Barony Place I/Barony Place II

Will Minutes of the November 18, 2025 Annual Meeting of Voting Members (AMVM) be published? This is one of the most-important meetings of the HOA. This is the meeting at which four (or three) directors are elected to the Board each year. In past years no Minutes have been published; thus, Members have no idea what happened at the AMVM. There is no reason for the AMVM to be secret. What should be reported? The Neighborhoods in attendance; Names of the Voting Members (or Alternates);  Names of the HOA officers presiding over the AMVM; Name of the Recording Secretary; Confirmation of a quorum of Voting Members;  Names of all candidates for election; and Names of the top four (or three) vote-getters. Members have the right (By-Laws, Art. VI, §4, ¶(a)) to inspect these Minutes.

Officers of the HOA should be elected at Tuesday's Board of Directors Meeting. The old guard is out; the new is in. Four directors were elected on November 18: Brenda Bryant, Jeff Lummel, Linda Potter, and Angelo Turley-Moore. Danny Trapp was not re-elected. He is no longer on the Board, and he is no longer President of the HOA. On this Tuesday, December 2nd, the Board should elect a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and a Treasurer. This happens every year. The election should have been conducted on November 18th, but it wasn't. State law requires a President, (legitimate) Secretary, and (legitimate) Treasurer. Tanisha Holmes, soon-to-be former Board VP, will move to the minority of the Board. Will she stay, or will she pull "a Vernell" and bail if not re-elected as VP? Will William Hill resign from the Board, as has been rumored for over a month? What will Noel Weatherbee do? Both Hill and Weatherbee were appointed in a closed, private, pre-board meeting on July...

Has the HOA ever received the 2024 Annual Audit? Or the 2023 forensic internal audit? Or the 2023 forensic external audit?   If they have been delivered to the HOA, why haven't they been published? Shouldn't those be available to the Members of the Association by now? A good place for them is right on the HOA's website, where every Member can view them without asking anyone's permission. The 2024 Annual Audit should have been delivered by August (or earlier in the year). What's the big secret? The 2026 Proposed Budget was available at the November 18th Regular Board Meeting. It wasn't voted on then, because two new board members (Jeff Lummel and Angelo Turley-Moore) hadn't seen it before the meeting. Unlike in some prior years, newly-elected directors were not asked this year to vote on a budget they'd never seen. But all will vote on it on it this Tuesday, December 2. Be sure to attend the December 2nd Board Meeting. It promises to be exciting, for m...

What happened to half of the HOA's Reserves under the leadership of Board President Danny Trapp between November 2023 and November 2025? Trapp was elected as a Director on November 7, 2023, and he was not re-elected as a Director on November 18, 2025. He served as Board President for those two years. As of November 30, 2023, the HOA had $963,023.22 in Reserves. As of October 31, 2025, the HOA had $465,724.18 in Reserves. What happened to $497,299.04 (51.6%)? Does anyone ever remember a Motion at any board meeting to transfer money from Reserves? Who authorized withdrawals from Reserves, and what were the expenditures for? The HOA has not had a legitimate, duly-elected Treasurer since LaToya Adams resigned in May 2025, only six months after being elected to the Board in November 2024. William Hill was not duly-appointed to the Board in a bonafide meeting on July 1, 2025. Because he was not a legitimate Director, he could not be a legitimate officer (Treasurer). Was he a signer on th...

Look out for this driver, who might live in Autumn Glen area. Black Nissan Altima. S.C. license 135 AAE. The driver tailgated me this morning in a dangerous manner on westbound Summit Parkway, after turning from Autumn Glen Drive. I was driving at 35MPH in the right-hand lane. A vehicle to my left was also obeying the speed limit, which infuriated the driver behind me. When the driver could get into the left lane, he passed me closely and then cut back into the right lane before completely passing me. I had to brake and steer toward the curb. Maybe I should have steered left and accelerated, executing a PIT maneuver, but I didn't.  Driver has been reported to Troop 1 of the Highway Patrol, to the RCSD Traffic Unit, and to the RCSD CAT Officer for The Summit. The crazies are out, folks. Be careful today, tonight, and this week-end. If you know where that car belongs, let me know and I'll inform law enforcement.

Town & Country, the HOA's new property management company, emailed* an erroneous message to Members on November 26. It read, in part, "As many residents will be welcoming guests over the holiday, we kindly ask everyone to be mindful of parking etiquette within the community. To help ensure clear roadways and maintain a pleasant environment for all: * Please park your vehicles in your garage whenever possible. * Encourage guests to utilize your driveway. * Street parking should only be used when absolutely necessary. "Your cooperation helps keep our community safe, accessible, and enjoyable for all residents." The Summit's HOA has never identified a Section in the Governing Documents that applies to street parking. The streets are public roadways, owned and maintained by Richland County. Public roadways are not part of the Common Property of the HOA. If your guests or you wish to park in the street, do so. If cars are parked so as to block the roadway, a deput...