News from the Trustees for March 2010
The
Trustees held their first meeting of the new church year following the Annual
Meeting on February 7. At that
time, Lori welcomed both Tom Hazen and Cindy Morrell back to the Board. Susan Lovelace will be welcomed at the
next meeting. Allan Patriquin
visited with the group to discuss the work of the Constitution Task Force and
proposed changes to the Trustees section. Constructive suggestions were made that Allan will report to the Task
Force at its next meeting. Cindy
Jubinville updated the group on the budget, saying that the January report
makes the least sense to worry about because it is so early. Current income stands at about 11% and
expenses so far have only been 7.7% - 1/12 of the budgeted income and expenses
really isn’t much in the grand scheme of things. There is still an issue about closing the budget gap and
there are some interesting possibilities. Tom Hazen was nominated as chair, and Al Duffy agreed to serve as
co-chair. Cindy Morrell agreed to
serve as secretary. Other Trustee
“jobs” were also filled. We agreed
to add a new electric line for the Reception Room closet to allow installation
of the freezer for the Food for Friends Program which would be out of the
way. There is an oil tank at the
east end of the Lancaster building which has to come out. A new circulating pump has been installed
in that building which seems to be helping and we are still working on the
heating issues in the sanctuary. If you have any concerns, please feel free to speak with any of the
Trustees – Karen Anderson, Al Duffy, Betty Innocent, Bruce Skipton, Mike
Thornton, Richard Constant, Dick Towne, Tom Hazen, Susan Lovelace, or Cindy
Morrell. Cindy Morrell, Secretary
