fair opportunity to review or comment on - especially when ARC “Design Guidelines” operate like additional CC&R requirements, which they are not.

Common Good supports a more transparent, accountable ARC process, including:

• Clear, published standards tied to the governing documents.

• Advance notice and an opportunity for homeowners to provide input when guideline changes are proposed.

• Records sufficient for homeowners to understand decisions and rationale.

• A homeowner-facing process for input on all policy changes that affect the community.

If you’ve experienced an ARC denial, confusing guidance, inconsistent standards, or lack of access to records, please share your experience through our private Input & Updates Form or info@stetsonhillscommongood.com, so we can document patterns and advocate for an open and fair process.