Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Governing Board Minutes

Minutes of May 18, 2004

President Dave Sengpiel called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. Those in attendance were Norm Rinderknecht, Shawn Woolman, Craig Braget, Dave Sengpiel, Deb Kesse, Lou Grotheer, Pastor Burcham, and Faith Spark.

Pastor Burcham opened with a word of prayer.

Pastor Burcham presented the proposed budget to the board. The budget was reviewed with special emphasis on employee benefits, which have risen sharply over last year. It was unanimous among the board that the benefit package be re-evaluated for January 2005. David Van Ahn will help with this process. The overall budget is a 7-8 % increase over last year.

A motion to approve the budget was made by Shawn Woolman and seconded by Deb Kesse. Motion passed.

Pastor Burcham next presented the board with a Project list that included parking lot construction and resurfacing, replacing the sign on 86th street, directional signs, another sign on Aurora at the east end of the property, multi-media in the Sanctuary, a pre-school, roof replacement, instruments, carpet cleaner and organ fund. The board discussed this proposal and decided which items were a priority and decided to keep the parking lot, roof, multi-media and pre-school proposals as part of the presentation to the congregation. Deb Kesse made a motion to accept the new project list with a total cost of $350,000. Faith Spark seconded the motion. Motion passed.

With no further items to discuss, Craig Braget made a motion to adjourn with a second by Norm Rinderknecht. The meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m. after reciting the Lord's Prayer.

Respectfully submitted by Faith Spark, recording secretary.