For whom does Town & Country work?

Here is an important question for the Members (homeowners) of The Summit's HOA.

For whom does the management company, Town & Country, work?

A. the Members (homeowners)?
B. the Board of Directors?

Town & Country was "hired" by the HOA. It is contracted by the HOA. Its contract started October 1, 2025. It is paid by the HOA. It works for the HOA; i.e., for the Members of the HOA.

But it takes directions from the Board of Directors, or maybe just from the Board President (which is the way it should be). The Board, as a whole, should decide what it wants Town & Country to do (or not to do), but it should be the Board President that directs the Property Manager.

With that mind, 
  1. When will the Minutes of the March 3, 2026 Regular Board Meeting be posted?
  2. When will the Minutes of the April 6, 2026 Special Board Meeting be posted?
  3. When will the Financial Operating Results be posted for September 2025, October 2025, November 2025, December 2025, January 2026, February 2026?
  4. When will the 2026 Approved Budget be posted to the website? When was the 2026 Proposed Budget approved? Was it? Why don't the Minutes report that approval?
  5. When will the Auditor for the 2025 Annual Audit be announced?
  6. Why did the Auditor for the 2024 Annual Audit fail to report significant details about the annuity purchased in 2024?
  7. When will the 2023 internal audit be posted?
  8. When will the 2023 external audit be posted?
When will the details about the 2024 purchase of the $126,352 annuity be disclosed to the Members? Is Linda Potter the Annuitant? The name of the company issuing the annuity? The Issue Date of the annuity? The name of the Annuitant? Why the Board didn't vote on it?  Why didn't the Board vote to cash in the CD early at South Carolina Federal Credit Union? Who ordered the withdrawal of that money and the payment of the premium for the annuity?

Will the HOA be investigating the $445,336.86 drop in Cash and Cash Equivalents between 1/31/25 and 1/31/26, and will the results be fully disclosed to Members?

Will the HOA be disclosing the total costs of the litigation against resident Gus Philpott that was started by then-Board President Danny Trapp in the name of the HOA and in violation of the CC&Rs and without approval of the Board of Directors? Will the HOA attempt to recover the estimated $25,-$30,000 that was paid out in illegal disbursements for legal fees and costs? From whom should they recover it? Danny Trapp? The entire Board, since no one objected to the litigation, even after the Covenants Committee informed the Board on August 5, 2025 that the litigation violated the CC&Rs?

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