Governance — Lane Ranch HOA

BOARD

Seven directors, elected to three-year terms.

DirectorTerm

Dave MadarasPresident · since 2024

Dec 2022 – Dec 2028

BIO

In his 2025 candidate biography, Madaras described his engineering background and product-development work at DECKED, following careers in trading and aviation software. A University of Virginia alumnus and Lane Ranch resident since 2020, he described service on the Fly Sun Valley Alliance board and the Sun Valley City Council, and his role as Lane Ranch President since 2024.
2025 candidate biographies · packet page 11 →

Greg Lyle

Dec 2012 – Dec 2024
Dec 2025 – Dec 2028

BIO

In his 2025 candidate biography, Lyle described his work as an attorney and business operator, prior Lane Ranch Board service, and involvement in the paver-pathway and pool-area projects. He sought to help plan and oversee the road project, preserve its reserve funding, minimize special assessments, and encourage owner surveys on significant decisions.
2025 candidate biographies · packet page 11 →

Pat BruderDec 2021 – Dec 2027

BIO

In her 2024 candidate biography, Bruder described HOA leadership experience in Hinsdale, Illinois, and Ketchum, along with her work as a private investigator and owner of Investigative Solutions. She became a full-time Wood River Valley resident in 2017 and volunteers as an instructor with Higher Ground Military Ski Camps.
2024 candidate biographies · packet page 10 →

Bill DavisDec 2024 – Dec 2027

BIO

In his 2024 candidate biography, Davis described his leadership of ZMAXINC, a customer-contact consulting and management company, and board service with the Contact Center AI Association and ProxyLink. An Auburn University graduate, he became a full-time Lane Ranch resident in September 2023 and serves on committees at St. Thomas Church.
2024 candidate biographies · packet page 10 →

Jim HuyckDec 2023 – Dec 2026

BIO

In his 2023 candidate biography, Huyck described his career as a general building contractor and owner of Huyck Construction in Aptos, California, working on residential remodels and custom homes. He purchased his Lane Ranch home in 2001 and enjoys mountain biking, hiking, fishing, and skiing.
2023 candidate biographies · packet page 12 →

Chris NielsonDec 2023 – Dec 2026

BIO

In his 2023 candidate biography, Nielson described growing up in the Wood River Valley, studying at the University of Utah and the Southern California Institute of Architecture, and working with architecture firms in Los Angeles and Denver. He returned to the valley in 2019 to join Michael Doty Associates, Architects in Ketchum.
2023 candidate biographies · packet page 12 →

Dave KennettDec 2023 – Dec 2026

BIO

In his 2023 candidate biography, Kennett described experience as a congressional chief of staff, legislative director, and owner of a California government-affairs consulting business. A Wheaton College graduate, he became a full-time Lane Ranch resident in 2020 and has worked part-time with Sun Valley Company.
2023 candidate biographies · packet page 12 →

MANAGEMENT

Sun Country

Ketchum, Idaho

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ACC MEMBERS

Board-appointed committee.
Three to five members.

Ken Herich

Dick Fenton

Ned Hamlin

Chase Goulay

ACC review process → FAQ: ACC approval process →

Membership as recorded in the 2018 annual meeting minutes; current membership needs confirmation.

DOCUMENTS & CONTRACTS

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CC&Rs·First Amendment·Second Amendment·Third Amendment·1980 Amended Plat·Design Guidelines·Rules·ACC Notice & Appeal Rules·Landscape Contract 2024–2026

FINANCIAL RECORDS

Balances reported to owners
at the annual meeting.

$300,135

Road fund · Fidelity

$98,202

Capital reserve

$105,224

Operating account

$30,520

ACC account

As of 30 December 2025. 2026 budget adopted, holding dues level.

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FINANCES & DUES

Dues$1,500 / Quarter

How to PaySun Country bills owners directly · due in 30 days

SPENDING & VOTING

Property the Association owns.
Who decides, and when owners vote.

WHAT THIS COVERS

Association Property is defined in Article I as “all real and personal property in which the Master Association, now or hereafter holds any right, title, or interest, including, without limitation, all easement rights.” Section 6.05 N names the swimming pool, the tennis courts, the streams and ponds, and any and all Association roads, streets and rights of way.

Work on your own lot — painting, re-roofing, decks, additions, landscaping, tree removal — follows a separate path through the Architectural Control Committee. Architectural Review →

The Association

EVERY OWNER

A nonprofit Idaho corporation. Every owner is a member of it by virtue of owning a lot, and each lot carries one vote.

SECTIONS 6.01 A · 6.02 A · 6.03 A

The Board

SEVEN DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors of the Master Association, elected by the members.

ARTICLE I, DEFINITIONS

Yearly Assessments

THE BOARD DECIDES

SECTION 10.02 YEARLY ESTIMATES OF ASSESSMENTS · SECTION 10.03 PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS

At least thirty days before each fiscal year the Board estimates the year’s expenses, including replacement reserves for streets, recreational facilities, pumps, flood control and avalanche control. A sum sufficient to cover it is assessed equally on every lot. Should that sum prove inadequate, the Association may levy a further assessment at any time, equally on every lot. Section 10.03 makes Assessments payable in equal monthly instalments, or in whatever manner the Board designates. Lane Ranch bills quarterly.

Construction or demolition on Association property, over $100,000

51% OF VOTES CAST

SECTION 6.05 M · CONSTRUCTION AND ASSOCIATION PROPERTY · PAGE 22

The Association may, with the approval of the Architectural Control Committee, construct new Improvements or additions to the Association Properties or demolish existing Improvements; provided that in the case of any Improvements, additions or demolition (other than maintenance or repairs to existing Improvements) involving a total expenditure in excess of One Hundred Thousand and No/100ths Dollars ($100,000.00) the consent of fifty-one percent (51%) of the voting power of the members voting in person or by proxy at a regular or special meeting called for that purpose shall first be obtained. The Association shall levy a special Assessment on all Owners for the cost of such work.

The vote belongs to the owners. The Board cannot approve such work on its own.
Consent comes first, before the work.
Maintenance and repairs to existing improvements sit outside this, at any cost.

Selling, dedicating or borrowing against Association property

66⅔% OF ALL OWNERS, IN WRITING

SECTION 6.05 N · CONVEYANCE OF ASSOCIATION PROPERTY · AS REPLACED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT, 24 OCTOBER 2001

The Association shall not convey, exchange, dedicate, transfer or encumber Association Property without the prior written consent of not less than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the Owners of Lots in Lane Ranch, including without limitation the following: (1) Any Association amenity and right or license to use Association Common Area facilities, including without limitation, the swimming pool, tennis courts, streams and ponds; (2) Any Association real property of any nature, including without limitation, any and all Association roads, streets and rights of way; and (3) Any portion of the Common Areas, including without limitation, Landscape Easement Rights described in Section 7.07 and Parcel F.

A higher bar than the $100,000 rule: two-thirds of all owners, in writing, rather than a majority of those who turn up to vote.
Four narrow exceptions cover personal property alone: work already in the year’s estimate; items independently appraised at $25,000 or less a year in total; immediate repair of property damaged by an unanticipated event where there is too little time to obtain consent; and the temporary maintenance easements in Sections 7.06 to 7.08.
The amendment states that it supersedes anything in the Master Declaration that conflicts with it, naming Sections 6.05 C, 6.05 M, 8.01 D and 8.01 E.

Changing the assessment rules

75% OF OWNERS

SECTION 10.04 · AMENDMENTS

Amendments to Article X, which governs funds and assessments, take effect only on the written consent of seventy-five percent of the owners in Lane Ranch.

Improvement is defined in Article I as “all structures and appurtenances thereto of every type and kind, including but not limited to buildings, outbuildings, garages, carports, roads, road surfaces, driveways, parking areas, fences, screening walls, retaining walls, stairs, decks, landscaping, hedges, windbreaks, plantings, planted trees and shrubs… pools, recreational structures and fencing, water amenities, pipes flood control devices…” The same word covers work on a private lot, which the Architectural Control Committee handles. Quoted from the Master Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Lane Ranch, recorded 21 July 1989, Blaine County Instrument No. 307796, and its First Amendment of 24 October 2001, Instrument No. 457051. Read them in full under Documents & Contracts above.