2016 Wesleyan Discipline:856

856. Duties and Powers. The local board of trustees shall carry out their duties as required by The Discipline (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4500–4780) and shall be responsible:

(1) To carry out the instructions of the local church conference and the local board of administration in supervising, controlling, maintaining, and improving all church property (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:315:6; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:655:13; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:782:28).

(2) To supervise such expenditures as have been approved by the local church conference or the local board of administration for repairs, improvements, and alterations.

(3) To attend to all legal matters regarding the acquisition, purchase, sale, mortgage, transfer or other disposition of property as properly authorized (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4700–4720); to see that titles are correct, contain the proper trust clause (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4610), are approved by the district superintendent (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1310:13; 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4700:5), and are recorded (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4540); and to see that property and legal records are properly stored (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4760).

(4) To attend to all other legal matters pertaining to the local church, as authorized and directed by the local church conference or the local board of administration, including renting property, borrowing money, and receiving and administering bequests and trusts.

(5) To nominate to the local board of administration all custodians.

(6) To serve, unless the local church conference shall order a larger or separate committee, as a building committee for the planning and erection of a new sanctuary, educational unit or parsonage or a major remodeling program, and to assist the pastor in preparing and submitting all building plans to the district building committee for their approval (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1345).

(7) To carry out the directions of the local church conference or local board of administration concerning the purchase, sale, mortgage, transfer or other disposition of property, provided that such transactions have been approved by the district building committee and district board of administration as set forth in 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:4700–4780.

(8) To make recommendations to the local board of administration concerning sufficient property and liability insurance on the property and for any vehicles owned and operated by the local church, and to carry out the instructions of the local board of administration in securing such insurance (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:782:29).

(9) To make such reports as are requested by the local church conference or the local board of administration.