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18 Year Percent Base Year Net Disbursement Formula Maximum % Change A 0% None None B 60% =(4A)/4 None C 65% =((3A)+B)/4 None D 70% =((2A)+B+C)/4 None E 75% =(A+B+C+D)/4 None F 80% =(B+C+D+E)/4 None G 85% =(C+D+E+F)/4 None H 90% =(D+E+F+G)/4 None I 95% =(E+F+G+H)/4 None J 100% =(F+G+H+I)/4 None 4. Apportionments to the churches shall be made by the Council on Finance and Administration (CFA) based on the current formula. Each cause shall be paid proportionately out of the income from funds received up to the amount fixed by the Annual Conference. In the event receipts shall fall short, all items shall be paid prorata. The CFA is authorized to make supplementary appropriations between sessions of the Annual Conference, if funds are available, for emergency or unforeseen needs. Such supplementary appropriations shall be made only from available undesignated funds. It is the intent of CFA that 50% of supplemental funds available be designated for the retirement of our current liabilities. In the light of possible unforeseen and emergency need beyond available resources within the Annual Conference, the CFA is authorized to adjust the pro-rata distribution by up to 10% at its discretion and is authorized to use such funds to make supplementary appropriations according to this provision. General Church apportionments will be paid in full as collected to general agencies and will not be subject to adjusted prorata distributions. All supplementary appropriations made under these provisions shall be reported in the Conference Journal for purposes of information. 5. Apportionments will be delivered from the treasurer's office to the district superintendents by July 19, 2013. 6. The percentage payout rate for local churches shall be based upon payment of all six apportioned items as listed in Section III.A.1. above. B. The following special offerings shall be taken in each local church and remitted to the Conference Treasurer as separate items. They are not to be included in the Apportionments. General Church special offerings include United Methodist Student Day, Human Relations Day, Peace with Justice Sunday, Native American Awareness Sunday, One Great Hour of Sharing, and World Communion Sunday. Annual Conference approved special offerings include Project AGAPE Mission to Armenia, Methodist Home for Children, Mother’s Day Offering for the Methodist Retirement Homes, Golden Cross Sunday and Disciple Bible Outreach Ministries. C. No Conference agency's budget shall incorporate funds to be appropriated to a nonconference agency, without specific approval of CFA. All funds granted to a nonconference agency must be spent consistent with the Social Principles of The United Methodist Church.
D. No transfer of funds shall be made from one line item in the Conference Budget to another. E. All General Church Funds (World Service, Episcopal, Ministerial Education, Black Colleges, Africa University, Interdenominational Cooperation, General Administration), Past Service Liability Fund, Jurisdictional Conference, and Methodist Building Routine and Capital Maintenance Funds will be raised and paid out in the same year. College Sustaining Fund will be raised and paid out in the same year until funds are received in advance equivalent to one year’s budget. This transition will take place over 4 years beginning in 2010 and ending in 2013 operating budgets. All other funds will be raised and paid out in the subsequent year on a schedule determined by the CFA. F. Investment Policy: The investment of the funds of the conference shall be such that funds available for mission are maximized in a manner consistent with the preservation of capital and with the Social Principles of The United Methodist Church. Investments are with the United Methodist Foundation, Inc. (local), the United Methodist Church Foundation (national), area banks, and with specific minority financial institutions within the bounds of the NC Conference. Investments of funds reserved for use in the next budget year shall be invested 50% fixed income investments and 50% equity investments G. Monies paid by the churches shall be reported to the statistician by the pastors at the end of the year on the Table II, Financial Report. The Table I and Table II reports for 2013 shall be due to the statistician no later than January 31, 2014. H. The Council may enact its own bylaws governing meetings, quorum, and other matters of procedure as authorized in the Discipline, Para. 610.5.b. I. The Council shall maintain a central treasury for all Conference agencies as authorized by Para. 611.11 of the Discipline, and the 1953 session of the Annual Conference. Annual Conference boards and agencies, including those separately incorporated, are required to maintain their funds on deposit in the central treasury unless exempted by the Annual Conference or the Discipline. Exemptions are granted to the Methodist Home for Children, the Methodist Retirement Homes, the Colleges, the United Methodist Foundation, Inc., Board of Missions, Inc., Asbury Homes, and North Carolina United Methodist Camp and Retreat Ministries, Inc. J. All new programs or entities which would not be funded by an existing approved budget shall be referred to the CFA for review of budget needs and supplemental funds available prior to approval by Annual Conference. If the item is approved, the next year's budget shall be amended to include the necessary funds based on the CFA recommendation. K. Contracts executed by commissions, boards, or agencies which obligate the Annual Conference must: 1) be created for periods of no more than 12 months and should be completed by June 30 annually, 2) not involve expenditures exceeding $50,000 in the aggregate and 3) not include a guarantee by the Conference of debt incurred by a separately incorporated entity. All contracts that exceed a 12-month period and/or $50,000 must be authorized by the Council on Finance and Administration. Should authorization be needed between meetings of CFA, it can be given by two signatures from the Executive Director of Connectional Ministries, the president of CFA or the Conference Treasurer and will require ratification by CFA at its next meeting. IV. ITINERANT CLERGY MOVING EXPENSE Effective Date – June 1, 2013 The Itinerant Clergy Moving Expense Committee met to study moving expense needs and policies. The Committee makes the following recommendations. 19
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