7 Jun 2005 04:59 PM

From the Board of Trustees

The UNMC Board of Trustees at its monthly meeting May 9 worked on the 2005-6 budget, approved the expenditure of $50,000 to renovate the Romaine-Van Schaick Room and kitchenette and to hire an architect to create a master plan for the entire building. The board also approved $2,500 for structural engineering work related to the McKim organ project. The budget of $204,488 for expenses and $162,090 in income, for a deficit of $42,398, included these program changes from the previous fiscal year:

  • Restore the choir to appearing every Sunday between September 2005 and April 2006, up from an average of three Sundays a month,

  • Fund the activities of the interim and permanent ministerial search committees,

  • Fund the services of a consultant, Dan Hotchkiss, hired to assist the board in putting ideas into action and to work with the search committees,

  • Increase the church’s contributions to the UUA and Joseph Priestly District so that the church achieves “Fair Share” status,

  • Increase spending on activities and publicity (Welcome & Membership Chair Perry King noted that newspaper advertising has not been very effective, so his group is looking at flyers and other means).

Aside from the operating budget, the board approved spending for two capital projects -- $2,500 for structural engineering work to determine the feasibility of placing the McKim organ in the balcony and $50,000 to renovate the Romaine-Van Schaick Room and kitchenette and to hire an architect to create a master plan for the entire building. Brian Pepper and Kirk Denton were appointed as a task force to accomplish the RVS project, which was chosen at the May church leadership retreat, in time for Rally Sunday in September.

In other actions, the board approved Mary Templeton as the third member of the Interim Search Committee, joining Vicki Pepper and Dave Skidmore and approved the revised ISC charter.

Posted by Mark McNabb at June 7, 2005 04:59 PM
Posted to Organization