The special meeting of CSM Governing Council was called to order at 6:30 by Curry Miller, President, on Monday, January 18, 2016.
ROLL: (P=PRESENT, A=ABSENT)
| P | Rev. Philip Brockett, Pastor | ||||||
| P | Curry Miller
President |
A | Bythelda Davis | P | Willard Hill | P | Ellen Pecoul |
| P | Richard Timpton
Vice Pres |
P | Norman Robinson | A | Bryant Turner | A | Andrea Gibson
Diaconate |
| P | Arlean Fermanis
Secretary Christian Ed |
A | Milton Cheramie
Board of Trustees |
A
|
Community Svc. & Mission |
A |
Communications & Outreach |
Opening prayer was offered by Rev. Brockett
Curry reported that there was only one item on the agenda which was to review the budget presented by the Board of Trustees.
Reverend Brockett walked the council through the budget line by line. There were very few changes from the 2015 budget.
Income:
- Line 4200 – Offerings – last year we exceeded the amount budgeted but this was due mostly to memorial giving. The proposed budget for 2016 is 5% higher than what we budgeted for last year for a total of $144,427.00.
- ABCT and READ rental have both been estimated for only 2 months as Lycee Francais will be leasing the space. ABCT believes they have found a space to rent and will be out by mid March.
- NARC ANON line has gone to zero as we will not have space to lease to them.
- Lycee Francais line has been estimate at 100,000.00 which is 10 months at $10,000.00 per month. We are still in negotiations with them. They are looking for build out time, which is a time in which they will be doing renovations and want to pay no rent or reduced rent from March until July. This could mean we lose 40,000 but we are hoping for a compromise asking them to pay half of the rent we were expecting. This build out time may also allow us to continue to rent to READ during their construction which would make up part of the loss. This is still up in the air and we are not sure of the outcome until negotiations are completed.
- Other Carrollton Use, Freedom Fellowship, and Hume Center are all budgeted the same as last year
- 329 N Tonti use has been eliminated as we are unable to rent the property.
Expenditures
- Outreach – reduced by 1000.00
- Leadership – bottom line of leadership is down aprox 6,000.00 from last year’s budget. The pastor will be receiving an increase in salary but we do not have any search or relocation expenses in 2016.
- Congregational Services – up from 6,250 to 6,500 due to increase of 250.00 asked for by the Christian Education Committee.
- Music Ministry – same as last year
- Facilities – adjustments have been made to reflect the leasing of the education building which has resulted in budgeting approximately 12,000 less than we did in 2015.
- Office Expenses – budget is comparable to last year’s budget minus 1800.00 that was budgeted last year to do the appraisals of the property.
Bottom line – Total Income budgeted = 290,427
Total Expense budgeted = 291,063
Balance – 636
Richard moved to accept the budget as presented by the Board of Trustees, Ellen and Willard both seconded and the motion was unanimously approved.
Willard brought up that the congregation had voted to form the Move Forward Committee which was to have 2 components, facilities and programs. We need to get those committees up and running, especially begin to develop programs to attract the community to our church. Our number one priority is to grow our church. Willard has found articles on the internet concerning successful activities that involve the entire congregation. Arlean reported that the council is planning a church calendar planning meeting for the end of February in which such activities can be talked about and planned. The Council will also be addressing the formation of the Move Forward Committee.
Ellen asked if the Board of Trustees have begun to discuss how we will be using the sanctuary space once the school leases the educational building. Curry said that the BOT would be meeting on Tuesday and that will most likely be discussed. There was a question as to where the funds for the relocation might come from. Arlean suggested that some of the capital campaign money could be used.
Richard asked if St. Pauls had the same build out time that the school is asking of us. The pastor had called the representative from St. Pauls who worked with the school to ask that question but he has not received a call back as of yet. He believes there situation was different than ours but he will find out what he can.
The day of our next Council meeting was brought up and Curry moved that we change the day of the meeting to Monday so that more members can attend. Arlean seconded and it passed. The next meeting of the Governing Council will be, Monday, January 25 at 6:30 pm.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:11.
Respectfully Submitted, Arlean Fermanis, Secretary