Bethel AME Church

To manage the temporal affairs of the church with excellence and provide for the maintenance, improvements, acquisition and disposition of church property

Brother Lee Jarmon, Trustee Board President

• Brother Lee Jarmon,
  Trustee Board President
• Pastor Silvester S. Beaman,
  Chairman

SUB-COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITY

The following are brief descriptions of sub-committee responsibilities.

BUILDING AND GROUNDS

• Desmond Baker, Chair
• Delores Tatman, Sub-Committee Member
• Kevin Washington, Sub-Committee Member

This committee is responsible for the over-all up-keep of church real estate and fixed assets. This includes maintenance, repair, upgrades, replacement and coordinating with required professionals on proposals, specifications, costs etc. and making recommendations to the appropriate boards for required actions.

DEEDS AND ABSTRACT

• Lee Jarmon, Chair
• Frank Wallace, Sub-Committee Member
• John Barnes, Sub-Committee Member

This committee is responsible for the legal concerns of the church. This includes vital records management, local, state and federal compliance concerns, church and employee liability issues and other related matters of financial, administrative and historical importance.

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

• Joseph Bryant, Chair
• Clyde Mines, Sub-Committee Member
• Elinza Cain, Sub-Committee Member

This committee is responsible for identification, purchase, operating condition, storage, receipt, issue, inventory, protection and disposition of church owned equipment and supplies. This includes acceptance of donated equipment and supplies, equipment not designated as fixed assets, management of an equipment replacement schedule and establishing methods periodic maintenance and inventory control.

KITCHEN RENTAL

• Anna Cheers, Chair
• Alice Mitchell, Sub-Committee Member
• George Dennis, Sub-Committee Member

This committee is responsible for maintaining a safe and healthy environment for food preparation and related services. This includes establishing operational guidelines, conducting regular inspections of equipment and general service area, scheduling and conducting training, monitoring food preparation and storage, monitoring food service personnel for compliance to local, state and federal regulations and posting appropriate licenses.

TRANSPORTATION

This committee is responsible for the transportation needs of the church: This includes recruiting qualifying and training drivers, vehicle maintenance and repair, conducting safety and state inspections, record keeping, making recommendation for vehicle replacement or disposition, investigating and reporting accident and traffic violations, coordinating the use of vehicles, coordinating to request to lease vehicles to support church needs and removing drivers who are in violation of the policy.

SECURITY

• Julio Cardenas, Chair
• Emmett Poon, Sub-Committee Member
• Elizabeth Neal, Sub-Committee Member
• Malik Cross, Sub-Committee Member

This committee is responsible for church safety. This includes both exterior and interior of the church and the church grounds, coordinating with Deeds and Abstract, and Building and grounds to maintain an effective church evacuation plan, maintaining a church monitoring system, monitoring church fire alarm and intrusion systems, coordinating fire alarm and intrusion system inspections, monitoring and inspecting door locking mechanisms, maintaining an effective church security team, conducting evacuation training and drills and record keeping.

INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

• William Collins, Chair
• Michael Vaughan, Sub-Committee Member
• Terry Toliver, Sub-Committee Member

This committee is responsible for operational technical support for church automated and related systems, providing software and hardware support, providing systems access controls, providing specifications and recommendation for purchase of equipment, maintaining system protection from viruses and unauthorized use, generating required report for management purposes and maintaining appropriate licenses.