Our Lady of Mount Carmel Finance Council Minutes
May 10, 2017
Attendance:Term / Member / Aug. 30 / Oct. 13 / Feb. 16 / May 10
2020-2 / Steve Lynch - Chair / P / P / P / P
2019 / Tom Achen - Vice Chair / A / P / P / P
2019-2 / Joyce Mueterthies - Sec / A / P / P / P
2020-2 / Roger DeSloover / P / P / E / P
2018 / Lori Gebel / A / P / P / P
2018 / Laurie Leibold / A / P / E / P
The regular meeting was called to order at 6:30. Father Kyle started the meeting with prayer. Terra Kuennen and Ken Schaufenbaul were also present. The members reviewed the minutes from the August meeting, which were accepted by consensus. Next, the members reviewed and studied the financial statements including the profit/loss sheet and the balance sheet. Father explained the future subsidies for the Light of Christ budget and the new cluster position being advertised. After a short discussion about the parking lot expense, the financial statement was accepted by consensus.
Old Business: Roger had a letter from Duane Cook about the kitchen floor. He will contact him again about some new questions. Hopefully, Duane will be able to come to our next meeting to address the council. Joyce will gather information about trenching tile under the church to help with the moisture issue. Joyce and Roger will work with Ken to paint lines and handicap symbols in the area closest to the church on the east parking lot in early June. Ken mentioned that the refrigerators in the basement seem to be always running. Steve will check with Jay about getting a meter placed on it to see how much energy is being used. The council again discussed the empty rectory. The members decided to seek input from parishioners about how we should move forward with the building. Father will follow-up with the mosaic of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel.
New Business: The small tree by the church sign in the middle grass area seems to be damaged on one side. Tom will stop by and look at it. Tom will also look at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel statue by the tree on the hill. Father informed the board that one of the boilers at the Father Moran center had to be fixed. Steve and Roger both agreed to stay on for another three-year term. By consensus, Steve was elected as Chair, Tom was elected as Vice-Chair, and Joyce was elected as Secretary. Ken took the forms for the self-inspection for our insurance.
The meeting ended at 7:30 with prayer. The next meeting will be determined.
Submitted by Joyce