Barony Place I/Barony Place II

Long-time HOA Treasurer George Reynolds died in April 2021. Why did the HOA's Board of Directors never declare his position of Director vacant? Why did the Board of Directors never appoint a successor to George, to serve the remainder of his unexpired term-of-office to November 2022. What the board did do was set up the Voting Members to elect five directors in November 2021, apparently under the mistaken belief that it was replacing George. The VMs should have elected only four. That's what the By-Laws say. I explained their error leading up to the 2021 election and urged the president and the board to seek a legal opinion. Obviously, it did not. Three Directors will be elected in November 2022. George's seat is one of the three. The board is about to create a new problem, because Dennis Rybicki (who was appointed to success Paul Hill) has been told by Justin Martin that he must run for election. Dennis should not resign before he is elected in November 2022 by the Voting ...

Each month the HOA's board of directors meets one week before the next board meeting. What happened at the pre-board meeting on Tuesday, September 27. Often the directors discuss important items and make decisions. The decisions are seldom announced or explained at the next regular board meeting. Such decisions are improper, when made outside of open monthly meetings. No Minutes are kept of pre-board meetings. Or, if they are, they are not published for Members (homeowners) of the HOA to read. The pre-board meeting should be only for the purpose of setting the agenda for the next meeting. And, speaking of the agenda, the board should publish an agenda that is specific to the meeting. It should include New Business and Old Business by item. It doesn't. So "Business" gets lost from one meeting to the next. There is no tracking. No accountability. Are pre-board meetings open to the public? Open to Members (homeowners)? Pre-board meetings do not qualify as Executive Sessi...

This year's Richland 2 school board election is very, very important. There are 12 candidates. Please review them and pick the four you want before you go to the polls. Don't wait until Nov. 8 to just check four names. I've been attending school board meetings since February 2018, right after the shootings in Parkland, Florida. The school board has been (and still is) a mess. Earlier this year, Gov. McMaster ordered the S.C. State Inspector General to investigate Richland 2.  I have every reason to believe he is doing a thorough job. May I invite your attention to these four candidates? Terrance Staley is my No. 1 pick. He is a retired Army Colonel.  McGee Moody is my No. 2 pick.  Larry Smalls is my No. 3 pick. Angela Nash is my No. 4 pick.  I'll be providing candidate information here and posting where you can learn more. Only one incumbent is running for re-election. She deserves to come in No. 12. If you have been paying an attention to the chaos of the past year,...

Remember the SNAFU last year with the 2022 Budget process? Is the Board doing anything differently this year to assure Homeowners that this process will run smoothly this year? The HOA had three Treasurers last year (2021). George Reynolds served until his death in April, 2021. Then the Board appointed Paul Hill as Treasurer.  At the November 2021 board meeting, Paul Hill, speaking for the Finance Committee, told the board that "the committee is firming up the 2022 budget in the next few days." The Minutes for the December 7, 2021 board meeting state, for the Finance Committee, no update on the 2022 budget. At the top, Paul Hill is listed as Treasurer. At the end of the Minutes, HOA president Justin Martin announced that new board officers had been elected at the pre-board meeting (November 30, 2021) and that Vernell Butler is Treasurer. Therefore, the Minutes were wrong in reporting that Paul Hill is Treasurer. He was not. He had been replaced by Vernell Butler. The proposed...

How can you stop thefts from autos? Or, at least reduce them? Homeowners and residents in The Summit continue to experience night-time thefts from vehicles. What can YOU do? 1. Park your vehicles in your garage. Clear out all the clutter and junk in your garage and make room for two vehicles.  Read the CC&Rs.  Article XII,  Section 2. Parking and Prohibited Vehicles. (a) Parking. ... No garage shall be permanently enclosed, nor shall the use thereof otherwise be converted,  such that the capacity for parking of vehicles therein is reduced below that for which it was originally designed . ..." 2. Lock your vehicles.  3. Remove valuables (computers, phones, tablets, firearms, coins, garage door opener). Leave nothing in sight except what came with your car. 4. Install motion-detector light bulbs in your outside lighting fixtures and leave the switch "On".  5. When you see kids or adults roaming the streets at midnight-5:00AM, call RCSD immediately. 6. Ask...

It's official. Myrtle Pool will remain open until Friday, September 30th. Of course, the HOA board could have included the week-end of October 1-2, but it didn't.  The HOA office sent out an email blast today. Who got it? Those few homeowners (out of 2,480) who are registered on the HOA's website. If you are one of the many homeowners, and all of the residents, who are not signed up on the website, then you will not get the email.  How many homeowners ARE signed up? It's a big secret. Trying to find out.

Do you swim in a pool of The Summit? If you do, keep a sharp out for a change in the closing date for the Myrtle Pool.  At this week's board meeting on September 6th, residents asked why pools closed so early in hot weather and asked for pools to stay open until September 30. It's beginning to look like the board listened and is taking action. It's not approved yet, but there is a strong possibility that the Myrtle Pool will stay open until September 30. There may or may not be a pool monitor. Since that "monitor" is only a gate guard and not a lifeguard, there is probably no need for a monitor at all. Follow the rules. Don't swim alone. Don't enter the pool at night. If you drown at night, your body will be fished out in the morning. Be kind to your neighbors and the women in the office. Don't drown in the Myrtle Pool. How will the HOA inform 2,480 homeowners and residents?