Barony Place I/Barony Place II

The good news for homeowners about the HOA is that the Board of Directors now has a strong leadership team in place for 2026. The HOA has a difficult financial year in front of it, because of the circumstances it inherited on November 18. The leadership team (the four officers) will meet it head-on, rather than burying problems out-of-sight. The officers now are Brenda Bryant, President; Jeff Lummel, Vice-President; Angelo Turley-Moore, Secretary; and Linda Potter, Treasurer. Homeowners (Members) should remember that the Board members are homeowners and unpaid volunteers. Well, not quite "volunteers", because they were elected. Board members should be able to rely on strong support from a professional HOA management company with the experience and knowledge to lead them through murky waters. One of the first things the new Board will want to do is extricate the HOA from the illegal lawsuit that was filed in its name in December 2024. That lawsuit was filed in the name of the ...

Will the "new" Board of Directors have some bad news for Members (homeowners) of the HOA? By "new", I mean the majority of the Board, the four directors (Bryant, Lummel, Turley-Moore, Potter) who are now the majority of the Board? Members can expect the Board to be honest about the financial affairs of the HOA. "Bad news" should be revealed. The "new" Board will work hard to re-establish a solid financial footing for the HOA. Reserves have been destroyed. Money was moved out of Reserves in 2025 without vote of the Board. Who okay'ed that? The HOA did not have a legitimate Treasurer after LaToya Adams resigned in May 2025. There was no Treasurer between her date of resignation (May ?) and July 1, when William Hill was illegitimately appointed to the Board in a private, closed, secret, pre-board meeting presided over by Danny Trapp and improperly referred to as an "executive session". Because Hill was not properly appointed, he could ...

As of October 31, 2025, the Accounts Receivables of the HOA (Line 1205) totaled $498,673.65. Why did Danny Trapp and his friends in the majority on the Board (Holmes, Pollin, Hill, Weatherbee) allow A/R to reach almost one-half million dollars? The financial statement for October 2025 was available at the November 18, 2025 BOD Meeting, but it has not yet been posted to the HOA's website.  Will the HOA's Finance Committee prepare and the Treasurer of the Board present a report to the Board (and the Members) of the calculations in the Accounts Receivables? For example, how many homeowners are indebted to the HOA for unpaid dues? what is the ageing of unpaid dues? what amount is owed by each property?* how many debts are about to be written off? how much was written off in 2025? 2024? (Did any Boards ever discuss write-offs at monthly BOD Meetings?) The PRM covers write-offs at Art. III, §C, ¶3 (Page 17). the allowance for uncollectible debt (Line 1210) is $29...

The next Board of Directors Meeting will be Tuesday, January 6, 2026. This meeting will begin at 6:30PM and will be held at the North Springs Park Community Center, 1320 Clemson Road. Week-ends and holidays will reduce the number of working days between now and then, and the volunteer board members will, hopefully, reduce the time they spend on the affairs of the HOA. Will the management company have time to catch up on unfinished business? Have the dues notices been mailed for the January 1st  Assessment? See the December 2025 Summit Scoop (Page 1) for abbreviated payment information. Dues are late after January 31st. Will the Minutes for November 18th Board Meeting be published? Will the Minutes for December 2nd Board Meeting be published? Will the 2024 Annual Audit be published on the HOA's website? Will the monthly financial statements for September 2025 and October 2025 be published on the HOA's website? These are all Town & Country Management Company duties. Are thes...

If you read today's email from Brenda Bryant, President of The Summit's HOA, you learned of many opportunities to become involved in your HOA. Brenda's message was clear and inviting. There are many ways to pitch in and help.  Getting involved strengthens this community.  If you missed her message, email the office at SummitHelpDesk@tcgrd.com and request a copy of it. The next Board of Directors meeting will be Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at the North Springs Park Community Center, 1320 Clemson Road. The meeting will start at 6:30PM. Be sure to meet the officers and the other directors. Your HOA is back in good hands.

Also on Page Three of the December 2025 Summit Scoop was a second food-for-thought item. Jesse McClinton, former chairperson of the Neighborhood Committee (prior to Reginald Mack) commented on the dues increase. He wrote, "As you know, we have had an increase in our fees of $50.00 per billing cycle." The dues actually increased $50.00 for the year, or $25.00 per billing cycle. He opined about the $96,000 spent on resurfacing one of the pools and estimates less than 5% of Summit residents use the pools. How many residents are there - 6,-8,000? Five percent of 8,000 is 400. How accurate is his estimate? Jesse must know that pool repair decisions are not made by homeowners or by Voting Members. The decisions are made by the Board of Directors. At the time of the pool re-surfacing decision, the Board was headed by Danny Trapp and his majority. Not that that has much to do with it, because the re-surfacing was needed and had to be done. If anyone wonders when Amaryllis Woods held ...