Meeting called to order at 6:35 P.M. by Vice-President Skip Knudsen
Members present
Skip Knudsen, Diane Wages, Pastor Karin Boye, Pastor Alicia Saenz, Michael Marquez, Bob Petrin, Fred Lacarra and Sherri Coughlin
Transition Team: Chris Lewis, Sheri Barker, Laura Ortiz
(Gabby Gutierrez is temporarily excused from Council meetings while serving on the Transition Team)
Guests: Maryury Lopez, Herb and Dorothy Geier
Opening Prayer
Devotion and Prayer led by Skip K.
Action Items
- September Council Meeting Minutes were reviewed by Council members.
- Motion was made (Diane W.) and seconded (Sheri B.) to approve the September
- 17th minutes and unanimously approved.
- Minutes from the September 24th Council Workshop were reviewed by Council.
Motion was made (Chris L.) and seconded (Michael M.) to approve the September 24th minutes and unanimously approved.
- Our new Administrative Assistant, Maryury Lopez, was introduced to Council.
- Treasurer Diane Wages reviewed the September Financial reports with Council.
Motion was made (Sherri C.) and seconded (Sheri B.) to accept the September Financial report, and unanimously approved.
- Pastor Karin reviewed the improved Leadership Structure, as reported in the September 24th Special Council Meeting Minutes.
Discussion held on responsibility of ensuring Committees are meeting and
reporting to Council.
- Property Committee met on Sunday, the 20th. Bob Briggs was identified as the Chairperson.
- Diane Nissan will serve as Committee Co-ordinator and will follow up on committees 2 weeks after Council meets.
- Diane W. reported that the Audit Committee; Diane Nissan, Tom Larsen, and Audrey Voight, met and completed the audit for 2018. Their report will be submitted to Council prior to the next Council meeting.
- Chris L. Reviewed the Gift Policy submitted by the Legacy Committee. We now have more flexibility to grow the fund.
Motion made (Sherri C.) and seconded (Michael M.) to approve the updated Gift Policy, and unanimously approved.
Reports
- Pastor Karin
- Visited members in the hospital.
- Expressed her concerns that she is being kept busy in the Administration area.
- Will be out of town from October 31-Nov. 3 to attend the Bishop’s Installation in Seattle. Pastor Andreas will lead the Nov. 3rd Service.
- She will be attending the Interim Ministry Network conference in Baltimore from November 11-14.
- Pastor Alicia
- A Quincenera was held on October 5th, with about 50 people in attendance. She proposed to start charging for such events, including being able to pay the musicians. Discussion followed on current Fee Schedule.
- Chris L. Suggested that the Property Committee work with Administration to assess fee for Property usage.
- Personnel Committee
- Pastor Karin reviewed process taken to narrow down 83 applicants for the Admin. Asst. position to 5 candidates. After reviewing their applications, 3 of them were invited for interviews, and Maryury was offered and accepted the position. Updated job descriptions were given to Maryury and to Linne Wienke, our bookkeeper. She will give the updated one to Bob Briggs soon.
- Nominating Committee
- The committee will nominate members for both Council and Call Committee.
- Property Committee
- At their meeting on Sunday, they discussed priorities and identifying issues, maintenance and repairs. They plan to meet again this Sunday, after Worship service.
- Transition Team
- Sheri B. reported she is receiving completed surveys (25 so far) from groups within the church (Cottage meetings). She will hand out surveys to the rest of the Congregation on November 10th.
- The next Soup Supper is scheduled for November 6th. They will continue to hold the Soup Suppers about once a month.
- Worship Committee
- They met on October 6th. Pastor K. discussed changes in the service with them and they discussed that the Congregation was not happy with the changes.
Other Reports/Items
- Board of Equalization Audit. Pastor Karin discussed the results of this audit. There are some issues that need to be addressed regarding our non profit status.
- Facility use. Last Day for the school is this Friday. Korean church is using our facilities more than they are scheduled for. Pastor Karin has discussed this situation with their Pastor.
- Primary Election- SD County has asked to use our facility for election polls on March 3, 2020.
- Bob Petrin and Fred Lacarra agreed to serve out the rest of this term on Council.
- Pastor Alicia closed the meeting with the Lord’s Prayer.
Meeting adjourned at 8:16 P.M.
Next Council meeting is scheduled for November 19, 2019, at 6:30 P.M. Michael M. will lead opening devotions.
Submitted by S. Coughlin, Secretary