Meeting Minutes

April 13, 2016

Opening /Prayer

The regular meeting of the Corpus Christi Catholic Church Parish Council was called to order at 6:30pm on April 13, 2016 in hall’s small classroom. By Rex Stinnett

Present

 John Rizzo, Nancy Weidenhamer, Rex Stinnett, Elaine Stinnett, Jim Link, Roxanne Fischer, Paul Spikes,Jen Dwight,Mimi Sission.Linda Hromadka,  TimKersanac, Skip Overdier, Tom Fears, Father Viet.

 Approval of Agenda

The agenda was unanimously approved as distributed.

Approval of Minutes

The Minutes of last meeting were distributed, Jim Link made motion to approve, Jen Dewight second.  Minutes from last meeting was unanimously approved.

Open Issues / New Business

• Financial report- report was not given at this meeting – finance committee did meet before this meeting. Update will be given at next Parish council meeting.
• Flow chart Update – currently being worked on- Rex Stinnett to get with Mary Anne for latest update.
• Mission statement- tabled until next meeting.
• Bylaw review- Rex asked that the proposed revisions be sent to his email for review – will have to hold meeting just with bylaw agenda only.
• Parish work day- that was held February 20 at 9am.All went well and will plan to have another one in the fall. Making it a social /October  day.
• Knights of Columbus-Tom Fears, Tim Kersanac, & Skip Overdier Addressed the Parish council with the concern of renting of the Hall for the fish fry’s and cost to do so .Tom Fears explained that that Knights of Columbus work off a budget and need to account for upcoming year’s budget. Also was concerned if the Knights had a “home” with Corpus Christi Catholic Church. Father Viet said he will check the records from the past rentals and discuss a proper fee for the Knights of Columbus, Rex Stinnett said he will let Tom Fears know as soon as the decision has been made.
• Rental of the Parish hall –Nancy Weidenhamer and Mimi Sissions passed out a finalized draft contract copy for potential renters of the Parish Hall. Listed are prices for non-parish members as well a discounted price list for Parish members. Father Viet would like to add a statement of some sort stating Renter agrees not to be used for any activities that is against our Catholic teachings / beliefs. 
• New sign to identify the church – was given two designs to choose from, Pictures were passed and committee members marked yes or no with initials next to their vote. Design was approved and will move forward to financial committee for funding approval.
• Discussion of Saturday Vigil Mass time changes-Question brought to the board asking why do we have the time changes during the summer?  Seems to cause confusion. Was discussed to keep at 4:00pm year round.  * note after meeting received email stating” after much thought and prayer, Father Viet has decided to keep the Saturday mass scheduled the way it has been,( 4:pm in winter, 5pm in summer).”Therefore Saturday’s Mass stays as is.
• Proposed renovations to the Church- Father Viet presented a renovation of the Church. Including was 3d pictures of how it would look. Providing a safer and up to code building- adding 200 more seats. Replacing the old carpet and all the pews, upgrading the lights and fixing the popcorn ceiling which is falling down, The parish council viewed and voted with the conceptual drawings and voted to present to the Bishop for approval.

Agenda for Next Meeting

Bylaw review
 

Closing Prayer & Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 7:50pm by Rex Stinnett. The next general meeting will be at 6:30pm on May 11, 2016 in halls small classroom..
Minutes submitted by:     Elaine Stinnett
Approved by:                   [Name]
Attached to original meeting mintes:
-copy of parish rental contract
-picture of new and approved sign