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Members
Present:
Kevin
Carr, Tom Padilla, Robin Tast, Dwight Rumpel, Lee McMahan, Beth Edmonds,
John Brandau, and Pastor Meggan Prosser-Gebhardt.
Guest
– Bruce Krueger – present only during the Renewal Project update.
Kevin
Carr called the meeting to order and Pastor Meggan opened with Devotions
on our Baptismal Call.
Minutes
for the September Council Meeting were reviewed and approved (Dwight /
Lee).
Treasurer’s
Report – The Worship Center Fund increased $19,011.00 during the
month of September to bring the fund to $53,354.23.
The General Fund increased by $2,287.60 during the month with an
ending balance of $10,583.53. General
Contributions received totaled $20,546.50 with YTD receipts being
$154,709.91.
We
discussed Synod guidelines regarding Pulpit Supply compensation.
The guidelines state $125 for the first service and $30.00 for each
additional service during the weekend + mileage.
The council recommends following those guidelines effective
immediately.
The
treasurer’s report was approved. (John
/ Beth)
Renewal
Project Update – We welcomed Bruce Krueger to our meeting to
provide us with an update. Bruce
reviewed the Taskforce budget along side the actual bids received to date.
The Taskforce estimate was $249,700 with actual bids totaling
$264,650. The Building
Committee recommends OSCL take out a loan for the principal amount up to
$250,000.00 from the ELCA. This
loan has a 6.50% fixed rate for the first 5 years and then is variable
over the next 15 years. During
the construction phase we would only pay interest and no principal.
The Building Committees recommendation was unanimously approved.
(Lee / Beth)
Property
Report – September projects: Corrected Sanctuary thermostat
problem with Young’s assistance, replaced badly worn front tires of the
John Deere lawn tractor, worked to develop Property Committee proposed
organizational structure and to identify project initiatives, watered
bushes, cleaned up lawn storm damage, mowed lawn, picked up lawn trash,
replaced light bulbs, sprayed for weeds, reprogrammed thermostats weekly.
Jordan
Moore has agreed to remove snow during the winter months ($20.00 per
visit).
The
Property Committee had their first meeting on October 1st,
2007. They have two
Sub-Committees. Andy Corcoran
will Chair and Jim Oestreich will Co-Chair the Grounds Sub-Committee.
Ron Gauerke will Chair and Ron Kassebaum will Co-Chair the Building
Sub-Committee.
Pastor
Report – Pastor has been busy attending various meetings,
providing counseling and providing Pastoral care to members.
She attended the WELCA Cluster meeting in addition to teaching
Confirmation, Adult Sunday School and 1st Communion Classes and
presided over a wedding.
Committee
Updates
Council
members provided updates on the following committees:
Adult Education, Christian Education, Evangelism, Fellowship, LYO,
Social Ministries, Staff Support / Personnel, Technology / Communication,
and Worship. New members are always welcome at any of the committee
meetings.
Old
Business
A
revision to Pastor’s compensation package has occurred as they now have
insurance through John’s employer.
Kevin
Carr and Kathy Fox are in the process of updating all the Committee
Rosters.
New
Business
There
are requests for funding.
1)
The Technology Committee is requesting to purchase
additional RAM for all three office desktop computers, additional software
for the laptop computer, and a router in order to provide wireless access
in the Church. The council
requests the committee check into the security of our files and being
wireless. Their requests total
approximately $650.00
2)
The 50th Anniversary Committee is asking for
approximately $350.00 for mailing.
The
requests for $650.00 & $350.00 were approved (Lee / Dwight)
Lifeline
Screening is requesting to use our building for health screenings.
This was approved contingent is upon their not for profit status.
(John / Beth). Kevin
will check into this matter further and has been empowered to proceed
depending on what he finds out.
The
formation of the Stewardship Committee is in the process.
They will organize the upcoming campaign and Time and Talent
sheets. Names of possible
committee members were forwarded to Kevin Carr and he will contact them
and get the committee started.
The
Planning Process overview was reviewed by Kevin and will be a work in
progress for the next 12 months. The
process will start with the OSLC Executive Council & Strategic
Planning Committee Visioning Retreat on Saturday October 20, 2007 from
8:30am – 1:00pm.
Kevin
read a letter from Camp Tomah Shinga thanking the OSLC Worship Committee
for the donation of 50 Renew and Rejoice Booklets.
The
next council meeting will be Monday November 12h, 2007
at 6pm.
The
meeting was adjourned (Lee / Beth). |
