duties and qualifications of a community administrator

 With communtity meeting coming up thought it would be good to bring the following to everyone's attention

 Who is the administrator, and what are his duties and obligations.

This person is a pofessional who should belong to the College of Administrators. the Spanish name is, as always, very long.  His proper title is Administrador de la Comunidad de Propietarios.  He is a qualified Administrador de Fincas, and he should be a registered member of the Colegio de Administradores de Fincas Rusticas Y Urbanas.  He will therefore be able to give you his colegio number.  This means he is trained and qualified to administrate property in Spain or Spanish real estate of any kind.  But his main source of income is usually from acting as the Administrator for a number of neighbourhood committees.  You will gather that his is a paid position.  He wkill normally have his own office and secretary, etc.  He is elected on a yearly basis at the same time as the committe of theCcomunidad de Propietarios.  His role is to help the committe realise its functions correctly and legally.   He does this by:

                  Attending all the meetings ( as far as possible ) and advising on legal aspects of decisions.

                 Managing the bank accounts.  Balancing the community accounts; receipts and outgoings. Issuing the end of year                            financial statements.

                 Other financial functions such as getting quotes from suppliers. Issuing invoices. Charging the quotas from the property                  owners  Chasing bad debts, etc.

                 Other administrative duties such as making sure information, such as the Regimen Interno is available for all                                       households.

             Making sure general and extraordinary meetings are notified correctly and legally to all householders,                        including those who are not resident, because their Spanish property is just for summer use or rent.

             He is often a key holder for all general doors and gates and for access to such areas as electric, gas, water,              telephone meters, community water supply areas, television cable distribution points etc.

                  He will oversee any work being carried out for the community property. 

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