Terry opened the meeting at 5:04 pm.

Jim began the meeting with a prayer.

Present: Terry Brennan, Keoni Murphy, Bill Jacobs, Brad DeSaye, Eileen Grant

Absent: Anne Welborn, Bob Dressler, Fr. Raj

Staff:  Jim Wren, Donna Maneely

  Minutes Approval:

  • Eileen motioned to approve the May meeting minutes; Keoni seconded it; approved.

  Financial Statements:

  • Bill noticed that our checking account balance is increasing and would like to discuss what to do with the money. Jim would like to get direction from the new pastor before making any decisions.
  • Eileen motioned to approve the May Financials; Keoni seconded the motion; motion approved.

  Bank Statement Approval:

  • Anne reviewed the May bank reconciliation. Anne did not attend the meeting. She signed off on the statements.

Pastor’s Report:

  • Fr. Raj is on sabbatical

  Parish Manager Report:

  • CDA: according to the diocese we are over 90% of our goal this year
  • Collection plate so far in June: $70k, online giving: $41k
  • Three hundred people have registered for the Eucharistic Revival on June 29th. We are the only parish in the country hosting a Eucharistic Revival. Three priests are speaking. We have eighty volunteers and close to $6k in donations. The event is free except for the optional $5 lunch.
  • The farewell reception for the Claretians is on Sunday, July 14th from 2pm-5pm in the school gym. Fr. Gaspar and Fr. Ralph will be there. Bishop Nevares will be saying the 1pm Mass and attending the reception.
  • The annual staff day of reflection is on July 26th. It will be a shorter day than usual due to the installation of the new pastor the next day. We will have Mass, a reflection and lunch. Only staff will be attending this year.
  • The installation of our new priests is on July 27th at the Vigil Mass. Bishop Dolan will be celebrating the Mass along with Fr. Ralph, Fr. Raj, Deacon Mark, Deacon Tony and the two new priests. We are awaiting information from the diocese about the installation and reception. There will be a reception following the Mass.
  • Catholic Mutual Insurance did their annual inspection of the church, school and properties. They only found minor issues like rotting tree branches at one of the rental houses. All the items have been addressed.
  • The chiller has been a major problem this year. Our June building and maintenance financials will show a large negative variance due to the chiller. According to Climate Control, the chiller was not installed in a complete fashion. On the first hot day this year, it failed. Climate Control was here multiple days repairing it. The problems are fixed for now. They are working on revamping our maintenance contract. Also, Climate Control got behind on their billing, so, in June, we paid many bills that go back to November.
  • New Fair Labor Standards Act exempt salaries go into effect on July 1st.  There will be another increase in January 2025 which is being challenged in court. The July increase impacted the Music, Youth and the Facilities Director salaries. If the January increase is allowed, it will affect most of our director positions. We are awaiting the $125k bequest so Jim is not concerned about this affecting the next fiscal year budget.
  • The diocesan audit has been a requirement when there is a pastor change, but Jim was informed by the diocese that the rule changed. It is not required if the last review was performed in the last few years, which it was. If the new pastor requests an audit, it will be scheduled. We can review the last audit with the new pastor.
  • Jim’s Internal Controls presentation has been postponed to a future meeting.

  Old Business:  2024/2025 Budget

  • Bill asked about the 400 club being a budgeted item. The school started budgeting for it this fiscal year.
  • Fr. Raj sent an email approving the budget.
  • Brad made a motion to approve the 2024/2025 fiscal year budget; Eileen seconded it; motion passed.

  New Business:

  • Bill would like to revisit hiring a Rental Manager for our properties. Jim reminded the council that the diocese rejected all proposed contracts because the vendors would not include the diocese’s language. The new pastor will need to decide on the next course of action for the properties.
  • The July meeting was changed to July 24th since Fr. Raj will be in attendance.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:50pm with a prayer from Jim.

Respectfully submitted by Donna Maneely