PURPOSE
The Finance Council has as its primary purpose to facilitate parish participation in the four-fold mission of Jesus Christ to celebrate, proclaim, build community and serve. The Finance Council has as its responsibility the obligation of planning, providing for and supervising the financial affairs and the physical properties of the parish. It is concerned with the budget, stewardship and church support, and the effective utilization and maintenance of the parish plant. This council thus provides the necessary administrative and financial skills needed to sustain the mission and ongoing development of the parish community. (It should be noted, however, that this council does not decide priorities for the parish; this is the responsibility of the parish council itself.)
FUNCTIONS
1. To research, prepare and submit to the parish council the annual parish budget for the approaching fiscal year.
2. To integrate the goal-setting process with the budget mechanism to insure that financial resources and goals are compatible.
3. To review periodically actual income and expenditures of the parish versus budgeted income and expenditures and to recommend action when they deviate.
4. To assist in establishing effective means of raising the funds needed to attain the goals of the parish.
5. To inspect periodically all parish properties so that they remain in proper repair.
6. To submit a list of priority repairs and improvements to the parish council as a guide to the parish maintenance needs.
7. To take responsibility for care of the parish grounds, i.e., snow and ice removal, lawn care, etc.
8. To insure that the financial policies of the parish are in accord with archdiocesan guidelines.
9. To develop and review parish personnel policies.
MEMBERSHIP
Parishioners who are knowledgeable of or interested in the field of administration and finance are ideal candidates for membership on the council. Lawyers, accountants, and bookkeepers, as well as people knowledgeable in fund-raising, financial planning, building maintenance and construction are all likely prospects for this committee. | 
