Regarding hiring without consulting the community, there is a reason that companies hire a CEO to make all the decisions, rather than having all stakeholders weigh in on every hire. We are giving Ron room as Executive Director to do his job, and even if he makes mistakes on the way (and he undoubtedly will) I vastly prefer that to decision-by-committee.
You are actively ignoring the spending rules that the board imposed on itself: "The Executive Director has been authorized to spend $10,000 USD in project funds on a rolling basis". Though I suppose you could construe "rolling basis" in order to justify excessive unauthorized expenditures.
It is not really a matter of what *you* prefer; you are one investor, and if the rules for spending are going to be broken the community ought to be informed of it.
Lastly, since Ron was not elected by the community as Executive Director, giving him such free-reign is absurd.
Ron is following the rules we all agreed on.