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Minutes from the Finance & Property Committee Meeting

January 4, 2022

Members attended:  Bill Eddinger (Finance Chairperson), Pastor Zaiser, Randy Kehl, Diane McElwee, Dan Ritter, Wil Carpenter, Sharon Renninger, Howard Shafer, Linda Brunner, Rich Deskie, Dan & Kathy Kuser, Oscar Smith, Keith Endy and Dennis Schaeffer (Property Chairperson)

We received $75,000.00 from the Fern Fronheiser Estate

There were no stipulations regarding fund usage in her will.

Should Trinity contribute 10% of the bequest to some charitable organization?

The funds should be arriving by the end of January.  Sharon suggested that we hold off any roof replacement contract, Rich Deskie commented that the price of roofing materials changes daily.  There is a lack of materials available and the committee recommends we should hold off for a year.  However, no one can predict when the roof will leak and we may incur added costs depending what the roof leaks on such as the organ, piano, or the altar. 

Dan Kuser suggested putting some of the money in an account such as money market or move some money every month or so to other accounts such as the Vanguard Wellesley Fund.  Dan also reported that Trinity has multiple funds sources available for use to cover emergency project costs.  There is no real need to borrow money from a financial institution and qualification for such loans depends on the institution.

Dan Ritter made motion to put the amount of the check into the Vanguard Wellesly Fund (Second by Dan Kuser) until other discussions. 

There are “3 “main projects coming up:  roof, parking lot repair/replacement, sanctuary air conditions  all 3 use a refrigerant that is not environmentally safe and should be replaced. Property has a roof estimate $70,000 from DJS bid for $75,000 was given to us effective until January 27^th members also suggested to do some work on the parking lot.

The Finance Committee and the Property Committees will meet in the future to continue to discuss and formulate a plan forward.

Trinity;

                      The Property Committee and interested members are going to change the way the landscaping looks in the front of our church. To my knowledge this area was landscaped and planted when the current church was built, in the twenty plus years the look has changed from beautiful to something less. The weeds are winning, the trees and bushes are overgrown and various plants are growing wherever. The idea is the remove all the plants and bushes, trim the trees back severely and remove a few trees that are unnecessary, move the ornamental rocks to someplace and plant and grow grass in the church front. If there is a member or members who would like a specific plant or bush or vine please feel free to remove it. The work needed will most likely occur in the fall, the committee will begin to solicit estimates for the tree work as well as pursue the landscape portion as well. We hope to reduce or eliminate the water issue we have in the cellar after heavy rains. Questions may be directed to Dennis, Howard, or Randy and we are always looking for help.

  Sincerely:

Randy Kehl