BOARD OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT - April 2019

Congregational Work Day: April 13 - 9:00-12:00 – LunchOnLinda (LOL)

March Congregational Work Day Our outstanding crew worked on a number of items. Among a lot of little items, we did a lot of landscaping, clean-up and edging, including providing a mulch collar around some of the shrubs to make an island and improve mow-ability. We had a great crew, and I hope I got them all; Lou, Bruce, Gretchen, Shirley, Steve, JB, Bud and Rosemary, Doug and Shirley, Rick, Bob, Kevin and Linda. As always, Trinity thanks you for your help and support!

Congregational Work Day Saturday, April 13, 9-12 LOL April we will try to realign work day back into the second Saturday routine. This is after several months of conflicts. We will be getting the property ready for Holy Week and Easter. Please come out and join us for fun, fellowship, and of course a little work.

Roof Repairs - Sanctuary Jackie put us onto a new roofer; I met with him. After yet another roof tour, he recommended the we, rather than do a lot of cut and paste, use a new product. This product would be applied as a liquid after cleaning the roof thoroughly. It sets a kind of liquid vinyl, he is going to give me a sample to test. This may be a better approach and left me with some optimism. Stay tuned and thanks Jackie.

Current Thinking on Energy We are entering that mixed up season of one day hot, and next day cold. This means that the HVAC for the Sanctuary building will have the T-stats set to ‘Auto’. They will be bracketed to call for heat and cooling as required by the outside environment. Do not take these units off auto; if needed, they can be adjusted for a temporary override. And never put any T-stat on “Hold”.

In other areas, the normal settings are set to keep the units shut down until needed. If there are routine / weekly meetings, we can program in an “auto on” for that event. For non-routine events, you may have to adjust the settings upon entry. It may take a few minutes for the adjustment to take effect. We request that the you use the guidelines we have set, not more that 68o for heating and 72o for cooling. Energy is a controllable expense, please help. Thanks!

Fire, Safety and Building Security Systems We have a high priority project to upgrade our protection in the Education Building, integrate both systems, and add outside monitoring. We are looking for some help in specking and design of the system. If you can help, please let us know. Or if you can secure someone knowledgeable in these systems from the outside, it would be greatly appreciated.

Something Need Fixin’? If there are things that need attending to please let us know by talk or text to 314-249-8721 (Bud) or 912-236-3128 (Mike) or by email to mfajen@comcast.net or eegerdes@gmail.com.

For Bud and I, Mike Fajen