Parish Council Meeting Minutes

June 8, 2009 – 6:30pm

Present:  Katrin Kempowski, Cheryl Kaminski, Rich Kucharski, Mike Bogdonovich,

                  Carla Neldner, Linda Krowsky, Father Romanus and  Sue Dolkiewicz

Absent:  Rob Bohlmann and Paul Anderson

New Parish Council Members Present:  Ken Pfohl and Molly McGartland-Cummings

Guest:  Buildings and Grounds Committee Members:  Fran Miller, Lenny Konkol

                                      and Matt Lewandowski

Before the regular Council meeting began, a card was passed around for Tom Fogarty, our new Deacon, congratulating him on his appointment.

Buildings and Grounds Committee Report:

Matt Lewandowski brought up the matter of our church and other buildings need to have their heating and air-conditioning upgraded.  He gave us a form on which 3 bids were made and showed us the comparison of the three.  After much discussion, the Council recommended we go ahead with the recommendation of the Buildings and Grounds Committee to check into getting our systems upgraded as soon as possible.  Father said he will bring this up the Trustees when they meet.

Minutes from the April 28 Council meeting were approved with changes.

New Business:

Reviewed the 2009-2010 Council meeting calendar and selected opening prayer assignments.

Committee liaison assignments were tabled until August meeting.

Parish Budget:

The Council discussed the budget and had many questions.  Approval of the budget was put on hold until further changes could be made and line items reviewed.   Notes about the budget will be forwarded to Father and the business manager.  An emergency Council meeting was called for Monday, June 29, at 6:30pm for approval of an updated budget.  Father assured that the Council should receive an updated copy of the budget a week before this meeting.

Father Romanus Report:

Job Openings:  have received many applications for the secretary position.  Continuing to work on the details of the new staff positions.

Archdiocese Finance Audit:  later in June that required the completion of an extensive questionnaire.

Trustee Term:  Father nominated Anne Uecker to renew her term as trustee and is currently accepting other nominations with the required amount of signatures.

School:  approved it’s budget, but maybe revisited by the Board due to the finances of the other cluster parishes.

FIOF:  current total is $112,000, not up to 50% of our goal.

Meeting adjourned at 9:35pm

Respectively submitted by:  Sue Dolkiewicz and Katrin Kempowski