# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_1981_S73
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prescribe uniform budgeting procedures in and for all
boards and commissions of the Synod and all its
institutions for all operations, including Church
Extension, Worker Benefit Plans, and all specific
funds, and through the Accounting Department shall
receive the budgets and work programs for review
and evaluation with representatives of the appro-
priate boards and commissions.

2. The Board of Directors, on the basis of this
review, shall prepare for each biennium a program of
current work and capital projects for presentation to
the delegate convention for its consideration and
review. Upon action by the convention, the annual
budgeting procedure specified elsewhere in these
Bylaws shall then be followed.

3. The Board of Directors shall, within a budget
period, direct the Council of Administrators through
the Administrative Officer of the Board of Directors,
to modify previously approved plans where a neces-
sary balancing of income and expenditure requires
such budget modification. Such a directive should
specify the amount of adjustment, but the manner in
which such adjustments will be made shall be de-
termined by the agencies affected.

4. Prior approval of the Board of Directors shall
be required for all commitments which exceed a
synodical agency’s approved budgetary allocation.
Interbudgetary transfers of current operating funds
from one classification to another within the agency’s
approved budget shall receive prior approval of the
Accounting Department. All funds held or received
by a synodical agency shall be accounted for and
shall be subject to budgetary control.

2.85

e. Special Offerings

1. The Board of Directors, in the event of need or
unusual circumstances, may, after consultation with
the Council of Presidents, provide for special offerings
for synodical purposes.

2. The Board of Directors alone may authorize the
solicitation of funds by any person, board, commission,
agency, or corporation in the Synod at large and shall
have the authority to regulate the collection of funds
from congregations and the Synod at large beyond
the confines of any one District in accordance with
policies adopted by the delegate convention of the
Synod. There shall be no such solicitation of funds by
any person, board, commission, agency, or corpora-
tion without the approval of the Board of Directors,
provided that nothing herein contained shall be
construed to interfere with District or local financial
undertakings where the collection of funds is confined
to the District or a local area.

2.83 Duties with Respect to Synodical
Personnel

a. The Board of Directors shall review position
descriptions of synodical staff members to eliminate
overlap and duplication of activity.

b. The Board of Directors, after consultation with
the respective synodical board or commission, shall
establish policies and conditions of employment of all
employees of the Synod and its various boards and
commissions.

c. The Board of Directors shall establish the
remuneration of elected synodical officers and of
staff personnel.

d. The Board of Directors shall appoint the execu-
tive secretaries and staff members in cases where
there is no board or commission.

e. The Board of Directors shall provide a Per-
sonnel Director who shall be advisory to the boards,
commissions, and officers of the Synod.

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plans at the program level based on proposals and
analysis made by the Council of Administrators
through the office of the President, and report the
budgets, plans, and performance to the convention.
Such budgets and plans shall be prepared in ac-
cordance with Chapter VII of the Bylaws;

n. provide operating and capital funds for carry-
ing out the work of the Synod and provide for a
Department of Stewardship and Financial Support
which in accordance with Chapter VII of the Bylaws
will provide operating and capital funds for carrying
out the work of the Synod, promote stewardship,
obtain deferred and special gifts, coordinate capital
drives for the Synod, and provide assistance to
Districts, colleges, and seminaries as requested. All
operating and capital drive appeals beyond District
boundaries shall be approved by the Board of
Directors;

o. establish uniform personnel and compensation
policies for the Synod headquarters staff, including
staffs of other agencies of the Synod officed at the
headquarters, and to the degree possible maintain
comparability of policy and parity between employees
of the Synod (including missionaries), Districts, col-
leges, seminaries, and agencies; approve staffing
levels and position descriptions; and provide for a
Personnel Department to administer the Synod’s
personnel policies and programs and to provide
assistance to Districts, colleges, and seminaries as
requested;