Posted:
December 8, 2025
Hello Members,
All the best for the coming Holidays and New Year.
Here are a few dates to remember:
• January 18th, 2026– Fourth Annual “Meet Your Neighbors” Cocktail Party – Sunday 3 to 5 PM. We are planning another gathering where everyone can come and get to know one another. It will be an Appetizer Potluck / BYOB with tables set up in the parking area off the lake between units 2122 and 2123. We have a music set up and will play some tunes. Special thanks to Lori for helping us to organize things.
• January 22nd, 2026- Open Member’s Board Meeting – TBA
• February 12th, 2026- Member’s Meeting and Annual Election of the Board – This meeting will include the election of directors to the board. As per our COA Docs the second Tuesday of February is the date of the elections. Preliminary information will be sent out 60 days in advance.
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The Boards job is to Protect, Maintain and Enhance the Community. Run it like a business.
The Villas at Jupiter Lakes envisions a community recognized for its relaxed and quiet charm. Our goal is to increase curb appeal, financial health, and a vibrant, neighborly spirit. We strive to be a model of condominium living in South Florida, where residents enjoy a relaxed lifestyle complemented by quiet respectful neighbors.
The Board just finished the Budget process for 2026. We worked from the Reserve Study that was completed in 2023 and gave us the long-term (3 to 30 years) numbers to be able to sustain the streets, sidewalks, landscaping, roofs, and well, everything that the COA is responsible for. This reserve study is done about once every three years. Once we got their numbers, the long-term plans for Fully Funding the Reserves were known to us. We were able to start looking at the final numbers.
The new Reserve Study for 2026 has already begun and we are just waiting for the final changes to be made so we can share it with everyone.
As you probably know, the Board decided several years ago to go ahead and begin fully funding the reserves and not wait until the Florida law went into effect January of 2025. Because of this we are well ahead on all our reserves in all areas. The new law said that all COA must fully fund their reserves – in the past Boards could vote to delay the funding and kick the collection of funds down the road. This often led to special assessments and surprise expenses for those owning in the community. Our goal is to never have a surprise special assessment ever again.
At present our Reserves look like this:
End of 2025 – $639,141
End of 2026 (projected) – $841,909
End of 2027 (projected) – $1,044,677
On November 20th, 2025 – The Annual Budget Meeting of the Board took place and the budget was approved. This meeting occurred on Zoom and at the Triton Property Management offices. The 2026 budget was entered into the official records with a majority vote by the Board. Quarterly fees will be reduced to $1064.08 – which is $354.69 a month. It is our intention to continue to balance the budget, fully fund the reserves and reduce the rate even more going forward. More about this here: Understanding Reserve Funds and the Reserve Study | Jupiter Lakes Villas
Internet. As you know the budget was supposed to be increased by $150 per quarter ($50 per month) to cover the new BroadStar fiber optic internet/TV services which we installed as an amenity to the community in the middle of 2025. However, the Board voted to move an $80,000 overage in the Operating fund from 2025 into the Operating fund for 2026 and that allowed us to lower the fees by more than $50 per month instead. Fiber Optic Infrastructure Upgrade | Jupiter Lakes Villas
Our insurance. Our insurance agent Don Brady of “Acrisure Tequesta, FL (Johnson-Brady LLC)” handles insurance for more than 200 local communities. As I am sure you recall our insurance was (and is) the biggest line item in our budget. That is a huge savings over our previous insurance agent who had us at $365k for 2025. We are also paying our insurance premiums with cash and we are no longer financing the insurance payment saving us those fees.
Since we did the retrofit (third nail) project in 2024 we continue to get the lowest possible discount on our hurricane insurance for the coming years. We are at about $220,000 per year which includes hurricane and all our other insurance policies (wrap around, umbrella, injury, etc.) combined (which total about $50,000).
To gain further discounts on our hurricane property insurance we can do a few things. Firstly, some of our buildings are not fully discounted, as they do not have all four units with hurricane protection (storm windows, accordion shutters or bolts for the metal interlocking shutters). If one unit is missing these then the entire building costs more to insure. . Basically, the unprotected building can allow damage to happen to all the units should a roof come off an unprotected one. So, we have done an inventory and requested the Owners of the unprotected units install approved protection. Once all four units in a building are protected our insurance on that building will be lower. Many of our 34 buildings are already fully protected but a handful are not.
Year in Review – Here are a few of the things your Board has been working on this year. Please note you can follow all the details on our JLV website. 2025 Project List | Jupiter Lakes Villas
Fire Extinguishers – Completed
FPL Meter Labeling – Underway
Update JLV COA Governing Documents – Underway
Lake Aeration Project – Underway
Financial Audit 2025 – Underway
Reserve Study 2026 – Underway
Insurance Appraisal – Proposals
Wooden Fence Replacement Project – Planning & Proposals
Main Streets Sealcoating Project – Completed
Sidewalk Repair & Refinish – Completed
Chain Link Fence Repair- Completed
PVC Fence (West) Replacement – Planning
Front Signage – Planning
Rain Gutters Project – Planning
Parking Tags Project – Planning
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The Board has made a commitment to total transparency. It is our intention to have everything open to all Members at all times. To this end we have the JLV website at JupiterLakesVillas.org and within it a “Member’s Only” area where Members can find copies of all documents and files.
All Rules, Documents and Forms are available online at the JLV website. All previous Board Meeting minutes are also available.
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The COA strongly suggests all Owners have their own Content and Flood insurance. Protect your contents, as the COA is not responsible for anything from behind the paint in.
Vehicles – Please do not park any part of your tires on the grass – we have sprinklers in the grass areas and we have to pay when cars and trucks drive over them and break them. Even the very edges of the grass by the streets have some sprinklers along the curbs. Please ask people you see parking with their tires on the grass to not do that.
As you know: Vehicles that are in need of repair are not allowed to be on community property. Commercial vehicles are not allowed to be on the property unless they are doing a service at one of the units – certainly not overnight. We will continue to alert the owners of these cars and trucks. Boats are not allowed to be parked overnight and of course, never on the grass areas.
We have renewed our contract with the towing company and they are ready willing and able to tow when we call them. This contract costs the COA nothing out of pocket. The towing company charges the person who owns the towed vehicle directly.
We are asking all residents to report things that they see in real time. If it is illegal or suspect, please call the Jupiter police immediately. Phone call, email or text to the Management Company with photos are prefect ways to alert us when people are breaking a rule. You can also submit the information and upload photos direct to the management company in the contact form (link below) on the website. The rules apply to everyone: Owners, Renters and Guests. All fines collected go into our COA funds. Those who do not pay are sent to the lawyer for collection and they will be billed for the lawyer’s time and interest.
Addressing the nuisance Muscovy Duck problem – We have been very successful at limiting the population of these non-Florida ducks. Their numbers seem to be dwindling over the past years. Let’s keep up the good work so we don’t have to pay a service to have them removed. Please report any sighting of a nest to us ASAP. Please DO NOT FEED these ducks or any of the wildlife on community property. Please feel free to look over the article on our JLV website: Rules for Nuisance Muscovy Ducks | Jupiter Lakes Villas.
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All Board Members have completed COA Certification Seminars and have their certificates. Board Members | Jupiter Lakes Villas
We are not only your volunteer Board but we are also Owners and Members in the JLV community. We all want what is best for all of us.
Kind regards,
James Squires
President of the JLV COA Board
President’s Corner | Jupiter Lakes Villas