Barony Place I/Barony Place II

On  May 7, 2024 the Board of Directors considered a Motion for a forensic external audit for 2023. The Motion was tabled. ("Forensic" means, generally, very detailed.") On June 18, 2024 the Board approved ordering a forensic external audit for 2023. The Board also approved a forensic internal audit for 2023. When were they done? Were they done? When were they completed? When, if ever, did the Board receive them? Why haven't they been mentioned or posted on the HOA's website? I subscribe to a newsletter that is reporting on the HOA for a large condo in downtown Chicago, in what had been called the John Hancock Building. A CPA and forensic auditor was hired to examine their books. His email to the HOA Owners in Chicago starts off with, " Owners at  175 East Delaware Place  have been told for years that the building’s finances are sound, professionally audited, and responsibly managed. " After reviewing more than a decade of the Association’s own records,...

The February meeting of The Summit's HOA Board of Directors will be held Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at the North Springs Park Community Center, 1320 Clemson Road. The meeting will start at 6:30PM. Arrive early to sign in (if you wish to) and to look through the hand-outs on the back table. Multiple sign-in sheets and pens may facilitate faster entry to the meeting. You may notice and appreciate a change to how the meeting is conducted, so that it is smoother, faster, shorter, friendlier, more civil, and more polite and respectful to all. If you have suggestions for board meeting content or conduct, please email them to the office at  summithelpdesk@tcgrd.com   Your email should be distributed to all seven board members.

When the Board of Directors of The Summit's HOA holds a Special Board Meeting and conducts business of the HOA, should it follow all the rules? Should it give Notice of that Special Meeting by email blast to all Members (property owners)? Should it publish an Agenda for that Meeting, stating what so important that it can't wait for the next Regular Board Meeting? Should the Special Meeting be open to Members, just as Regular Board Meetings are? Should Minutes be prepared and published on the HOA's website, just as Minutes of Regular Meetings are? Do Members have the right to know what the Board is doing in those Special-Called Meetings? The answer to each and every one of those questions is "Yes".

The Summit HOA has invested considerable funds in security cameras. From the fancy equipment in the office, you'd think the HOA is running a high-tech security firm. Does anyone even know where all the cameras are and what their functions are? The latest expenditure may be the cameras for Summit Parkway and Summit Ridge Drive. What is their purpose? (That could be explained on a page of the HOA's website, but it's not.) The Summit's HOA has no authority over the public roadways. So why were cameras bought for those roadways? The sheriff's department operates cameras that can read license plates. Their functions may be much wider, reminding us of the question, "How much is Big Brother watching?" The CAT officer (RCSD deputy assigned to the C ommunity A ction T eam) is not the HOA's personal hired cop.  She is a deputy of the county sheriff's department, and she gets her marching orders from RCSD. Why does she have virtual access to the security reco...

The October 2025 monthly expenses of the HOA (titled "Budget Comparison Detail -Board") was included in the hand-out at the November 18, 2025 Board Meeting. It had a category that does not appear in previous monthly reports. The new category was Transportation Expenses . The category lists expenses for "Auto - Repairs" and "Auto - Taxes & Licenses". What "Auto" does the HOA own?

W ill the Board Treasurer report at the February 3rd Board Meeting on the following reports that are late being made available to the membership on the HOA's website? the 2024 Annual Audit* the 2023 forensic internal audit** the 2023 forensic external audit** the Financial Operating Results for  September 2025 the Financial Operating Results for  October 2025 the Financial Operating Results for Novem ber 2025 the Financial Operating Results for Dec ember 2025 The 2024 Annual Audit should be published with past years' audits on the HOA's website. When did the HOA receive it and why hasn't it been published? The 2023 forensic internal and external audits should be published there, too. When were they received? The Minutes of the October 7, 2025 Board Meeting were distributed at the November 18, 2025 Board Meeting. One entry reads, "Association Audit (L. Douglas Johnson CPA) $7,039 - Approved" Was that for the 2024 Annual Audit? Where did Mr. Johnson come from?...