Minutes                   Joy Vision Council                                    February 17, 2026

Opening Prayer/Devotion

Hope opened the meeting with prayer/devotion.

Attendance:

Joe Fewer, David Burleigh, Tracy Banitt, Hope Olson, Mark Olson, Corri Anderson, Pastor Melissa, Brian, Greg

Approve last month’s minutes

Joe made a motion to approve the minutes from the January 2026 meeting, and David seconded the motion. All agreed and the minutes were approved by the council.

Worship Attendance

Date                    In-person    Online

4-Jan  9716
11-Jan  8816
18-Jan  6012
25-Jan  7022  
    
     
     

Agenda discussion items

Financial Update.  See Mark’s report.  January was approx $4k in the red.  New mortgage payment starts in January.

Filling President, VP and Secretary position

  • Donna was nominated for President and seconded by Joe.  Unanimous approval.
  • VP:  Tracy Nominated Hope Olson for VP.  Corri seconded.  Unanimous approval
  • Treasurer:  Mark Olson will continue
  • Secretary: Corri nominated Tracy.  David seconded.  Unanimous approval

Fire Suppression System for Kitchen

  •  They were installing the shutoff / cutoff valve.   A couple of weeks before final inspection.  Budget is looking about $7,000.  Inspector is aware of our progress.  We decided to pay out of building and maintenance fund.  Council voted on this item;  Item moved to pay expenses out of Build and Maint fund.  Donna first, Mark second.  Unanimous approval.

Stove Oven

  • Will need a new stove in the near future.  Pilot light is having issues.  Kelley has reported challenges with the current stove. 
    • Need to investigate replacement cost options for a variety of budget levels.
    • Pastor to get requirements from Kelley
    • Size restrictions on current stove should be considered
    • Potential funding options from JWELCA, Memorial Committee, others.

Joy Sign by Road

  • Kelley approached David for a potential sign replacement by the street. 
  • Considered a wish list thing. 
  • Approx budget of $5,000 for a replacement. 
  • David to do some digging into this topic and what Prescott School District uses. 

Youth & Education Ministry Report

  • Christy was not at the council meeting

Pastor’s Report

  • The confirmation retreat at Roen’s cabin went well.
  • Pastor is meeting with other local pastors to discuss easter sunrise service.  Also discussing challenges with ICE
  • First weekend of May is confirmation sunday.

JWELCA Report

  • World Day of Prayer will be first Friday of the month.
  • Garage sale coming up on May 16th.  Kathy Sommer working on it.

Walkon

  • Pledge Drive has resulted in approx 10 returns.  Most are automatic giving people.  David is willing to walk people through the donations process, some people want to do it themselves though.  Hope will be updating her online giving and will take notes on the process.  Banco (the vendor we use) has images we can use.  Donna requested making sure we add a request to up giving amount in the future.
  • Donna brought up meeting times / dates of month.  All are good with day of week.  Decided to move time up to 6pm.  Next meeting will be 6pm.
  • Mark Olson brought up the need to get a new property and grounds guy.  Pastor requested we all come to the next meeting with 2 names.  Pastor has a job description from Mark.
  • David brought up a potential revenue stream by renting out parking spots.  David to revenue ordinances.
  • Donna requested to continue discussions on sustainability at the next meeting.
  • Pastor proposed no July meeting.

Pastor Melissa closed the meeting with a prayer.

Respectfully submitted by Tracy Banitt, secretary.

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