St. John Vianney Parish Council Meeting

MINUTES

Monday, March 12, 2007

 

Members Present:

Jim Woloszyk                                                   Dave Morris

Greg Van Winkle                                              Barb Hetzel

Jim Luther                                                        Tom Dexter

Caren Groose                                                   Ralph Patitucci

Steve Fastabend                                               Frank Pasternak

Bob Wallis                                                       Fr. Paul Hartmann

Kurt Baumann

 

Guests:

Lori Baldwin                                                     Sandy Rollinger

Jean Beaudoin                                                  Jim Hessling

Jon Hauser                                                       Frank DeGuire

Joanne Cekanor

 

Call to Order:

The meeting was called to order at 7:04 pm by Jim Woloszyk, Council Chair.

 

Opening Prayer:  Jim Woloszyk

 

Approval of Minutes:

The minutes of the February 12, 2007 meeting were approved.

 

OPEN FORUM:  No report

 

ADMINISTRATORS REPORT:  Fr. Paul Hartmann

1.      The resignation of Deacon Terry Starns effective May 1, 2007 was announced.

2.      The resignation of Chris Prange-Morgan as Director of Youth Ministry effective July 1, 2007 was announced. A new search effort is beginning.

3.      Returning teacher contracts were signed today.

4.      Colleen Terry will be the Interim Director of Christian Formation while Ellen Heitman is on leave.

 

Human Concerns Contributions/Guidelines:  Lori Baldwin

The 3rd quarter recommendations for Outreach Grants were presented. Discussion ensued. Jim Woloszyk made a motion to remove the Guatemala Mission Trip (as discussed at last month’s council meeting) and Network from the current list and approve the rest. Bob Wallis seconded. Council unanimously approved.

A new set of Outreach Guidelines was proposed. These were compared to the November 2003 version, which are currently in place. Discussion ensued. Dave Morris made a motion to have Human Concerns Committee continue to use the Nov. 2003 version of the guidelines, and bring the total number of Organizations donated to closer to 40, and attempt to keep the mix 75% local and 25% National and International.  Bob Wallis seconded. Council unanimously approved.

 

A speaker on Social Justice is being sought for late summer or early fall.

 

Technology Committee:  Frank DeGuire

1.      They are looking at Web Hosting Services to make the parish website more

User friendly for the Committees and staff.

2.      The vision of the Parish Technology Plan is expanding on what the School has

done with focus on:

a.       Maintenance of current Technology

b.      Looking at future Technologies

c.       How to get new Technology into teaching (School and Christian Formation)

d.      Staffing issues.

Discussion ensued about these various issues. Dave Morris will develop a subcommittee to create a recommendation for moving forward on the website issues and focus items in the Technology plan.

 

2007/2008 Budget:  Final version presented by Jon Hauser and Jim Hessling. Capital expenditures were discussed. The final amount for completion of the School HVAC project is still pending, but money has been previously set aside for this and it is anticipated the cost will be less than the money available.  Bob Wallis moved to approve the budget as presented.  Ralph Patitucci seconded. Council unanimously approved.

 

APC Meeting:  Jim Woloszyk

At the meeting, the topic of Increased Mass Attendance was discussed. Concern was raised over the goal of 20% increase. Ideas were discussed for pursuing this goal. A meeting was held between Fr. Paul, the Trustees and Jim Woloszyk to discuss the SJV efforts at Increasing Mass Attendance.  The recommended next step is to outline a market research strategy to target a marketing effort to Increase Mass Attendance. This step will be pursued.

 

Lifelong Faith Formation In-Service:  Dave Morris

Dave attended the in-service on February 27, 2007 at St. Joseph Parish. A summary of the meeting was presented. It was noted that Christian Formation is really a Lifelong Faith Formation.  A number of useful ideas were discussed.

 

Committee Liaison Reports:

            Festival Committee:  Greg Van Winkle

                        We will be switching food vendors for the Fast Food area to U.S. Foods.

                         No change in quality of food or service is anticipated.

 

Next Meeting:  Fr. Paul will be out of the country on April 16, 2007. In his absence, no action items can be addressed. A modified meeting agenda will be arranged for an approximately one hour meeting of the council on April 16, 2007.

 

Closing Prayer:  Ralph Patitucci

 

Meeting Adjourned at 9:07 pm.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Greg Van Winkle

Secretary