Board Meeting

April 17, 2018

In Attendance: Greg Furer, Rachelle Fritz, Terry Danko and Dan Burek

Attending by Phone: Ki Kim and Kris Hunt

Excused: Marlene Jenkins, Mark Michaelis, Dr. Nairn, Brad Whitman

Administration in Attendance: George Trauner, Jerrad Rimel, Caprice Hudson, Chad Dickson, Rob Lewis, Al Gesler, and Marci Dickson.

Special Guest: Ryan Ebner

The regular, bi-monthly meeting of the Bethesda Foundation for Children Board of Directors was held on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 in the boardroom on the Meadville campus, the Chairman being in his chair and the secretary being present.

Greg Furer called the meeting to order at 12:00pm. A roll call for attendance was done. Greg Furer offered the opening prayer.

Ryan Ebner gave a brief presentation on the ELCA Foundation and planned giving.

Rachelle Fritz moved to approve the minutes from the February 2018 meeting. Terry Danko seconded the motion. Motion Carried

Old Business

Bethesda Staff Report

Rob Lewis gave a brief presentation on the responsibilities of the maintenance department.

CEO Report

George Trauner presented the CEO report. The Joint Commission inspection is April 24-27. Regarding the Elderton building, Active Aging is there 3 days a week, Zumba is 2 days a week and Representative Oberlander is moving upstairs. UPMC is increasing our insurance 64%. Units A & B will need replaced at some point in the next few years. Based on our trauma focus, we realized the need to have younger shelter clients in a space separate from older clients. George also updated the board on the changes in the development department.

Terry Danko asked about the goal of $10 million in ten years. He said the numbers show growth but not enough that would allow anyone to achieve that goal. Greg Furer replied that the $10 million in ten years is just a figure that was mentioned in a meeting and not something that would at all determine if someone should be let go.

Facilities Report

Rob Lewis presented the facilities report. There was no follow-up.

New Member Recruitment

Greg Furer asked the board to be looking for new members from Erie and Southwestern Pennsylvania. Also, he mentioned it would be nice to have a lawyer on the board.

Investment Committee

Chad Dickson presented the Investment Committee report. The IPS in complete. The interest on a money market would be 1.2% instead of the current .07%.

Terry Danko reminded the committee that they should look at the fees with a money market and do a count analysis.

Greg Furer recommended the committee meet with Ryan Ebner of ELCA Foundation. He also mentioned that there is no gifting policy in IPS and we do need to have one.

New Business

Board Evaluation Form

Marci will scan a copy of the form to those who were not in attendance.

Board Retreat

If you have not rsvp’d, please do so.

Development Report

Al Gesler presented the development report. At this point the golf outing has 2 teams registered.

Finance Report

Chad Dickson presented his report. Kris Hunt had questions about apparent discrepancies which Chad was able to answer.

Agenda Items for the Good of the Order

Meeting locations.

It is the policy of the board to meet at least once at every facility. Greg Furer asks if it will be easier to have a day separate from the board meeting to meet in Erie and Elderton. This seems to be alright with everyone. Marci will send out potential dates to tour Elderton and Erie.

Facilities Committee

Anyone who would like to be on the facilities committee should let Marci know.

Board Brick Purchase

The board has agreed to purchase 2 bricks for the memorial walkway. One brick will have the new logo and the other brick will say “Presented by the Bethesda Foundation for Children Board 2018.

There being no more business, the meeting, Terry Danko motioned to adjourn the meeting. The motion was adopted. The meeting adjourned at 1:40pm.

Marci Dickson, Secretary