St. Anthony’s Finance Council - St. Anthony’s Catholic School
7/20/23
Members Present: Father Jim Dieker, Marci Kumle, Pam Milford, Myron Burns, Andy Boyd
7:03 P.M. - Prayer & Welcome by Father Jim
Next meeting to be held July 27th @ 7 PM.
Meeting Adjourned 8:15 PM
Notes on Budget/QB Report (Will review at 7/27 Meeting)
Ligouri Bulletin Price - $12 per week/3 Parishes
5117 Charitable Gifts – needed moved to another account
5703 Vendor Reimb – 2 from AT & T, 1 from Key Office store credit
7017 Adult Relig Ed – Cleared a check that was not cashed from previous year so shows as credit
7020 – Binated Masses – 2 checks, 9/7 $523, 4/4 $530
7044 – Worship Materials – lector books, combined with Votives, Papers, Pamphlets
7047 – Fees-Other – Memo says “Review Lease ammendment and email to Sister Janice”
7051/52 – PSR – Moved high school books from GS to HS and adjusted
7054 – Subscriptions – Formed and 2 Father had listed on his expenses
7056 – Funeral Exp – Meade Thriftway Bills
7086 – Payroll Taxes – used by last bookkeeper, I split my in liabilities and the payments go there to reflect what is taken from taxes.
7173/74 – Maintenance All Buildings/Rep – Mowing, tree trimming, spraying, Dewell Motor for mower maint. – Repair account has Foster Frigeration, Service Janitorial, Fire Alarm, renamed one account to reflect outdoor maintenance
7177 – Supplies – No supplies this year, last one 5/22
7206 – Taxes – Prev bookkeeper put property taxes here, I have been putting them in Farm, Prop Tax
7207 – Taxes Gas Royalty Int – Seward County Payments 2
Unapproved Pastoral Council Minutes
July 18, 2023
Present: Bruce Millershaski, Mike Bucher, Andy Boyd, Van Heinz, Debbie Bush, Steve Dewell, Judy Dewell, Dee Dee Dewell and Father Jim.
Regrets:
Pastoral Assistants: Steve & Judy Dewell
Guest(s):
Call to Order, Opening Prayer & Introductions:
The meeting was called to order by Bruce Millershaski at 7:07 p.m. with prayer led by Fr. Jim.
Approval of Minutes:
Minutes of the 06/20/23 meeting were presented and reviewed. Action: Motion made by Debbie Bush to approve the minutes as written; motion seconded by Van Heinz; motion passed.
Finance Council Report:
Land Sale: Fr. Jim read a letter he wrote to Kevin Hageman, Grant Harris and Tom Huelskamp asking for their assessment for sale of property. Tom advised we should get three independent appraisals. The committee will get together and report to us. Finance Council meets this Thursday.
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
Liturgy:
Adjournment & Closing Prayer:
Meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m. with prayer by Fr. Jim. Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 19, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
Present: Bruce Millershaski, Marci Kumle, Mike Bucher, Andy Boyd, Van Heinz, Debbie Bush, Dee Dee
Dewell and Father Jim. New members Van and Debbie were welcomed and introductions were made.
Regrets:
Pastoral Assistants: Steve & Judy Dewell
Guest(s):
Call to Order, Opening Prayer & Introductions:
The meeting was called to order by Bruce Millershaski at 7:00 p.m. with prayer led by Fr. Jim.
Approval of Minutes:
Minutes of the 05/16/23 meeting were presented and reviewed. Action: Motion made by Mike
Bucher to approve the minutes as written; motion seconded by Marci Kumle; motion passed.
Executive Session:
The council went into Executive Session to discuss matters of the parish building project progress and
challenges.
Finance Council Report:
At the last meeting, the Finance Council discussed selling the parish land in order to finance the rest
of the building project and how it could be marketed. The recent referendum question put to the
parishioners at the June 4th Mass resulted in a majority response toward sale of the land versus
keep the land, although there were many parishioners not present at that mass.
Pastoral Council discussed other possible options for the land if not sold. Fr. Jim proposed to have
Tom Huelskamp and two other representatives serve as a committee to assess the land for
marketing and sale. Fr. Jim is asking for suggestions for the two additional representatives.
Members will provide suggestions to Fr. Jim. The lease for farming is being reviewed by the
Diocesan lawyers. Action: After further discussion, a motion was made by Andy Boyd to table the
decision on the land sale until the committee is formed and further assessment of all options is
completed. Motion was seconded by Mike Bucher and motion carried.
STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
Liturgy:
Feast of Corpus Christi Mass with Fr. Jim’s anniversary meal/celebration was very successful and
well attended.
Eucharistic Revival adult formation opportunity is being planned for fall.
More servers are needing to be trained to fill the ministry schedule rotations.
August 15 th is Feast of the Assumption. We will have a Mission priest serving us for the Masses,
which will be Monday at 7:00 pm in Fowler, Tuesday at 5:30 pm in Meade and 7:00 pm in Plains.
Religious Education:
The gift certificates for the teachers have been distributed by Fr. Jim.
Hospitality:
No report.
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Property:
Parish School Repair: Guthrie’s still needs to finish the carpet on the walls and the kitchen floor tile
is on back order.
Parish Hall Razing: Mike Bucher presented the bid from the KDHE contractor for asbestos
inspection. Cost is $1100. Action: Motion was made by Marci Kumle to approve moving forward
with the inspection; motion seconded by Debbie Bush and motion carried.
Old Business:
Parish Bulletin Upgrade: The other two parishes have approved the new bulletin format. The cost
will be about $4.00 a week for each parish. The bulletins will be 17 x 11 folded to 8.5 x 11. Judy will
contact the Liguori representatives regarding the timeline of getting the new covers in. Action:
Motion was made by Marci Kumle to approve the new bulletin format/printing as discussed;
motion seconded by Debbie Bush and motion carried.
Threshing Day Fundraising: Communications about Market in the Park St. Anthony Booth will be
placed bake sale, craft items and Bruce’s cutting boards/charcuterie boards raffle will be placed on
the Facebook Parish and Threshing Days pages and shared from there. Judy advised that many
contributions are being received and she is still accepting them. There will be bake sale items,
homemade soaps and variety of craft items for sale plus raffle items to include two quilts made by
Sarah Lauppe and Debbie Bush and several cutting/charcuterie boards crafted by Bruce Millershaski.
New Business:
Parish Center Rental Agreement: Dee Dee presented a draft agreement for review, discussion and
edits. Dee Dee will make edits as discussed and present the revised agreement at the next meeting.
Dee Dee will contact Terry Shinogle from Plains to discuss options for building locks and secure entry
for renters.
A representative of Pastoral Council needs to serve on the Finance Council to replace Marci Kumle,
outgoing member. Action: Motion was made by Mike Bucher to nominate Andy Boyd to fill the
Finance Council seat; motion was seconded by Van Heinz and motion carried.
Adjournment & Closing Prayer:
Meeting adjourned at 8:50 p.m. with prayer by Fr. Jim. Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 18,
2023, 7:00 p.m.
St. Anthony’s Finance Council - St. Anthony’s Catholic School
6/22/23
Members Present: Father Jim Dieker, Marci Kumle, Pam Milford, Myron Burns
7:00 P.M. - Prayer & Welcome by Father Jim
Next meeting to be held July 20th @ 7 PM. New member Andy Boyd will be joining to take Marci Kumle’s place once this budget year is completed.
Meeting Adjourned 7:58 PM