1. The November 14, 2017 Council meeting was called to order at 7:33 PM by GK Rode
2. Warden’s Report on Membership Cards by Eugene Dust
3. Opening Prayer offered by GK Rode
4. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
5. Roll Call of Officers
Office Name Pres Office Name Pres
Chaplain Vacant Vac Advocate Tom Silver P
Grand Knight John Rode P Warden Vacant Vac
Dep.Grand Eugene Dust P Inside Jose A Knight Guard Rodriguez-Belerrari
Chancellor Tom Murphy P Outside Guard Pat Karn A
Recorder Jim Grube P Trustee 3 Year Dave Stumpf P(7:55)
Financial Ed Hagerty P Trustee 2 Year Bill Swing P(7:55) Secretary
Treasurer Mark Mertens P Trustee 1 Year Earl Forrence P
Lecturer Marty Dehen A
Present: 10 Absent: 2
6. Non-Officer Council Members in Attendance ( 11 members present for votes): Dan Cincoski
7. Knights of Columbus Guests: Bill Swing also attended as the District 53 Deputy and Ben Schleicher, General Agent
8. Opening Ode: The Council dispensed with the opening ode.
9. Chaplain’s Report: None
10. Reading of Minutes of Previous Meeting: The record of the Council finances and actions of the October 10, 2017 General Membership meeting was approved.
11. Report of Admission Committee and Reading of Applications: A Form 100 for Bob Weinzierl was presented for consideration. Dave Stumpf noted that Matt Floeder is considering making application for acceptance into the Council.
12. Balloting for Membership (new, readmission. reapplications, transfers): Bob Weinzierl was accepted for admission by unanimous vote
13. Initiations:
14. Grand Knight’s Report:
15. Treasurer’s Report: The Council account balance was $6,748.23 as of November 14, 2017. Motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was approved.
16. Financial Secretary’s Report: Total Receipts reported for the period: $0.00. Total Disbursements reported for the period: $2,274.00 (7 Vouchers – $100.00, $440.00, $500.00, $500.00, $500.00, $114.00 and $120.00 ). Motion to accept the Financial Secretary’s report was approved
Motion to pay the Council bills was approved
17. Grand Knight Reading of Treasurer’s Receipts, Financial Secretary Vouchers for Deposit – See Financial Secretary’s Report, #16 above.
18. Report of Auditors and Trustees – No report
19. Chancellor’s Report on Vocations – No report
20. Service Program Committee Reports
Program Director: Dave Stumpf – No report
Church Director: Earl Forrence – No report
Vocations: Tom Silver – No report
Council Service Director: Ed Ayd – No report
Culture of Life Director: Unassigned – No report
Public Relations: Unassinged – No report
Family Service Director: Jim Grube – No report
Youth Activity Director: Unassigned – No report
Membership: Dan Cincoski – No report
Recruitment: John Rode – No report
Retention: Jim Grube – No report
Lecturer: Marty Dehen – No report
HNOJ Life Commission – No report
21. Report of the Round Table Chairman – Not applicable
22. Report of Standing Committees – No report
23. Unfinished Business
1 Mike Leuer Presentation Regarding Adam Roden Benefit – Grand Knight Rode and Treasurer Mertens confirmed that a $100 contribution was made to the benefit on behalf of the Council.
2 Communications Committee (November 10 meeting with Matt Mamura) – Grand Knight Rode, Bill Swing and Eugene Dust met with Matt Mamura who provided insight into website maintenance. Matt volunteered to serve as the webmaster and make the website a bit more simple to navigate. Bill Swing will work on website operations and Grand Knight Rode will make sure email blasts to the Council occur.
3 Knights of Columbus Memorial Mass (7:00 PM November 14 at St. Anne’s) – Bill Swing attended as the District 53 Deputy and Dave Stumpf represented the Council.
4 District 53 Meeting of December 7 (at Holy Name in Emmaus Room from 7:00 to 9:00 PM) – There are no special plans for the meeting at this time. Earl Forrence volunteered to assist Grand Knight Rode prepare for the meeting.
5 Christmas Party Planning – The party is to occur on December 12 at Vic Tarnowski’s home. Forster’s Catering will provide the main course together with an appetizer and dessert. The charge will be $25/person, and the value of the White Elephant gift for exchange will be set at $5. Grand Knight Rode will rent the chairs and others will provide beverages. Bill Swing will send out the email invitation to the Council and Grand Knight Rode will set up a phone tree system to contact members who don’t have email.
6 Coats for Kids Update – Dan Cincoski reported that the Women’s Knitting Club knitted 24 caps and pairs of mittens and displayed examples of each. Dan will deliver the items to Interfaith Outreach on behalf of the Council.
7 Latuff’s Social Gathering of October 17 – Grand Knight Rode reported approximately 20 people attended the social gathering. Ensuing discussion yielded agreement that the next social gathering should be more family oriented.
8 Free Throw Contest Update – Grand Knight Rode reported that the Council will join with the Wayzata Council for a January 21 local competition at St. Bart’s with registration at 1:15 PM/competitionat 1:30 PM. Further Grand Knight Rode noted the District competition will be at Good Shepard Parish in Golden Valley on February 11.
24. New Business.
1 Agent Ben Schleicher Update – Ben reported he has been unable to find a replacement for Dave Novack, but he was able to bring on an agent for the Mankato area on August 1st. Ben believes he will be able to bring on two more agents in December. At the same time Ben noted there is now an opening in the Rochester area. Ben distributed an information card which lists what the Knights of Columbus offers.
2 Major Degree Exemplifications – Grand Knight Rode noted there will be major degree exemplifications on November 30 in Anoka and December 9 at Mary Mother of the Church , 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville.
3 First Degree Exemplifications for District 53 – District Deputy Swing presented a proposed schedule for 1st Degree exemplifications, noting that each Council has its own approach to bring in new members. While the state wishes to bring as many new members as possible, thus supporting 1st Degree exemplifications where necessary to bring in those members, members of the Council expressed support for occasions when new members may experience all three exemplifications on one date. The Council agreed it would be open to sponsoring a 1st Degree exemplification in March 2018 and a day on which all three exemplifications may occur in October 2018. It was noted that the October 2018 date needs to be entered into the Parish calendar when the 2018/2019 year is set up while we may be able to work around the Parish calendar for a March 2018 1st Degree exemplification.
4 Warming Cart Repair Proposal – Earl Forrence reported Chuck Grabowski has volunteered to repair the warming cart. Motion to provide up to $750 for parts for the repair, using funds generated by the November 19th pancake breakfast was approved. Note: The recipient of the pancake breakfast funds is to be the Kitchen Fund.
5 Pancake Breakfast (November 19) – Tom Silver reminded the Council that the next pancake breakfast is scheduled for November 19 with the funds generated to be given to the Kitchen Fund.
6 Special Olympics Bowing Tournament Update – Tom Silver reported that the bowling tournament occurred the weekend of November 10-12. The tournament occurred over 7 sites statewide with 3 sites in the Twin Cities – Brooklyn Park, Lakeville and Blaine. Tom reported that over 6,000 athletes participated in the tournament.
7 December 5 Big/Small Dinner – Grand Knight Rode reported that 8 volunteers are needed for the dinner. Dave Stumpf will solicit participation by the Council.
8 Fire for Discipleship (December 6) – There was no discussion on this item.
9 Cinnamon Roll Sale – Preparation and sale of cinnamon rolls has been scheduled for January 19-21, 2018.
10 Christmas Car Parking – There was no discussion on the need for parking coordinators for the December 24th 3:00 PM Masses. It is speculated an email blast will go out to the Council soliciting participation.
11 January 9 Council Meeting – There was no discussion on this item.
12 Support for Women’s Knitting Club – Motion to give a $100 gift card to Mary Beth Torres in recognition of her purchase of yarns needed for the cap and mitten knitting for the Coats for Kids initiative and her hard work in knitting the majority of the items was approved.
13 Sunday hospitality – Tom Silver reported the Council is signed up to provide hospitality at both the 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM Masses on December 10. Tom reported that 4 to 6 people are needed after each Mass. Tom is to get the information to Bill Swing who will send out an email to the Council.
14 PayPal Reader – Financial Secretary Hagerty reported that the Council’s PayPal reader is only capable of integrating with an I-Phone 6. Motion to provide up to $79 for the purchase of a second PayPal reader was approved.
25. Report of the Fourth Degree – Dan Cincoski reported on the 4th Degree exemplification that occurred October 21 in Marshall.
26. Field Agent’s Report – No report
27. District Deputy’s Report – District Deputy Bill Swing submitted a written report to the District 53 Grand Knights highlighting upcoming activities for November.
28. Good of the Order:
Christopher “Kip” Walker and wife Susan
Earl Forrence
Dick and Alice Hargarten
Jerry Sisk
George Laurance
Tom Silver
Paul Silver (Tom Silver’s brother)
Dave Brinza
Jan Stumpf (Dave Stumpf’s wife)
Dave Novack on his transition in his new Field Agent assignment
Ben Schleicher as General Agent for the KC’s and his search for new Field Agents
Father Steve
Those suffering from the effects of natural disasters
Those victims and survivors of mass shooting incidents
Those preparing for marriage
Those in troubled marriages
The unborn and pro-life
Prayers of thanks for Pope Francis
All Bishops, Priests and Religious
The unemployed and those seeking work
Troubled youth
In thanksgiving for prayers answered
For all Brother Knights and their families in need of our prayers
Candidates for vocations
Police Officers
Armed Forces
All 1st responders
29. Closing Prayer: The closing prayers were offered at 9:09 PM.
30. Closing Ode: The Council dispensed with the closing ode.
31. Meeting Adjourned: The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 PM.
Closing Reminders: Pancake breakfast – November 19; Big/Small dinner – December 5; Fire for Discipleship – December 6; Council Christmas party – December 12; Parking assistance for December 24 Masses at 3:00 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Jim Grube