Barony Place I/Barony Place II

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 ...

Work has not yet been completed on the Hard Scrabble Road project. You'll see lane closures for curb, gutter, and drainage work. Drive carefully. Obey Work Zone speed limits. "Let 'em Live", says SC DOT. The speed limit from Kelly Mill Road to south of Clemson Road will be 45MPH. Signing is being corrected. Westbound Summit Parkway at Hard Scrabble Road. There will NOT be a double-left turn installed there. The center lane is for straight-ahead traffic to enter Rice Creek Elementary School. If you are special, go ahead and make your left turn from the center lane. Police will ticket. The right-turn-on-red for northbound traffic on Hard Scrabble Road at Summit Parkway may be restored. Be patient behind Comet buses. Drivers are not permitted to turn right on red. Watch for operation of School Zone flashing lights. When flashing, the Speed Limit is 25MPH to the End School Zone sign. Report speeders, reckless drivers, tailgaters, roadragers. Emergencies: 911 Highway Patro...

Why haven't the Minutes of the November 18th Board of Directors meeting been published yet? This was the meeting that immediately followed the Annual Meeting of Voting Members, at which four directors were elected. The Voting Members re-elected one incumbent (Linda Potter, who had been nominated by the Nominating Committee) and three write-in candidates (Brenda Bryant, Jeff Lummel, and Angelo Turley-Moore (who were not nominated by the Danny Trapp-controlled Nominating Committee). The 2026 Proposed Budget was not adopted, because at least two newly-elected directors had not seen it. Other business may have been conducted on November 18th, but homeowners (Members) have no way of knowing it, because the Minutes have not yet been published. Should Minutes be published within 7-10 days of Board meetings? The December 2nd Board of Directors had to be held at the office, because no arrangements were made to hold it in a venue that would accommodate the usual attendance of 30-40 homeowner...