Barony Place I/Barony Place II

This afternoon the office emailed most Members and some residents about the rising costs of vandalism. Unfortunately, no details were provided. Why didn't the message give even one example of vandalism or a few? Why no examples of cost of damage? How effective have the cameras been, after the HOA spent thousands of dollars on them? Plus no one on the Board took responsibility for the announcement by including the name of the officer or director responsible for the message. The Budget is already so tight that it doesn't even squeak. There is no wiggle room for increased expenses. Most budgets provide a little "grease" for unexpected expenses. Not the HOA's 2026 Proposed Budget. I have previously expressed my opinion that the $50.00 annual increase in the 2026 Assessment was insufficient. It wasn't enough, but it was just under the 10% increase that the Board could levy without Voting Member approval. Today's message warns of "increased assessments or a...

Was there a pre-board meeting on March 31st? Pre-board meetings (workshops) are usually held one week prior to the monthly Board Meeting. There should be Minutes of that meeting (and all other pre-board meetings). Good luck in ever getting to see them! Will there be a monthly Board Meeting on the first Tuesday of April, which is April 7th? If so, where will it be held? Will it be held at the North Springs Park Community Center? Somewhere else? Will it be open to Members and residents? To what degree of Transparency are Members entitled? Are they entitled to know what the Board of Directors is doing on their behalf? The Directors are stewards of the Members' money. Speaking of money, what do the left-overs of Team Danny have to say about the $445,000+ drop in Cash between 1/31/25 and 1/31/26? The Treasurers (LaToya Adams, William Hill, and Linda Potter) should know exactly where that money went! Will they just hum a verse of "Don't Worry, Be Happy"? And what do they ha...

With this question, I am asking, "How Many Legitimate Voting Members Are There?" I know of only one (1). Barony Place held Neighborhood Meetings (with a quorum present) in May 2024 and May 2025. A Neighborhood Meeting can be official only if a quorum is present in-person or by proxy. Absolutely no one has challenged me on the point of legitimate Voting Members; i.e., one who was elected by a neighborhood's (local) Neighborhood Committee. The HOA "recognizes" others as "Voting Members", but they have not been duly-elected . Many of them have "gotten signatures", which is a method not approved in the By-Laws. Some have just stuck around for years; one inherited the position when a spouse died. It is critical that a Voting Member be elected in compliance with the Governing Documents. A Voting Member is your legal representative and can jack up your assessment and can do other things, such as elect directors, that affect your ownership of your ho...

On February 12 the Board President emailed me, writing in part, " I am requesting you not contact me with suggestions or comments on how to run the Association." That was after I had requested a meeting with the board, and she responded by saying that they were unanimous that "no settlement will be offered". I hadn't asked for a settlement; I had requested a meeting ! She was polite in her message (which some other board members have not been), and so I have not contacted her again. But who is helping her run the Association? Any of the other Board Members? The hired Property Manager? Any of the Voting Members? Anybody? The Board of Directors has seven directors. It is the Board that is responsible for running the Association, not one person. If there are failures, they are of the Board , not of one person. The Association (HOA) has big issues. If you have read recent articles here, you know what they are. Failure to publish the 2024 Annual Audit; Recovering t...

  About 3:20PM today I was following a RCSD squad west on Summit Parkway, when we passed Birch Park, where this fire was burning. We made a U-turn at the church, and the deputy stopped on Summit Parkway. I turned right and right again and stopped on Rolling Knoll Drive.  My opinion was, as I passed the fire while on Summit Parkway, was that the fire had been set. The fire in the tree was burning strong, In addition to the fire in the tree, there was a circle of fire just east of it around a small tree trunk or bush. There appeared to be nothing "natural" about the fires. As I was stopped and taking this photo, a fire truck arrived. Hopefully, the Summit's HOA will order a report from Columbia Fire Department and learn what caused the fires. Wouldn't it be nice if they would report to the Members in The Summit Scoop or by an email blast?

The March 3, 2026 Board Meeting was four weeks ago.  Why haven't the Minutes been published yet? Only the people at that Board Meeting know what happened. How many were there? 50? What about the other 2,430 property owners in the Association? How will they know what happened at that meeting? That meeting was civil. The inquisitive crowd wasn't there.  Only 50 heard the Board President announce that future Board meetings would be held in alternate months.  Will there, in fact, not be an open Board Meeting on April 7, 2026? Will there be any April Board Meeting? If so, will homeowners be able to attend that board meeting? Where and when will it be? Or does the Board think there is no important business to be discussed? What important business is there? The $445,336.86 gone from Cash in 12 months (1/1/25-1/1/26); The $126,351.61 annuity purchased on a previous board member from money in Reserves; The failure to publish the 2024 Annual Audit; The failure to publish five rece...