# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S152
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152

RESOLUTIONS

all its institutions, and from all Districts, monthly
and annually their financial statements, consoli-
dated balance sheets, and operating statements, and
copies of the annual independent audits;

3. maintain all accounting records, including the
general ledgers of the Synod, which may feasibly
and conveniently be maintained in a centralized
accounting department of the Synod;

4. conduct continual audits of synodical ac-
counts; approve or prescribe and employ or super-
vise the employment of effective methods of con-
trolling expenditures;

5. analyze and interpret accounting data, to dis-
cover opportunities for economy, to anticipate fiscal
problems, and to develop cost standards;

6. administer the classification and authorized
disbursement of special funds of the Synod;

7. prepare, publish, or disseminate, in consulta-
tion with the synodical Treasurer, financial state-
ments and reports;

8. assemble and assist in the integration of the
synodical budget, assist in conforming expense
budgets with concomitantly and realistically esti-
mated budgets of income;

9. prescribe and supervise appropriate proce-
dures for the control of commitments and the pre-
audit of expenditures of the Synod;

10. prepare vouchers and checks for all dis-
bursements (except in instances of necessarily de-
centralized fiscal operations), approve these for
payment, and convey them to the Treasurer for
signature and release;

11. serve as a voting member of the Council
of Administrators and as an advisory member of
any other board, commission, or committee in
which his membership or attendance is required;

12. serve as custodian of salary and payroll rec-
ords; be responsible for the preparation and main-
tenance of salary schedules and payroll checks;
and assist in initiating periodic salary reviews.

13. cooperate with the Division of General Staff
Services, especially the personnel department and
central office service department, for the purpose
of achieving economy and efficiency;

14. examine, analyze, and report regularly to
the Board of Directors on all fiscal business of the
Synod;

15. account directly to the Board of Directors
for the performance of his duties and for his direc-
tion of the Department of Controllership and on
such related duties as the Board of Directors may
assign to him;

2.99 Department of Research and Statistics

a. Personnel and Duties

1, A Department of Research and Statistics shall
be attached to the Division of General Staff Ser-
vices. Its personnel shall consist of a Research
Director, a Statistician, and such other assistants
as may be required. The Research Director shall
head the department.

2. Nominations for the offices of Research Direc-
tor and Statistician shall be made by the Synodical
Service Commission.

3. The department shall perform staff services
to the Board of Directors and shall work in close
cooperation with the synodical agencies, especially
with the Council of Administrators.

4. The department shall keep the constituency

3. maintain on behalf of the Treasurer all ac-
counting records, including the general ledgers
of the Synod, which may feasibly and conveniently
be maintained in a centralized accounting depart-
ment of the Synod;

4, (Delete this paragraph.)

5. (As at present.)

6. administer the classification and authorized
disbursement of special funds of the Synod and
assist all departments for the purpose of achieving
economy and efficiency;

7. (As at present.)

8. (As at present.)

9. (As at present.)

10. (As at present.)

11. (As at present.)

12. serve as custodian of salary and payroll
records; be responsible for the preparation and
maintenance of salary schedules and payroll checks;
and participate on the Synod’s salary review com-
mittee;

13. administer the purchasing function for the
Synod including centralized purchasing for the
Synod and its agencies where practical;

14, (As at present.)

15. (As at present.)

16. perform such other duties as may be as-
signed to him by the Board of Directors.

2.99 Department of Research and Statistics

(Delete all of Bylaw 2.99. It is adequately cov-
ered in the proposed Bylaw 2.81 e.)