Barony Place I/Barony Place II

On May 23rd I sent this email to the Voting Members (the one legitimate VM and the other "recognized" VMs): Does it seem strange to you that the Board of Directors is finally waking up to what I have been claiming for years? They know what you don't - that The Summit's HOA is in a very precarious financial state. Reserves are insufficient to meet future needs. The Indigo Dam repairs could result in a large Special Assessment. The Board cannot seek a large Assessment because there is only one legitimate, duly-elected Voting Member; she represents 3% (78/2480) of the HOA. If you were not elected as a Voting Member in the past 12 months by a three-member Neighborhood Committee at a properly-convened Neighborhood Meeting with a quorum present in-person or by proxy, then you are not a legitimate, duly-elected Voting Member. Sorry. No matter how good a job you are doing as a "recognized" Voting Member. There is only one way to become a Voting Member. It's rig...

The HOA office announced this morning that the Myrtle Pool is closed, due to finding "human feces" in it. The pool is being cleaned and treated with chemicals, and it will re-open tomorrow at 10:00AM. OK, how do they know it was "human feces"?  Will it be tested? Whose DNA will be found? Will RCSD investigate? Will the person responsible be identified and prosecuted? What do the pool cameras show? Is the recording good enough to identify the culprit? Once again, no one from the office "signed" the email. 

When a South Carolina non-profit corporation stops publishing its monthly Financial Operating Results, could there be a dark reason for its decision? The last time that The Summit's HOA published its monthly Financial Operating Results online was for the month of August 2025. Danny Trapp was Board President then. William Hill was Board Treasurer then. The HOA elected four directors on November 18, 2025, and that resulted in a power shift on the Board. On December 1st the HOA elected a new leadership team of officers. Brenda Bryant was elected Board President. Linda Potter was elected Board Treasurer. The HOA has not published Financial Operating Results online for September 2025 October 2025 November 2025 December  2025 January 2026 February 2026 March 2026 April 2026 May 2026 Apparently, I am the only community member who is complaining about the HOA's failure to do so. Town & Country Management Company took over HOA books on October 1, 2025. It is responsible for publish...

The Board of Directors has never explained the HOA's purchase of an annuity in 2024. The annuity was purchased as an "investment", using $126,352 of Reserve funds. No Board action was ever disclosed in Minutes of a Regular Board Meeting. Did the Board ever authorize the termination of a CD at South Carolina Federal Credit Union? Who cashed it in? Was there ever a Resolution by the Board to do so? What does "Unreconciled" mean in the Financial Operating Results for Line 1088? Did the Board ever discuss and approve (by vote) the subsequent purchase of the annuity? What company funds the annuity? Who is the Annuitant? According to the 2024 Annual Audit (dated February 4, 2026), the Annuitant is a current board member. That means the Annuitant is Brenda Bryant, Tanisha Holmes, or Linda Potter. Which board member is the Annuitant? See Page 8 of the Audit. The HOA is likely to need those funds to pay costs associated with repairs to the Indigo Lake dam. What is the Ne...

Why won't The Summit's HOA Office answer a simple question? " Will you please inform me what section of the Governing Documents applies to parking on the Streets in The Summit, which are public streets, owned and maintained by Richland County? " I emailed this question to Julie Brickley, Property Manager, on May 7, 2026, and requested a reply by May 14th. Julie had mentioned "street parking" at least three times at the May 5th Board Meeting. No acknowledgement; no reply. I've been asking this question for about seven years. Justin Martin, former Board President, refused to answer it, even after I presented a copy of the Deed transferring Barony Place Circle (in Barony Place II) to Richland County. William Hill emailed me on November 12, 2024, that "We are not allowed to park in the streets." He did not reply to two follow-up emails from me when I asked why not. He was the Safety Committee Chairman then and now sits on the Board of Directors. On...

Why hasn't the June Summit Scoop been published? Today is June 10th. Why haven't the Minutes of the March 2026, April 2026, and May 2026 Board of Directors Meetings been published on the website? Why haven't the Financial Operating Results been published for September 2025? October 2025? November 2025? December 2025? January 2026? February 2026? March 2026? April 2026? May 2026? Why hasn't the 2026 Proposed Budget been approved and the 2026 Approved Budget been published on the website? When will the HOA announce which neighborhoods now have legitimate, duly-elected Voting Members, following recent bonafide Neighborhood Meetings and elections? How will the Board of Directors correct the 2025 election of directors, which did not comply with the By-Laws of the HOA?  Directors were elected by people ("recognized" Voting Members) who were not entitled to vote. This was admitted in the January 2026 Board Minutes, where the final paragraph reads, New Business  A Boa...