March 2007
     
Peg Turnquist opened the meeting on Thursday, March 8 with devotion and prayer.
     
Discussed our submitted vision statements and looked at common themes. The Vision Team will take these themes and come up with some statements for us to review.
     
No guests at this meeting, no open forum.
     
Sharon Spindler shared Personnel Committee handouts, which charted what the responsibilities were by the Personnel Committee, Staff and Council on a variety of HR topics. These were reviewed and there are some action items for the Council to decide upon.
     
It was motioned, seconded and approved that we change our by-laws to reflect that the Council VP should be the chairperson and not the Past President of the Personnel Committee. This will be brought to the spring congregational meeting along with the next two approved items.
     
It was also motioned, seconded and approved that there should be term limits set at two years. There are currently no term limits in the by-laws for the Personnel Committee.
     
Another motion was made, seconded and approved by Council that the number of people on the team should be a minimum of two people at large. It currently states that two people at large can serve.
     
Greg Goeke came to share an update on the Steering Committee update. There have been numerous conversations and meetings as we try to reach resolution with all parties involved in this process.
     
A motion was made, seconded and approved that we allow the Steering Committee to proceed with final preparation of the purchase agreement and take the necessary action to get this resolved.
     
Steve Wagner gave a financial update as of February 28. The general fund hasn’t been adjusted to seasonality and this will be done soon. We are currently running about $4,000 behind budget.
     
Pastor Durk and Pastor Chris shared their reports.
     
Pastor Durk announced that we would be introducing all new staff on Sunday, February 11. Motion was also made, seconded and approved that we offer Stephanie Baker the interim Children’s Ministry position.
     
Maple Grove City Council approved our variance to our building with no restrictions on Monday, March 5.
     
Rick Moulton shared a Nominating Committee update. Still looking to fill a couple of positions.
     
Sadly, Todd Treml has resigned his position on the church Council. Motion was made, seconded and approved to have Peg Turnquist (a former Council President) move into the Past President position and to bring in Mike Benson, as a Council member at large to fulfill the term. This is in accordance with our by-laws that people can be appointed to fill positions until the next election, which will be at the spring congregational meeting.
     
Approved council minutes from the February 8 and February 11 Council meetings.
     
Approved two Youth fundraiser requests.
     
Distributed to each Councilperson and pastor a short list of people to contact to invite them back into active participation at MGLC.
     
Meeting adjourned with the Lord’s Prayer.