BUILDINGS
AND GROUNDS MEETING
Minutes of
Meeting, April 13, 2010
Present: Debbie Austin, Charlie Yaryan, Bill Brady and
Bob Paul
Absent: Ralph Miller, Austin Breck and Jerry Grandle
The meeting was opened with prayer at 7:00 PM.
- The new van is in service
and is deemed an excellent acquisition, providing for transport of members
using wheel chairs. Steps have been taken to provide a fence and protective
shelter for the new van. It was agreed that the gate should be comprised of
two 8’ sections. The vehicle registration process is expected to be complete
in about a week, Funding has been found and a plan for paying back money
borrowed from the Deacon’s budget and from the church Foundation has been
approved. Charlie will procure some additional belts and straps for
passengers. The van is safely stored at Charlie’s place until a contract is
awarded and the shelter is completed, next to the church garage.
- The older van (1994) is
repaired after having broken down on a youth trip to Cloudcroft. It is now
fully functional and restored to our fleet. Kudos to Charlie for getting it
off the mountain and getting a rebuilt transmission installed. This will
significantly extend the life of this van which is basically sound.
- It was agreed that closer
management of the greening of the quadrangle is needed to achieve our goal
of greening it up this spring. Bill Brady agreed to take responsibility for
working closely with our Singletree contractor to make that happen.
- Cost cutting measures were
taken in a couple of areas.
- We cancelled our HVAC
service contract. Our Buildings and Grounds Team will perform routine
maintenance tasks such as changing filters and condensers. This will
result in savings of several thousand dollars
- We changed the
deductible level on vehicle collision insurance from $100.00 to $500.00.
Savings should be considerable here as well.
- We are back to the drawing
board on support staff in the janitorial and maintenance area with the
resignation of Isaiah. Charlie Yaryan and Bob Paul will comprise a committee
to better define our needs here and come up with some recommendations on
policy and action.
The meeting was closed in
prayer and adjourned at 8:40 PM.
Respectfully submitted by
Robert H. Paul
Recording Secretary
