Feb 13, 2014 — The unit owners of the Presidential Condominium re-elected five of the incumbent directors last night and replaced two of the sitting board members with new faces.
The current board President Patrick McMahon, Vice President Roberto Gomez and Secretary/Treasurer Joseph Iacono were reelected as well as board members Maria Farmiga and Theodore April. Nyxlie Machado and Dave Zornow were elected to The Presidential Board of Directors for the first time.
Carlos Rodriguez and Miguel Rodriguez (no relation) were elected to non-voting trustee positions.
The new board will meet in two weeks to select officers for 2014-2015. The “voter turnout,” the number of unit owners that cast a valid ballot, was 61% (144 ballots counted).
Gerald Menees, a member of the 2013 board, did not receive enough votes to keep his seat in 2014. Linda Ringler, another 2013 board member, did not run for the board this year.
Here are the results for all candidates, listed in descending order by the number of votes they received.
Board of Directors
| Votes | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Farmiga, Maria | 102 | 11.4% |
| McMahon, Pat | 99 | 11.1% |
| Iacono, Joe | 97 | 10.9% |
| Gomez, Roberto | 94 | 10.5% |
| Zornow, Dave | 93 | 10.4% |
| Machado, Nyxlie | 90 | 10.1% |
| April, Ted | 89 | 10.0% |
| Menees, Gerry | 49 | 5.5% |
| Harvey, John | 47 | 5.3% |
| Rizzo, Jim | 45 | 5.0% |
| Sullivan, Paula | 45 | 5.0% |
| Ringler, Jeffrey | 44 | 4.9% |
| Total | 894 | 100% |
Trustees
| Votes | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Rodriguez, Carlos | 87 | 34.7% |
| Rodriguez, Miguel | 81 | 32.3% |
| Rizzo, Jim | 42 | 16.7% |
| Rodriguez, Juan | 41 | 16.3% |
| 251 | 100% | |
Nan Green, an independent election supervisor hired by The Presidential to collect the ballots prior to election night and supervise the tabulation, announced the results at approximately 9:45p. She was assisted by a coworker and four volunteer Presidential unit owners selected from the audience.