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MSNUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CHARGE CONFERENCE OF 'T'RINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, HELD IN .:AID CHURCH ON TUESDAY, August 14, 1979, AT 7:30 O'CLOCK, P.M. A special meeting of the Charge Conference of Trinity United Methodist Church of Grand Island, Nebraska, was held in the Gollaher Chapel of said Church on Tuesday, August 14, 1979, at 7:30 o'clock, P.M. Said meeting was called to order by Dr, F. Hauser Winter, who presided at the meeting, he being a Minister of said Church and being an Elder in the United Methodist Church, acting under Designation by W. T. Israel, District Superintendent of the South Central District, Nebraska Annual Conference, The United Methodist Church. Esther J. Sanders served as Secretary of such meeting. The meeting began by Dr. winter saying that a slight change from prior announcements had become necessary, due to the fact that photographers for our Church Pictorial History were using part of the Church Parlor and also that due to the crowd present tonight they could not be accommodated in the Parlor, so they were compelled to move from the Church Parlor into the adjoining room, which coos the Gollaher Chapel of the Church. He asked if anyone had any objections but there were none whatever. He then caned upon Kenneth H. Schmidt, Lay Leader of the Church, to give the opening prayer. Dr. Winter stated that, pursuant to The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, with respect to the sale of Church real es- tate, and in accordance with the Revised Statutes of the State of Nebraska, proper notice of this meeting, including its time, place and purpose, was given for not less than ten days nor mare than fifty days prior to the date of this meeting, by due pri,ated notice mailed to all members of the Charge Conference, at his direction as Senior Pastor, in "Trinity Tidings" on July I7, i979, and July 31, 1979, and further notice by announcement from the ~5ulpit by a Minister of said Church at each of the regular Church services on the following Sundays, July 29, 19?9, August 5, 1979, and August 12, 1979, and on the following Mondays, July 30. 1979, August 6, 1979, and August 13, 1979, and by publishing the notice in the Church bulletins on each of said dates, and by post- ing the notice on the bulletin boards of said Church on each of said dates. Further, Dr. Winter stated that the purpose of this meetir-g, as set forth in the notices, was to vote an the sale of Lot Two {2~, in Trinity United Methodist Eastside 5ubdivisi~n, in the City of c~r~nd Island, Nebrask. which is a vacant lot adjacent to tie east of the nrP~ent Eastside ~ Chat~e~ now 14ca_ted can Lot One { 11 in said Subdvigs,an. hack ~or~ex~sen, President of the Board Qf Directors, also known as Chair- man of the Board of Trustees, of said Church, was then called upon and he reported that the Board believed that, because it was a vacant iot that was xarely used, it would be for the best interests of the Church for this property to be sold and the proceeds used as determined by the said Board. The presiding officer, Ur. F. Hauser Winter, then made a rul- ing that, after the resolution for the sale of the praperty was presented, he was going to permit anyone present to speak for ar against its adop- tion, even though only members of the Charge Conference would be allowed to vote in this first meeting and he read off the names of those entitled to vote. He said everyone belonging to the Church can vote at the second aneeting of the Church Conference. However, he was going to permit every- one to speak freely in the discussion at the Charge Conference. Dr. Winter then called on Kenneth E. Hilligas, who presented the fallowing resolution, namely: RESOLUTION "W3EREAS, Tri.iity United Methodist Church of Grand Island, Nebraska, is the owner of a vacant lot immediately adjacent to the east of the present Eastside Chapel now located on Lot One (1) of said 5ub- division, the legal description of which vacant lot is as follows, to-wit: 3-