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Completed Bishop Councell’s evaluation for 2010.
Recommended Kathleen Bishop, Matthew Bollinger, Jennifer Replogle and Jonathan Thomas for candidacy.
Consented to the Ordination and Consecration of Michael Pierce Milliken as Bishop Diocesan of the Diocese of Western Kansas
Approved the resolution for the 2011 housing allowance for clergy employed at Diocesan House who are not provided housing.
Received and approved the Aged & Infirm Clergy Fund Report for 2010.
Received and approved the report of the Relief of Widows, Widowers and Orphans Fund for 2010.

Respectfully submitted,
The Very Rev. René Rory John, Secretary

Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on October 21, 2010

Concurred with the Bishop’s appointment of the Rev. William Feus to the Insurance Committee.
Recommended Lisa Hoffman for Ordination to the Transitional Diaconate.
Recommended Thomas May for ordination to the priesthood.
Consented to the sale of the rectory at St. Stephen’s, Riverside.

Respectfully submitted,
The Very Rev. René Rory John, Secretary

Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on September 23, 2010

Consented to the Ordination of Terry Allen White as Bishop Diocesan of the Diocese of Kentucky.
Consented to the Ordination and Consecration of Scott B. Hayashi as Bishop Diocesan of the Diocese of Utah.
Approved the Lease Agreement between St. Andrew’s Church, Lambertville and Fisherman’s Mark.
Approved the sale of property at 321 Middlesex Avenue, Colonia, NJ, for St. Peter’s, Perth Amboy.
Consented to Christ Church, New Brunswick, granting an easement to the New Jersey Historical Trust so that Christ Church may receive a grant.
Requested that Diocesan Council to look at the possibility of funding for an Assistant Bishop.

Respectfully submitted,
The Very Rev. René Rory John, Secretary

[There are no meetings in July and August]

Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on June 17, 2010

Concurred with the appointment of Phyllis Jones as Chief Financial Officer of the Diocese of New Jersey.
Approved the Revised 2010 Financial Aid Awards as presented.
Consented to the Ordination and Consecration of Mark Andrew Lattime as Bishop Diocesan of the Diocese of Alaska.
Consented for St. David’s Church, Cranbury, to enter into a mortgage agreement with First Constitution Bank in the amount of $740,000.

Respectfully submitted,
The Rev. Sunil K. Chandy, Acting Clerk

Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on May 20, 2010

Recommended Edwin Chinery, Robert Fitzpatrick, Susan Ironside, Kevin Olds, Maria Sanzo and Stephanie Shockley for Ordination to the Priesthood.
Recommended Thomas May for Ordination as a Transitional Deacon.
Recommended Agostino Rivolta for Reception as an Episcopal Priest.
Consented to the Ordination of James Beattie Magness as Bishop Suffragan for Federal Ministries.
Consented to the Ordination of John Sheridan Smylie as Bishop Diocesan of the Diocese of Wyoming.
Consented to the Ordination of Michael Louis Vono as Bishop Diocesan of the Diocese of the Rio Grande.
Consented to the consolidation of St. John’s, Fords and St. John’s, Sewaren.

Respectfully submitted,
The Very Rev. René Rory John, Secretary

Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on April 15, 2010

Welcomed the Rev. Sunil Chandy and Ms. Angela Levy, Class of 2014, to their first business meeting.
Re-affirmed action taken by e-mail vote to approve Bishop Councell’s compensation package for 2010.
Re-affirmed action taken by e-mail vote to consent to the sale of the property at Trinity Church, Cranford, known and designed as Block 315, Lot 7, for the agreed sum of $285,000.00.
Re-affirmed the action taken by e-mail vote to give consent for St. David’s, Cranbury, to apply for a loan from the Church Building Fund of The Episcopal Church for expansion of the church building.
Recommended Lisa Hoffman for candidacy.
Recommended Toribio Rodriguez to be received as an Episcopal priest.
Approved the 2010 Financial Aid Awards as presented.
Consented to the Ordination of David Earle Bailey as Bishop of Navajoland Area Mission.

Respectfully submitted,
The Very Rev. René Rory John, Secretary

Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on March 6, 2010

Welcomed the newly elected members of the Class of 2014: The Rev. Sunil K. Chandy and Ms. Angela Levy
The Rev. Karin R. Mitchell was elected President and The Very Rev. René John was elected Secretary of the Standing Committee for the coming year.
The Honorable Robert Scott will coordinate the real estate business for the Standing Committee for the coming year.

Respectfully submitted,
The Very Rev. René Rory John, Secretary

Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on February 18, 2010

Conducted Bishop Councell’s evaluation.
Consented to the lease between Trinity Church, Red Bank and the Monmouth Conservatory of Music.
Consented to the lease between Trinity Church, Red Bank and Rumson-Fair Haven Academy.
Thanked the members of the Class of 2010: the Rev. Lisa S. Mitchell, President, and Ms. Sylvia Temmer.

Respectfully submitted,
The Very Rev. René Rory John, Secretary

Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on February 11, 2010

• Concurred with the Resolutions before the Standing Committee regarding a personnel matter.

Respectfully submitted,
The Very Rev. René Rory John, Secretary

Summary of the meeting of the Standing Committee on January 21, 2010

Endorsed re-appointment of John Wood Goldsack, Esq. as Chancellor.
Recommended to offer the property for $900,000 as our best offer for sale to St. George’s, Helmetta. Non-negotiable terms to be recommended by the Chancellor.
Approved the 2010 housing allowance for clergy employed at Diocesan House who are not provided housing.
Consented to the Ordination of Morris King Thompson, Jr. as Bishop Diocesan of the Diocese of Louisiana.
Consented to the Ordination of W. Andrew Waldo as Bishop Diocesan of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina.
Consented to the Ordination of Michael Joseph Hanley as Bishop Diocesan of the Diocese of Oregon.
Consented to the Ordination of Ian Theodore Douglas as Bishop Diocesan of the Diocese of Connecticut.
Consented to the Election of Brian N. Prior as Bishop Diocesan of the Diocese of Minnesota.
Consented to the Ordination and Consecration of Diane M. Jardine Bruce as a Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of Los Angeles.
Consented to the Ordination and Consecration of Mary Douglas Glasspool as a Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of Los Angeles.
Approved the lease for the St. Luke’s, Roselle, property with a purchase option for 2 years.
Approved the sale of property and the subdivision for Good Shepherd Church, Berlin, for $130,000.
Approved a 10-year lease between St. Andrew’s, Lambertville, and Fisherman’s Mark.

Respectfully submitted,
The Very Rev. René Rory John, Secretary

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