Members Present: President
June Johnsen, Jeff Thoma, Carole Greeley, Janelle Jolley, Pastor Todd Bertani, Barbara Nelson, Bette Noll Others Present: Justin
Devine, Diane Metz, MaryAnne Jordan
Diane submitted a report for the
Preschool Board. (Attachment A.) She also submitted the Board’s newly revised Constitution and ByLaws. (Attachment B) June moved that the Council approve the revised documents. The
motion was seconded and was passed. Diane
reported that there had been some problems with Head Start using the Toddler/Nursery Room on Wednesdays. There was a brief
discussion and it was concluded that Head
Start is a valued user of our facilities and that any problems can be resolved.
Diane
reported that June was going to meet with Preschool Board
members regarding the janitor’s contract
and who is responsible for cleaning the Nursery Room. Justin stated that he
would
be involved in this discussion.
Diane submitted a report for the Personnel Committee. (Attachment C). She recommended that each staff member’s accrued vacation time and sick leave time be stated in his or her covenant and that these figures be added to each paycheck. There was a discussion regarding how to gather this information, whether it would be possible to include the information on each paycheck, etc. Janelle will investigate this and report to Council.
Diane recommended that evaluations for
Michaela Dooley take place in January and in May. Bette so moved, the motion
was seconded and passed. MaryAnne submitted a report for the
Nominating Committee. (Attachment D). She reported
that the current procedure requires that the Nominating Committee include two outgoing Council members, and this will not be possible this
year. Carole moved that we amend the procedure to state: “The
Nominating Committee is composed of five voting members
of the congregation, with two to be outgoing members of the Congregation
Council
if possible. If this is not possible, two of the members of
the Nominating Committee shall be voting
members of the congregation who have recently served on the Congregation Council. Members of the committee shall be elected at the
annual meeting for a term of one year.” The
motion was seconded and was passed. MaryAnne reported that the Nominating Committee that is elected on January 29 will have a very big
responsibility, because there will be a
big turnover on the Council in 2013, since many terms will expire. Janelle submitted a Finance Report.
(Attachment E) December had been a good month, with
revenues exceeding disbursements by $5,258.68. The General Fund held $4,950.79 at the end of the year. Pastor Todd gave the Council a rough
draft of the Pastor’s Report that he will present at the
annual meeting. There was a discussion regarding what he would say about St.
Mark’s
possible involvement in church-based community organizing.
The annual meeting is set for January
29. There will be a single worship service at 9:30
a.m., and the meeting will be held after the service. The required written
notice has
been sent to the voting members. Barbara had updated the
Parish Registry earlier this year, and Erin
has kept it up to date since then, so there is a current roster of voting
members.
There was a discussion regarding the agenda for the annual
meeting.
Carole submitted a document
memorializing the fact that the members of the Council had agreed to accept a proposal from Ricoh to lease a Ricoh
MP C3001 copier for 60 months, with a lease buyout of $1.00. (Attachment F).
June led the Lord’s Prayer, and the meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted, Carole Greeley, Secretary