Resolves of the Executive Council

Resolved, That the following Resolution be adopted by the Executive Council for presentation to the 68th General Convention of The Episcopal Church:

Resolved, The House of concurring, that

1. The General Budget of The Episcopal Church for the year 1986, attached to this Resolution, is adopted in the total amount of $27,464,000 and for the years 1987 and 1988 the total amount shall be determined by:

Estimated Apportionment Income based on the formula stated in Paragraph 1.1; and

Estimated Other Income, using each prior year's experience as a guide.

The apportionment to dioceses for the year 1986 shall be $23,024,000 and for the years 1987 and 1988 shall be arrived at by applying the fixed percentage against the then known Net Disposable Budget Income (NDBI) as stated in Paragraph 1.1.

1.1 The quota apportioned to each diocese shall be a fixed percentage of the NDBI of that diocese, as such income is defined in Paragraph 1.2 of this resolution, rounding out the results to the next highest thousand dollars, for each year as follows:

For the 1986 General Budget of The Episcopal Church at 4% of the 1983 NDBI.

For the 1987 General Budget of The Episcopal Church at a fixed percentage of the 1984 NDBI to be determined by the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget, and Finance at the General Convention.

For the 1988 General Budget of The Episcopal Church at a fixed percentage to be determined by the Executive Council, such percentage to be applied to the 1985 NDBI. (Inasmuch as the 1985 NDBI will not be known until September 1986 to estimate what this will be at a General Convention time is not practical.)

1.2. The NDBI of the Church in a diocese shall be the sum of parish receipts for general purposes (Items 1751, 1752, 1753, 1755 and 1756 of the Parochial Report) and diocesan endowment and other income for budgetary purposes (A-2 and A-4 of the Diocesan Report). The income (NDBI) reported for the year 1983 shall be the basis for the apportionment for the year 1986; that reported for 1984 for the 1987 apportionment and that reported for 1985 for the 1988 apportionment.

2. The Executive Council, in its exercise of the authority vested in it by Title I, Canon 4, Section 6(b), shall be subject to the following restrictions:

2.1. Each year, the Executive Council, with the advice of the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance, shall adjust the General Budget of The Episcopal Church to the assured income of the Council so as to carry out the budget for that year on a balanced budget basis;

2.2. Income from trust funds available for budgetary purposes shall be so applied in the year subsequent to receipt, and not in the year of receipt;

2.3. Any "lapsed balance" in an appropriation for a fiscal year may be treated as income available for budgetary purposes in the ensuing year(s), and shall be used for no other purposes;

2.4. Undesignated legacies received during the triennium shall be set aside in the General Endowment Fund, of which only the income shall be used for the general purposes of the Society;

2.5. The Executive Council shall be responsible for officer and employee personnel policies, and for supervising the expenditure of funds implementing such policies;

2.6. If in any year the total anticipated income for the support of the General Budget of The Episcopal Church will be less than the amount required to support the budget approved by the General Convention, appropriations for the budget in that year, including those for the joint committees, commissions, board, and agencies of the General Convention, shall share in any decreases necessary to maintain a balanced budget.