Minutes of the session of the Ohio Miami Conference, successor to Miami Conference, of the United Methodist Church, 1969, Part 11

Author: United Methodist Church (U.S.). Ohio Miami Conference
Publication date: 1969
Publisher: [Ohio : The Conference]
Number of Pages: 172


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87.45


From E. U. B. Men


147.24


Other


3,027.03


Total Program Council-Refunds Total Receipts


373,950.00


Less Appropriations-Transfer


To-Missions Fund


75,000.00


To-Ministerial Aid and Retirement Fund


4,000.00


To-Group Insurance


3,000.00


To-Miami Messenger


92,000.00


Net Receipts Available- General Fund


281,950.00


DISBURSEMENTS


To-Christian Service Fund


164,856.00


164,856.00


To-Salaries


Superintendent


9,500.00


Program Director


8,000.00


Director of Development


8,000.00


Director-Program Council


7,500.00


Conference Treasurer


600.00


Recording Secretary


600.00


Statistician


300.00


Office Personnel


10,169.95


44,669.95


General Administration


Travel-Superintendent


3,000.00


" -Dir. Program Council


1,855.75


"


-Dir. Development


1,748.52


" -Conventions


6,440.69


Meals


Ohio C of C-Pastors' Conv.


332.00


Postage


1,390.84


Office Supplies


992.23


Sessions


1,346.76


Office Bldg .- Service & Supplies


1,309.77


Legal and Audit


500.00


Staff-Ministerial Pension Fees -Group Insurance


1,136.00


Utilities-Manse


570.15


-Dir. Development -- Dir. Program Council


400.00


Housing Allow .- Dir. Prog. Council


1,600.00


" _Dir. Development


1,600.00


Rent-Conference office


1,800.00


Safe Deposit Box Rent


17.00


F.I.C.A. Taxes


572.61


Telephone


886.36


959.84


3,960.00


329.32


12/31/67


tures Debit


619.09


10,000.00


92


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS


Balance


Expendi-


Receipts


Balance


in Funds


tures


Credit


in Funds


12/31/67


Debit


12/31/68


ANNUAL CONFERENCE-GENERAL FUND (Continued) DISBURSEMENTS (Continued)


Ohio Workmen's Compensation


394.87


Real Estate Tax-Manse


411.66


Repairs to Bldg .- Manse


79.54


To: Mrs. Schrader


200.00


To: McCurdy School


132.33


33,966.24


Other Expenses


Conference Journals-Printing


2,004.24


Interest-Invested in Church Ext.


1,567.00


Office Equip .- Reprs. & Maint.


335.20


Insurance-General Liability


655.00


Moving Expenses-Pastors


5,011.57


9,573.01


Student Aid


Campus Christian Life


8,043.00


Scholarships-U.T.S.


1,973.00


U.T.S .- Appropriation


2,000.00


Otterbein College-Appro.


2,000.00


Cincinnati Council of Churches


1,000.00


15,016.00


Boards and Commissions


Program Council


7,016.13


Board of Ministerial Training


215.70


In Service Training for Ministers


280.00


Ohio Council of Churches


4,250.00


11,761.83


31,349.78


279,843.03


281,950.00


33,456.75


MISSIONS FUND


Cash Balance - 12/31/67 135,472.66


Receipts


Interest Earned-Third N/B C/D's -U.S. Treas. Bills


1,002.96


Film Rental


10.00


Sale of Property-Rossburg


6,000.00


-Kemper Road


20,000.00


-Utica Church


3,308.00


Conference Missions


1,753.20


United Church of Christ


1,000.00


Special-Hunter Community


205.84


-Five Mile Pilgrimage


184.80


Church Extension-Short Term Loan


20,000.00


Total Receipts-Missions Fund Appropriation-General Fund


75,000.00


129,506.10


Expenditures-


General


Conference Missions


150.00


Promotional Materials


105.47


Travel


247.38


Meals


109.25


Legal


488.20


Real Estate Taxes


1,244.60


1,041.30


54,506.10


93


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS


Balance


Expendi-


Receipts


Balance


in Funds


tures Debit


Credit


in Funds 12/31/68


Property Maintenance


1,210.00


Cinci. Council of Churches-Appro.


500.00


Trailer Ct. Project-Un. Ch. of Christ


500.00


Insurance-Real Estate


972.50


Ohio C. of Churches-SWOP


940.00


Willey Memorial-Expense


3.75


Hunter Community Bldg. Proj .- net


89,540.61


(Note-$3,800. by Hunter) -Special


205.84


Basin Ministry-


Utilities


323.49


Telephone


156.37


Cincinnati net


8,600.04


(pd. by Gen. Ch. 1875. (pd. by WSCS Germantown 50.) Housing Allowance


1,066.64


Utica Funds to Springboro


3,308.00


Spec. loan to Church Extension


20,000.00


Short term loan payment


20,000.00


Five Mile Project Maintenance


60.00


To Mt. Washington S & L-deposit


120.30


149,852.44


Aid to Churches


Aley


Interest


3,000.00


Covenant Parish


1,500.00


Hunter Community


Budget


4,800.00


Jacksonburg


Interest


1,200.00


Special Aid


10,000.00


Oak Street


Community Project


2,000.00


Otterbein-Yankeetown


644.17


Pleasant Ridge


1,500.00


Residence Park


Budget Appropriation


7,831.92


Special Aid


6,385.21


Second Creek


880.00


St. Marks


12,837.48


Union Chapel Interest


2,475.70


Union Plains


2,262.48


Dayton First-Parkside Parish


4,000.00


Potsdam


600.00


Total Aid to Churches


61,916.96


135.472.66


211,769.40


129,506.10


53,209.36


MINISTERIAL AID AND RETIREMENT


Cash Balance- 12/31/67


18,166.97


Receipts :


Printing Establishment - Grant


5,983.10


Board of Publication


6,297.51


Appropriation-General Fund Expenditures


4,000.00


Assistance to Retired


Ministers and Widows


22,020.44


18,166.97


22,020.44


16,280.61


12,427.14


12/31/67


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Balance in Funds 12/31/67


Expendi- tures Debit


Receipts


Balance


in Funds 12/31/68


GROUP INSURANCE


Cash Balance - 12/31/67 22,044.69


Receipts


Premiums Collected


Appropriations-General Fund


Expenditures Premiums Paid


33,227.04


22,044.69


33,227.04


34,609.25


23,426.90


THE E. U. B. MEN


Cash Balance - 12/31/67


6,132.77


Receipts


Vandalia Church


102.65


Expenditures


Adult Study Program


348.10


To-National Project


2,816.38


To-Conference Missions


1,408.20


6,132.77


4,572.68


102.65


1,662.74


CAMP MIAMI


Cash Balance - 12/31/67


2,360.90


Receipts


Church Contributions


Capital Funds


Expenditures


Travel-Dir. of Program


251.28


Printing


51.00


Repairs to Bldgs. & Grounds


768.22


New Equipment


5,061.47


Architect Fees & Other Building Project


1,596.61


Loan Expense-


To-Principal


4,000.00


To-Interest


3,905.29


2,360.90


15,633.87


17,041.85


3,768.88


MIAMI MESSENGER


Cash Balance- 12/31/67


2,317.07


Receipts


Subscriptions


993.50


S.W.O.P .- Maintenance Refund


181.13


Appropriation-General Fund


3,000.00


Expenditures


Salary-Secretary


879.10


Salary-Editor


720.00


Travel-Secretary


240.00


Travel-Editor


125.00


Printing


854.63


Postage


373.00


Supplies


644.96


Misc. Petty Cash


50.00


Equipment-Maintenance


261.17


2,317.07


4,147.86


4,174.63


2,343.84


24,609.25 10,000.00


Credit


12,124.75 4,917.10


Dated


Mature


Rate


Balance 12-31-67


Purchased


Matured or Sold


12-31-68


Interest For 1968


U. S. TREASURY


U.S. Treas. Bills


3- 6-68


9- 6-68


5.20


24,357.22


24,357.22


642.78


do


5-15-68


8-15-68


5.35


49,279.24


49,279.24


720.76


do


7- 9-68


1- 9-69


5.35


38,947.83


38,947.83


do


8-14-68


11-14-68


5.084


24,678.75


24,678.75


321.25


do


11-30-68


5-15-69


6.199


24,653.50


24,653.50


do


4- 1-68


9-19-68


5.15


39,997.04


39,997.04


1,002.96*


201,913.58


138,312.25


63,601.33


2,687.75


COMMERCIAL NOTES- THIRD NATIONAL BANK


Cert. of Deposits


1-21-67


1-17-68


5.0


40,000.00


40.000.00


1,000.00


do


9- 6-67


3- 6-68


5.0


25,000.00


25,000.00


625.00


do


9-15-67


3-16-68


5.0


5,000.00


5,000.00


125.00


do


11- 3-67


5- 1-68


5.0


50,000.00


50,000.00


1,250.00


do


1-17-68


7-17-68


5.0


40,000.00


40,000.00


1,000.00


do


9-25-67


3-25-68


5.0


41.652.17


41,652.17


1,041.30*


161,652.17


40,000.00


201,652.17


5,041.30


161,652.17


241,913.58


339.964.42


63,601.33


7,729.05


December 31, 1968


GENERAL FUND - SECURITIES - Schedule I


THE OHIO MIAMI CONFERENCE


PROCEEDINGS


* Missions Fund


95


CONFERENCE


Balance


96


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS


THE OHIO MIAMI CONFERENCE CHURCH EXTENSION FUND EXHIBIT I For Year Ended - December 31, 1968


BALANCE SHEET


Balance 12/31/67


Debit


Credit


Balance 12/31/68


ASSETS


Cash


Deposits-Third N/B


29,943.48


438,734.76


422,611.65


46,066.59


Deposits-Savings


Assns .- Sch. 1


21,089.41


408.28


18,000.00


3,497.59


51,032.89


439,143.04


440,611.65


49,564.28


Securities-Sch. I


U.S. Treas. Bills


123,095.00


58,980.33


64,114.67


Commercial Notes


20,000.00


20,000.00


15,000.00


35,000.00


123,095.00


78,980.33


79,114.67


Notes Receivable


Church Loans-Sch. II 574,229.48


76,000.00


123,503.48


526,726.00


Deferred Assets


Accd. Int. Churches


891.72


32,627.82


32,812.94


706.60


661,154.09


670,865.86


675,908.40


656,111.55


LIABILITIES


NOTES PAYABLE


Coupon Notes


211-Z (1,000)


356,000.00


103,000.00


109,000.00


362,000.00


211-Y ( 500)


57,500.00


16,000.00


11,500.00


53,000.00


211-X ( 100)


22,200.00


9,500.00


5,400.00


18,100.00


Straight Notes-


Churches-Sch. III


124,824.67


32,992.09


35,626.34


127,458.92


Other Loans-


World Mission Div.


40,000.00


10,000.00


1,567.00


32,519.99


Ohio Miami Conf.


20,000.00


20,000.00


631,477.66


191,492.09


183,093.34


623,078.91


ACCRUED INTEREST


Notes Payable


217-Straight Notes


2,367.79


6,434.49


6,738.95


2,672.25


218-Cpn. Notes (X- 100) 414.75


1,411.10


1,046.49


50.14


219-Cpn. Notes (Y- 500) 345.40


2,785.34


2,819.42


379.48


220-Cpn. Notes (Z-1,000)


755.72


18.226.63


17,747.49


276.58


221-Special Notes


1,600.00


1,600.00


222-Bd. of Trustees


1,567.00


1,567.00


3,883.66


32,024.56


31,519.35


3,378.45


OPERATIONS FUND


General Reserve


25,792.77


31,519.35


35.380.77


29,654.19


661,154.09


255,036.00


249,993.46


656,111.55


Participation Cert.


15,000.00


30,000.00


Bd. Trustees-Conf.


30,952.99


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THE OHIO MIAMI CONFERENCE CHURCH EXTENSION FUND EXHIBIT II For Year Ended - December 31, 1968


RECEIPTS


501-Interest Earned- Loans to Churches


32,627.82


521-Interest Earned-


U.S. Treasury Bills


1,019.67


522-Interest Earned-


Savings & Loan Deposits-


Montgomery Co. Bldg. & Loan


408.28


523- Interest Earned-


Commercial Notes


500.00


524-Interest Earned-


825.00


The E.U.B. Investment Fund TOTAL RECEIPTS


35,380.77


EXPENDITURES


800-Interest Expense


31,519.35


Net Excess of Receipts


3,861.42


Balance-Operations Fund-December 31, 1967


25,792.77


Balance-Operations Fund-December 31, 1968


29,654.19


THE OHIO MIAMI CONFERENCE CAMP MIAMI - OPERATIONS For Year Ended - December 31, 1968


RECAPITULATION


Cash in First National Bank,


Germantown, December 31, 1967


5,018.67


Petty Cash Fund


200.00


5,218.67


Total Receipts


See Schedule I


52,663.90


Total Disbursements


See Schedule II


52,370.20


Excess of Receipts


293.70


5,512.37


Cash Balance-December 31, 1968


Cash-First National Bank, Germantown


5,312.37


Petty Cash Fund


200.00


5,512.37


SCHEDULE I


RECEIPTS


Campers Fees


41,151.66


Meals


1,523.51


Supplies Sold


1,899.89


Utilities-Telephone


102.69


Gifts


662.93


Store


2,740.43


Store "S"


1,372.15


Store "SP"


453.43


4,566.01


98


CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS


Offerings


Swimming Pool Admissions


384.05


Rent


1,486.00


Other Receipts :-


Insurance


37.00


Milk Program


306.41


Gasoline Refund


21.00


Postage


29.86


394.27


TOTAL RECEIPTS


52,663.90


CAMP MIAMI - OPERATIONS For Year Ended - December 31, 1968 SCHEDULE II


DISBURSEMENTS


Salaries-


12,688.83


Repairs


14,192.98


Real Estate Taxes


511.52


Supplies


620.07


Store


2,190.35


Store "S"


2,103.78


Store "SP"


202.69


4,496.82


World Service Fund


400.00


Travel


2,178.10


Insurance


973.00


Meals


567.61


New Equipment


973.40


Utilities


4,526.65


Campers Insurance


693.70


Industrial Commission of Ohio


93.17


Program Honorariums


2,337.22


Sales Tax


65.38


U.S. Withholding Tax


Total Paid


796.42


Less amount withheld


767.09


29.33


Social Security Fees-


Total Paid


1,062.33


504.31


Bank Charges-


Checks Imprinted


22.30


Service Charge


8.00


30.30


TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS


52,370.20


THE OHIO MIAMI CONFERENCE MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETY For Year Ended - December 31, 1968


BALANCE-December 31, 1967 Cash on Deposit-


Germantown Federal Savings & Loan Assn .- #4424


1,472.38


Investment in Conference Church Extension Certificates


# 130Y -1-6-64 Due 9-1-68 5%


500.00


131Y - 1-6-64 Due 9-1-68 5% 500.00


136Y-3-2-64 Due 3-1-69 5%


500.00


137Y -3-2-64 Due 3-1-69 5%


500.00


170Y-1-6-66 Due 9-1-70 5%


500.00


Service Personnel


2,169.28


Food


4,318.53


Printing and Postage


492.89


Less amount withheld


558.02


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171Y - -1-6-66 Due 9-1-70 5%


500.00


188Y - - 9-1-66


Due 9-1-71 5%


500.00


189Y -9-1-66


Due 9-1-71 5%


500.00


223Y- -9-1-67 Due 9-1-72 5%


224Y - -9-1-67 Due 9-1-72 5%


500.00


5,000.00


6,472.38


RECEIPTS FOR 1968


Contributions by Ministers


1,620.00


Interest-Conf. Church Ext. Bonds


250.00


Dividends-Germantown Fed. S & L


77.39


1,949.39


DISBURSEMENTS


Benefit Payments


Rev. Harvey Hahn-


Benefit-Mrs. Hahn 200.00


Mrs. E. H. Nichols-


Benefit-Rev. Nichols


200.00


Mrs. Roy Fleihman-


Benefit-


Mrs. Charles Fryman 200.00


Mrs. Edgar Schrader-


Benefit-Rev. Schrader 200.00


Mrs. Frances Coleman- Benefit-


Mrs. W. E. Ward 200.00


Rev. Don Gillespie-


Benefit-Mrs. Gillespie


200.00 1,200.00


Administration


Salary-Rev. Pellett-Secy. 100.00


Salary-Rev. C. Messmer 40.00


Expenses-Secy. 36.00


Expenses-Treas.


3.95 179.95


Total Disbursements


Net Excess of Receipts


BALANCE IN FUND-December 31, 1968


THE OHIO MIAMI CONFERENCE MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETY For Year Ended - December 31, 1968


BALANCE-December 31, 1968


Carried in following Accounts


Cash on Deposit-


Germantown Federal Savings & Loan Assn., #4424 Investment in Conference Church Extension Certificates # 136Y -3-2-64 Due 3-1-69 5%


500.00


137Y -3-2-64


Due 3-1-69 5%


500.00


170Y -1-6-66 Due 9-1-70 5%


500.00


171Y -1-6-66


Due 9-1-70 5%


500.00


188Y - 9-1-66 Due 9-1-71 5%


500.00


189Y -9-1-66 Due 9-1-71 5%


500.00


223Y - 9-1-67


Due 9-1-72 5%


500.00


224Y -9-1-67


Due 9-1-72 5%


500.00


242Y -9-1-68


Due 9-1-73 5%


500.00


243Y -9-1-68 Due 9-1-73 5%


500.00


5,000.00


Total Balance-December 31, 1968


7,041.82


1,379.95


569.44


7,041.82


2,041.82


500.00


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REPORT NO. 23


PLAN and BASIS of UNION


Ohio Annual Conference Ohio Miami Annual Conference Ohio Sandusky Annual Conference Ohio Southeast Annual Conference


in the Ohio West Area of


THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH


F. GERALD ENSLEY, Bishop


MAY - JUNE, 1969


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COMMITTEE on PLAN and BASIS of UNION


Ohio West Area


F. GERALD ENSLEY, Bishop


Ohio


Mr. S. S. Beard


Dr. Richard P. Coad


Dr. Walter R. Dickhaut, Sr. Rev. Charles A. Farthing Dr. Claude Garrison


Mrs. Everett Goodwin


Dr. George W. Herd Dr. Harold F. Kellogg (ex-officio)


Mr. Paul B. Momberg Mr. Perlemon W. Sewell Rev. Robert B. Weaver


Dr. S. Lee Whiteman (ex-officio) Dr. Louis R. Wolter


Ohio Miami


Rev. William Hensley Mr. Jay Jacoby Mrs. Darwin Medkeff Dr. William K. Messmer


Rev. Louis O. Odon Rev. Carl Robinson


Ohio Sandusky


Dr. Daniel D. Corl


Dr. Joseph R. Graham


Rev. Ora E. Johnson


Rev. J. Paul Jones, Jr.


Mr. Torrey A. Kaatz


Mr. Kent McGough


Ohio Southeast


Dr. Harold Dutt


Dr. M. J. Miller


Mr. Charles D. Redmond


Dr. Rex C. Smith


Rev. Raymond B. Welch


Rev. Kenneth E. Wrightsel


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RESOLUTIONS


Whereas, The Methodist Church and The Evangelical United Brethren Church were united into The United Methodist Church with the plan of union becoming effective April 23, 1968, and


Whereas, at the time of union there existed six annual conferences in the State of Ohio, some with overlapping boundaries, and


Whereas, the enabling legislation adopted by the general church provided guidelines for the uniting or rearranging of annual conferences as soon as practical following general church union, and


Whereas, each of the six annual conferences in Ohio provided committees to represent them in the working out of plans whereby the union could take place as soon as possible, and


Whereas, upon recommendation of the negotiating committees eight guide- lines were approved by the 1968 annual conference sessions in Ohio, and Whereas, the North Central Jurisdictional Conference approved the six conferences in Ohio becoming two annual conferences, and


Whereas, representatives of the six conferences in Ohio have mutually agreed upon all necessary items which are pertinent to conference union in Ohio,


THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:


1. DATE OF UNION: That on June 10, 1970 the North-East Ohio Con- ference, the Ohio Conference, the Ohio East Conference, the Ohio Sandusky Conference, the Ohio Southeast Conference, and the Ohio Miami Conference of The United Methodist Church be united to form two annual conferences with the geographical boundaries being identical with the two episcopal areas in the State of Ohio, namely, the Ohio West Area and the Ohio East Area.


2. STATEWIDE CELEBRATION: That the Bishops of the two areas ap- point a committee to provide for an appropriate statewide celebration of the union in Ohio on June 10, 1970.


3. MEMORABILIA: That the deposit of historical records and documents be the responsibility of each of the six annual conferences.


4. COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION: That the constitution for the Commission on Higher Education of The United Methodist Church in Ohio be approved as it appears later in this document.


5. EQUITY:


a. Each local church shall become a member of the Annual Conference within which geographical boundary it is located as the boundary is determined by the North Central Jurisdictional Conference of The United Methodist Church.


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b. All property interest, both real and personal (except as otherwise provided for in the Discipline), of local churches being transferred to a new conference membership as a result of the merger of the present Annual Conferences, shall be determined by an Equity Com- mittee composed of three members and three alternates representing each of the Conferences, appointed by the Bishops. The Joint Equity Committee thus formed shall have the power and authority to appor- tion, or distribute equitably, all property interests, including both assets and liabilities, of the aforesaid churches in the conference from which they are being transferred. The committee shall be continued until their responsibilities have been discharged. In the event that no agreement can be reached by the Equity Committee, the matter shall be referred to the Jurisdictional Conference.


c. In the event of the payment of any legacies or devises in which the Ohio Sandusky Conference, the Ohio Miami Conference, or the Ohio Southeast Conference is the legatee or devisee, payment to the suc- cessor in interests conferences shall be made on the same percentage basis as the membership of the transferring local churches bears to the total local church membership of the respective annual conference as of the date of transfer of the local churches to membership in dif- ferent conferences.


6. 1970 APPORTIONMENTS: Statement of Procedure for apportionments for 1970 of conference askings to churches of Ohio Sandusky and Ohio Southeast becoming a part of the Ohio East Area at time of merger,


a. That apportionments to all churches remain the same throughout 1970.


b. That apportionments to the churches involved in this transition be computed for the total year, one half on the Ohio Conference formula and one half on the North-East Ohio formula, and that the North- East Ohio Remittance Form be used for the entire year. The forms to be supplied to the Ohio Conference Treasurer by the North-East Ohio Conference Treasurer as needed for the first half year.


c. That payments be made as ordered by the Annual Conference as long as that Conference is in existence and to the new Conference treasurer when the Conference is established in June, 1970.


d. That the 44 churches in Ohio Sandusky and 11 in Ohio Southeast should transmit for a six-month period, or that part of the year they are a part of the present conference, to their conference treasurer. These payments should be completed by May 31. The payments for the last six months of the year should begin as of July 1, and should be sent to the treasurer of the new Conference of which they are a part.


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e. Since the united budget covers old and new Conference operations, any adjustments and transmittal of funds should be arranged through the Conference treasurers, Charles Farthing and Harold Wintermute, in consultation with the Ohio Sandusky and Ohio Southeast treasurers.


7. OTHER E.U.B. CORPORATIONS IN OHIO: That the Corporation, Board of Directors for Student Work in Ohio, Evangelical United Brethren Church, which holds property in Columbus, Ohio is referred to the Equity Committee for distribution. That the continuing body of the Ohio Conference Evangelical United Brethren Church is referred to the Equity Committee.


CORPORATE RESOLUTIONS


I. WHEREAS, the four Annual Conferences of the Ohio West Area of The United Methodist Church meeting separately in the 1968 session of the conferences adopted a Plan of Union uniting the conferences in June, 1970:


THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Ohio Southeast Conference of The United Methodist Church (formerly Ohio Southeast Conference of The Evangelical United Brethren Church), Ohio Miami Conference of The Evangelical United Brethren Church, Ohio Sandusky Conference of The Evangelical United Brethren Church, all of which are non profit corporations, incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio, merge with The Ohio Annual Conference of The Methodist Church to form a single corporation, the surviving corporation to be The West Ohio Annual Con- ference of The United Methodist Church which shall be the successor in interest to the aforesaid four corporations and shall function as the cor- porate body of the annual conference, of the four united conferences, ac- cording to the Discipline of The United Methodist Church. The effective date of the union of the four conferences to be June 10, 1970.


II. WHEREAS, the Discipline of the United Church provides for a Trustee Board of twelve members:


Be it resolved that for the first quadrennium after the merger of the conferences, the composition of the board as related to former church affilia- tion be as follows: seven members who were Methodist prior to the merger and five members who were former Evangelical United Brethren.


III. WE RECOMMEND that the existing Board of Trustees of the present conferences be on call to counsel or advise on matters of concern for their respective conferences. This stipulation to be in effect for the first quadren- nium.


IV. WHEREAS, several of the camping facilities of the present conferences are supervised and legal title is held by the Conference Board of Trustees of the separate conferences:


Be it resolved that the camps, including both the real and personal property, now owned by the Ohio Southeast Conference, Ohio Miami Con-


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ference, Ohio Sandusky Conference and Ohio Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church be transferred to a new corporation to be formed by the Board of Education of the West Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church. This corporation shall hold title to all camp properties within the area of the conference for the conference.


V. WHEREAS, the Ohio Southeast Conference, Ohio Miami Conference, Ohio Sandusky Conference and Ohio Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church have property interests both real and personal where title to property is in the name of the conference corporation:


Be it resolved that title to all real estate, excluding camp properties, now held by the respective conferences and any interest in personal property, excluding camp properties, now possessed by the above named conferences shall be transferred, by proper legal instrument, to the West Ohio Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, the surviving corporation of the four named conferences. Such transfer to be made by June, 1970.


VI. WE RECOMMEND that a professional appraisal be made of all con- ference properties and distribution be made subject to the provisions of the Discipline of The United Methodist Church.


VII. WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees of The Ohio Conference of The Methodist Church, an Ohio corporation not for profit, has been and is charged with the administration and control of the Pension Plan of the Ohio Annual Conference of The Methodist Church:


Be it resolved that the aforesaid corporation continue in existence and be delegated the responsibility of the control and administration of the Pension Plan of the new Annual Conference Corporation formed by the merger of the Ohio Southeast Conference of The United Methodist Church, Ohio Sandusky Conference of The Evangelical United Brethren Church, Ohio Miami Conference of The Evangelical United Brethren Church and The Ohio Annual Conference of The Methodist Church, all subject to the provisions of the Discipline of The United Methodist Church.


VIII. WHEREAS, in the present conferences there is a difference in pro- cedure in the raising, allocating and supervising of Church Extension Funds:


Be it resolved that a new conference corporation be formed, merging or consolidating the assets and liabilities of the church extension funds of the three former Evangelical United Brethren Conferences and that the Trustee Board of the merged annual conference be relieved of any and all responsibility for the supervision of such funds.


IX. WHEREAS, the agreement for the merger of the four conferences shall be voted upon in the 1969 sessions of the four annual conferences:


Be is resolved that if the plan of merger of the four annual con- ferences is adopted by at least two-thirds affirmative vote of the respective annual conferences in their 1969 annual sessions, then each annual conference


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shall make provision for the calling of a special session of its conference to meet separately in 1970, prior to the merging conference for the transaction of any necessary business.


THE CONFERENCE CORPORATION


The name of the corporation resulting from the merging of Ohio Miami Conference of The Evangelical United Brethren Church, Ohio Sandusky Conference of The Evangelical United Brethren Church, Ohio Southeast Conference of The United Methodist Church and the Ohio Annual Con- ference of The Methodist Church shall be The West Ohio Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church.


The corporation is organized not for profit under the general corpora- tion law of the State of Ohio, and is subject to the Discipline of The United Methodist Church.




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