Responsibilities of the Board of Trustees:

1. The Board of Trustees shall be responsible for overseeing the management of all real property owned by the presbytery and its constituent churches, including but not limited to the following:

i. Property acquisitions;

ii. Property dispositions;

iii. Payment of property taxes;

iv. Any mortgages or other encumbrances of the real property of the presbytery or its churches;

v. Maintenance of an inventory of all real property held by the presbytery and its churches.

2. The Board of Trustees shall be responsible for making recommendations to the presbytery regarding any purchase, sale, mortgage or other encumbrance of real property by the presbytery or its churches. Such a recommendation will be based upon the financial prudence of such an action, including considerations related to the property's current and likely future value, the financial ability of the presbytery or the particular church to meet its obligations, etc. 

When it is not feasible to delay an approval until the next presbytery meeting, the Board of Trustees may take such action, and report it to the presbytery.

i. The Board of Trustees shall be responsible for obtaining adequate insurance coverage for the presbytery and its operations.

ii. The Board of Trustees shall be responsible for reviewing the status of all loans obtained by the presbytery and its churches and reporting the status of such loans to the presbytery on an annual basis.

iii. The Board of Trustees shall also review the status of mission grants to presbytery member churches, and report this information to the presbytery annually.

<<< Go back to Committees and Commissions