The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 2006-D079 |
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| Title: | Adopt the Budget for the Episcopal Church |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the Budget for The Episcopal Church for the next triennium be adopted as set forth:
| 1.0 | The Budget for The Episcopal Church for the period January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2009, which shall be a unified budget including Canonical, Corporate, and Program (mission) portions, is adopted at a total of $152,002,295.00. | |
| 1.1 | Canonical portion, providing for the
contingent expenses of the General Convention, the stipend of the Presiding
Bishop and the expenses of that office, the expenses of the President of the
House of Deputies, and Church Pension Fund assessments is adopted at a total of
$ 29,149,874.00 as follows:
For the year 2007 $ 8,820,134.00 For the year 2008 $ 9,059,966.00 For the year 2009 $ 11,269,773.00 | |
| 1.2 | Program (mission) portion, providing for
support for the mission and ministry (restricted and unrestricted) of the
Church, is adopted at a total of $ 93,569,078.00 as follows:
For the year 2007 $ 31,020,138.00 For the year 2008 $ 30,991,486.00 For the year 2009 $ 31,557,453.00 | |
| 1.3 | Corporate portion, providing for the
requirements for the administrative support of the Domestic & Foreign
Missionary Society offices, is adopted at a total of $30,108,344.00 as follows:
For the year 2007 $ 9,893,439.00 For the year 2008 $ 10,003,909.00 For the year 2009 $ 10,210,995.00 | |
| 1.4 | In order to achieve a balanced budget for the triennium, management will identify and effect staff cost reductions of $825,000.00 through attrition and retirement. This reduction will be achieved throughout the Canonical, Program and Corporate portions of the Budget. | |
| 2.0 | The funding policy for the period January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2009 is adopted, based on a single Asking (apportioned share) of the dioceses. After a $100,000 exemption from total income, a single asking shall be applied at a flat rate of 21% of the balance of income to the diocese, reported in the diocesan financial statements for the year two years prior to the year to which the pledge is applied [e.g.: 2007 Askings (apportioned share) are to be based on 2005 actual income figures]. “Income” includes 1) all congregational giving to the diocese, 2) all unrestricted investment and endowment income to the diocese, 3) restricted investment and endowment income to the diocese which covers costs in the operating budget, and 4) other earnings from investments or enterprises. It is intended that income shall include revenues that fund normal operating and program expenses of the dioceses. It is not intended to include pass-through income that is used for expenses for programming that are simply administered by the dioceses, or that would not be otherwise funded by contributions from parishes or out of investment income. | |
| 2.1 | We rejoice with dioceses that have moved toward, and those that give at and above, the 21% Asking. Such giving creates a strong financial basis for vital mission and witness of The Episcopal Church. We encourage all our dioceses to adopt the 21% Asking; then we could allocate an additional 8 million dollars each year toward fulfilling the mission priorities which we have embraced in this 75th General Convention. | |
| 2.2 | For the budgetary period income from
diocesan commitments, totaling $92,978,494.00 is anticipated as follows:
For the year 2007 $ 30,087,248.00 For the year 2008 $ 30,983,865.00 For the year 2009 $ 31,907,381.00 | |
| 2.3 | For the budgetary period 2007–2009, payment by the dioceses of the Askings shall be made in twelve equal monthly payments. | |
| 2.4 | All additional income, other than from the
Askings of the dioceses, totaling, is projected as follows $59,024,493.00:
For the year 2007 $ 18,551,046.00 For the year 2008 $ 19,376,194.00 For the year 2009 $ 21,097,253.00 | |
| 2.5 | A General Ordination fee is hereby authorized, which fees shall be added to the funding from dioceses and applied to the expenses of examination as appropriated in the budget. A candidate for Holy Orders eligible for examination and so certified by the diocesan bishop shall not be disqualified for examination because the fee has not been paid. | |
| 2.6 | General Convention registration and exhibitors fees are hereby authorized, which fees shall be added to the funding from dioceses and applied to the expenses of the 2009 General Convention, and for no other purpose. | |
| 3.0 | In the exercise of their respective authorities, the Executive Council of the General Convention and the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance shall be subject to the following policies: | |
| 3.1 | Each year, the Executive Council, with the advice of the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance, shall adjust the budget to the assured income of the Executive Council so as to carry out the Budget for The Episcopal Church for that year on a balanced budget basis. | |
| 3.2 | Resolutions of the General Convention calling for the expenditures of any moneys (or containing implied funding) which are not included in the adopted Budget for The Episcopal Church will not have special claim, advanced standing or priority for funding by the Executive Council. | |
| 3.3 | The fiscal year shall begin January 1. | |
| 3.4 | If in any year the total anticipated income for budget support is less than the amount required to support the budget approved by the General Convention, the Canonical portion of the Budget for The Episcopal Church shall have funding priority over any other budget areas. | |
| 3.5 | Undesignated bequests and legacies received during the budgetary period shall be set aside in the general endowment fund of which only the income shall be used for the general purposes of the Society. | |
| 3.6 | Designated bequests and legacies received during the budgetary period shall be set aside in specific funds of which only the income shall be used for the purposes so designated. | |
| 3.7 | Each Committee, Commission, Agency and Board (CCAB) proposing to the General Convention any resolution with funding implications shall present to the Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance a detailed budget in support of its plan(s), including cost estimates from contractors and suppliers for all goods and services, by no later than six months before the opening day of the General Convention. | |
| 3.8 | Subsequent editions of the Mission Statement
and Budget Proposal of the Presiding Bishop and Executive Council to the 75th
General Convention of The Episcopal Church contain the following information
for each year of the preceding triennium:
A description of the actual income and expenditures of the DFMS, relating the expenditures to the Church’s priorities with accompanying narrative Endowment balance and total investment return, with accompanying narrative. Posting of this report on the DFMS website when it is released to the Bishops and Deputies. | |
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Columbus, 2006 (New York: General Convention, 2007), pp. 332-335. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Ms. Pan Adams (Arkansas) |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Program, Budget and Finance |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Dispatch of Business moved a Special Order for a time certain consideration of Resolution D079 from The Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance on the Eighth Legislative Day in the Afternoon Session immediately after the Consent Calendar.
Motion carried
Special Order adopted
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Dispatch of Business announced that it was time for the Special Order on Resolution D079.
The Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance presented its Report #2 on Resolution D079 (Budget for The Episcopal Church 2007–2009) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(D079)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the Budget for The Episcopal Church for the next triennium be adopted as set forth:
| 1.0 | The Budget for The Episcopal Church for the period January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2009, which shall be a unified budget including Canonical, Corporate, and Program (mission) portions, is adopted at a total of $152,002,295.00. | |
| 1.1 | Canonical portion, providing for the
contingent expenses of the General Convention, the stipend of the Presiding
Bishop and the expenses of that office, the expenses of the President of the
House of Deputies, and Church Pension Fund assessments is adopted at a total of
$ 29,149,874.00 as follows:
For the year 2007 $ 8,820,134.00 For the year 2008 $ 9,059,966.00 For the year 2009 $ 11,269,773.00 | |
| 1.2 | Program (mission) portion, providing for
support for the mission and ministry (restricted and unrestricted) of the
Church, is adopted at a total of $ 93,569,078.00 as follows:
For the year 2007 $ 31,020,138.00 For the year 2008 $ 30,991,486.00 For the year 2009 $ 31,557,453.00 | |
| 1.3 | Corporate portion, providing for the
requirements for the administrative support of the Domestic & Foreign
Missionary Society offices, is adopted at a total of $30,108,344.00 as follows:
For the year 2007 $ 9,893,439.00 For the year 2008 $ 10,003,909.00 For the year 2009 $ 10,210,995.00 | |
| 1.4 | In order to achieve a balanced budget for the triennium, management will identify and effect staff cost reductions of $825,000.00 through attrition and retirement. This reduction will be achieved throughout the Canonical, Program and Corporate portions of the Budget. | |
| 2.0 | The funding policy for the period January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2009 is adopted, based on a single Asking (apportioned share) of the dioceses. After a $100,000 exemption from total income, a single asking shall be applied at a flat rate of 21% of the balance of income to the diocese, reported in the diocesan financial statements for the year two years prior to the year to which the pledge is applied [e.g.: 2007 Askings (apportioned share) are to be based on 2005 actual income figures]. “Income” includes 1) all congregational giving to the diocese, 2) all unrestricted investment and endowment income to the diocese, 3) restricted investment and endowment income to the diocese which covers costs in the operating budget, and 4) other earnings from investments or enterprises. It is intended that income shall include revenues that fund normal operating and program expenses of the dioceses. It is not intended to include pass-through income that is used for expenses for programming that are simply administered by the dioceses, or that would not be otherwise funded by contributions from parishes or out of investment income. | |
| 2.1 | We rejoice with dioceses that have moved toward, and those that give at and above, the 21% Asking. Such giving creates a strong financial basis for vital mission and witness of The Episcopal Church. We encourage all our dioceses to adopt the 21% Asking; then we could allocate an additional 8 million dollars each year toward fulfilling the mission priorities which we have embraced in this 75th General Convention. | |
| 2.2 | For the budgetary period income from
diocesan commitments, totaling $92,978,494.00 is anticipated as follows:
For the year 2007 $ 30,087,248.00 For the year 2008 $ 30,983,865.00 For the year 2009 $ 31,907,381.00 | |
| 2.3 | For the budgetary period 2007–2009, payment by the dioceses of the Askings shall be made in twelve equal monthly payments. | |
| 2.4 | All additional income, other than from the
Askings of the dioceses, totaling, is projected as follows $59,024,493.00:
For the year 2007 $ 18,551,046.00 For the year 2008 $ 19,376,194.00 For the year 2009 $ 21,097,253.00 | |
| 2.5 | A General Ordination fee is hereby authorized, which fees shall be added to the funding from dioceses and applied to the expenses of examination as appropriated in the budget. A candidate for Holy Orders eligible for examination and so certified by the diocesan bishop shall not be disqualified for examination because the fee has not been paid. | |
| 2.6 | General Convention registration and exhibitors fees are hereby authorized, which fees shall be added to the funding from dioceses and applied to the expenses of the 2009 General Convention, and for no other purpose. | |
| 3.0 | In the exercise of their respective authorities, the Executive Council of the General Convention and the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance shall be subject to the following policies: | |
| 3.1 | Each year, the Executive Council, with the advice of the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance, shall adjust the budget to the assured income of the Executive Council so as to carry out the Budget for The Episcopal Church for that year on a balanced budget basis. | |
| 3.2 | Resolutions of the General Convention calling for the expenditures of any moneys (or containing implied funding) which are not included in the adopted Budget for The Episcopal Church will not have special claim, advanced standing or priority for funding by the Executive Council. | |
| 3.3 | The fiscal year shall begin January 1. | |
| 3.4 | If in any year the total anticipated income for budget support is less than the amount required to support the budget approved by the General Convention, the Canonical portion of the Budget for The Episcopal Church shall have funding priority over any other budget areas. | |
| 3.5 | Undesignated bequests and legacies received during the budgetary period shall be set aside in the general endowment fund of which only the income shall be used for the general purposes of the Society. | |
| 3.6 | Designated bequests and legacies received during the budgetary period shall be set aside in specific funds of which only the income shall be used for the purposes so designated. | |
| 3.7 | Each Committee, Commission, Agency and Board (CCAB) proposing to the General Convention any resolution with funding implications shall present to the Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance a detailed budget in support of its plan(s), including cost estimates from contractors and suppliers for all goods and services, by no later than six months before the opening day of the General Convention. | |
| 3.8 | Subsequent editions of the Mission Statement
and Budget Proposal of the Presiding Bishop and Executive Council to the 75th
General Convention of The Episcopal Church contain the following information
for each year of the preceding triennium:
A description of the actual income and expenditures of the DFMS, relating the expenditures to the Church’s priorities with accompanying narrative Endowment balance and total investment return, with accompanying narrative. Posting of this report on the DFMS website when it is released to the Bishops and Deputies. | |
Deputy Price of Western New York moved to amend the resolution.
Proposed Amendment:
Increase the $150,00 allocated for Research in Congregational Development (Proposed Budget, p. 6, l. 187) by $48,000 ($16,000 per year) for a total budgeted amount of $198,000. Decrease the $279,000 allocated for Other Costs, Chief Operating Officer (p. 9, l. 297) by $48,000 ($16,000 per year) for a reduced budgeted amount of $231,000.
Motion defeated
Amendment defeated
Deputy Davis of Alaska moved to amend the resolution.
Proposed Amendment:
Transfer the $15,000 allocated for the Criminal Justice Committee (Proposed Budget, p. 2, l. 53) to the Standing Commission on Health (Proposed Budget, p. 3, l. 79).
Deputy Gilhousen of Western Kansas moved the previous question on the amendment and the main motion.
A vote was taken to terminate debate.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
A vote was taken on the amendment.
Motion defeated
Amendment defeated
A vote was taken on Resolution D079.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #155)
House of Bishops
The Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance presented its Report #2 on HD Message #155 on Resolution D079 (Budget for the Church 2007–2009) and moved concurrence.
The question was called.
Motion carried
Debate terminated
A vote was taken on D079.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #255)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, June 21.
| Abstract: | The 75th General Convention adopts the budget for the Episcopal Church for the next triennium. |
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| Notes: | Resolution D079 was reported to the House in place of A152, which was discharged. |
