April 2022

Pastoral Council Minutes,  April 19th, 2022
Present: Elizabeth Amsberry, Nathan Heitz, Elaine Lawler, Phil Paladino, Father Doug Wathier, Wayne Green.  Zoom: Joe Barber. Not Present: Kris Dunkin

• Meeting called to order by Nathan. Father Doug started with prayer
  
• The March 15th minutes were reviewed. Elaine moved to accept the minutes, seconded by Nathan, and approved by the Council.
• Finance
  • Finance committee recommended a 4% salary increase for Parish staff. Would increase the budget by $11,350 and would be covered by the budget surplus and savings. The recommendation was seconded by Elaine and approved by the Council.
    
  • The 2022/2023 budget was discussed. Joe made a motion to accept the budget, seconded by Wayne, and approved by the Council.
  • Question was raised about giving during a capital campaign. It stayed flat during last campaign and then increased after.
• Bequest
  • Property taxes have been paid.
  • Keys have been dropped off and titles were mailed.
  • Auction services hired.
    
•  Phase 2 Update
  • Town halls scheduled for Sunday, April 24th and Tuesday, April 26th. The architects will be attending.
  • Waiting on the Archdiocese Building Commission to approve plans.
  • Once we receive approval from the Archdiocese the capital campaign can begin. 
    
• Roof repair will be starting about May 16th. Will communicate this in the bulletin and mention that it is not part of Phase 2.
  
• Wayne moved that the meeting be adjourned, seconded by Elizabeth, and approved by Council. Next Council meeting will be Tuesday, May 17th at 7:00pm. Submitted by Wayne Green
  

 
 Finance Council –  April 19, 2022
Present: Steve Phyfe, Scott Danner, Becky David, Becky Willson, Joe Barber, Fr Doug Wathier. Also present: Deacon Phil Paladino, Dixie Jacobs.
Monthly Financials: Offertory is still strong; about $8,000 above budget. It is projected the year (net balance) will end about $40,000 due to strong offertory, payroll under budget due to staff vacancy, and the 2nd payroll protection program (PPP) of $54,000. The nave furnace controller was evaluated and was not the issue. The part was replaced was about $1600 installed, which is savings from a $6,000 controller. No other extraordinary expenses are noted. Scott made a motion to accept the minutes as presented; Becky W seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
Bequest Update: Family requested and was granted a Super H tractor that was a family item and some boxes of family items.  The members also would like a timeline for the liquidation of the estate.
Phase 2 Building Update: Townhall meetings are being scheduled, and the architect will be present at them to answer questions and present preliminary drawings. The Archdiocesan Building Commission has received our drawings but have not scheduled a meeting yet.
Budget 2022/23: The members reviewed a draft budget. Loose offering is significantly below this year’s budget, but last weekend we began passing the offertory basket again. This will help the loose offering, and the council decided to leave the loose budget the same for next year. The draft budget includes a 3% increase from this year’s actual utility expense. Also, $15,800 in building and grounds projects including 2 furnaces in the office/hall area, crack filling, nave furnace filters and week control. This fiscal year, we will have $39,500 of the PPP remaining. The council will use this savings to offset 2022/23 budget deficit.
Motion: Scott made a motion to include a 4% salary increase and the draft budget as presented, and the deficit offset with a savings withdrawal. Becky W seconded the motion; the motion passed unanimously.
Mar 15 Meeting: Estate update, Phase 2 update, monthly finances, and member terms. 
Meeting adjourned.
 

 
Peace and Justice Meeting Minutes, April 11, 2022 @ 7:00 p.m.
Present: Lindsey Kuhlmann, Phil Paladino, Wayne Green, Becky David
Opening Prayer at 7:04 pm by Phil

1. Food Bank volunteer day - Saturday, June 4th, from 9-11. Lindsey will call and reserve a date when the calendar opens up. Lindsey will prepare a prayer for that morning.
2. Habitat for Humanity update - Wayne

• ○ Spring benefit - $36,700 was raised
  
• ○ Home dedication on 4/26 in Waterloo
  
• ○ Habitat Iowa advocates at the State house bill # 2564 to request the State come up with 1.5 million to put in a fund that the local Habitat chapters can apply for grants of $100,000 to rehabilitate a home that can be sold to raise funds for future projects. Currently monitoring 18 bills; registered to support 4.
  
• ○ Working on getting $20 million from ARPA money (COVID funds) to be allocated to the local chapters
  
• ○ Local grants for individuals to do some rehab of about $500. Want to do it again this year but find that the costs have increased by 23%
  
• ○ Blackhawk County Gaming - have again pledged $1 million over 3 years
  
• ○ Wayne will work on scheduling St. Mary’s volunteer days now that the weather is getting better
  

3.  Mary’s Meals for Lent - Goal set for $10,000. Molly stated she will post collected amounts periodically throughout Lent.
○ Money raised to date is April 9th $7914.00 raised towards our $8,526.00 target
○ We still have planned for a tithe of $1000.
4.  Ideas for possible education programs sponsored by the P&J committee
● Want to Talk? Communication Tools for Divided Times - JustFaith Ministries
● Speakers, documentaries
● Presentation at “Holy Spirits”
5.  Website
● All agree our meeting minutes should be posted on our link on the parish website. Becky will ask Dixie to post the minutes to the website.
● We agreed to list the organizations we usually support with a mission statement or brief description and a link to the organization’s website. Becky updated the spreadsheet with most of the websites and uploaded it to Google drive. Wayne will copy the info we want to make available in a format to have added to the parish website.

March Tithe:
Local: deferred to next meeting
State/National: deferred to next meeting
International: Mary’s Meals $1000
Next meeting is May 9, 2022 @ 7:00 p.m.  Closing prayer @ 7:45 by Wayne. Minutes prepared by Becky David