PROCEEDINGS GRAND LODGE - Freemasons of Wisconsin

Submitted By: Grand Lodge TrusteesSection(s) AffectedRESOLUTION NUMBER: 8- 2006Vote Required for Adoption: majorityPurpose: To authorize sale of leased and vacant lands pursuant to Sec. 28.05 (2.)WHEREAS; St. Mary’s Episcopal Church of Dousman, WI has negotiated withthe Trustees of the Grand Lodge to purchase the 2.2 acres of land the church nowleases plus the balance of the land in a triangle bordered by the Bark River and Hwy18 and 67 for a total of approximately 9 acres for the purpose of building a newchurch, andWHEREAS the 99 year lease has 72 years before its termination and the Trusteeshave not been able to identify a better use of this property for the Grand Lodge, andWHEREAS the Church has made an offer of $400,000 for this land which was itsappraised commercial value in March 2006 and the Trustees have accepted thatoffer contingent on approval of this Grand Lodge, thereforeIT IS RESOLVED that the Grand Lodge assembled does hereby approve the saleof this land as negotiated by the Grand Lodge Trustees to St. Mary’s EpiscopalChurch of Dousman, Wisconsin for the sum of $400,000. Said lands consist of twoparcels, located in the southeast 1/4 of section 34, township 7 north, Range 17 East,In The Town of Summit, County of Waukesha, State of Wisconsin and moreparticularity described in the Lawyers Title Insurance Corp of Waukesha, TitleInsurance Commitment Case # WA 255231.Past Grand Master William E. Day, chairman of the Grand Lodge Trustee,presented some informational maps, charts and history regarding the property inquestion.Resolution adoptedAPPEALS AND GRIEVANCES COMMITTEE REPORTTo the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of Wisconsin:Senior Grand Warden, J B Van Hollen reported on behalf of the Appeals andGrievances Committee as follows. “It is not one of the most favorable things that wedo during Grand Lodges, but it is of necessity because, of course, we occasionally dohave people who go wayward, who are brothers. The Appeals and GrievancesCommittee, the trial commission and the Grand Master do have to deal with thoseindividuals and those problems. On behalf of Past Grand Master Herman Friess,who is the chairman of the Appeals and Grievances Committee, I am here to give ourreport. This report will require us to ballot three different times during the report andI will explain those we go on..”Pursuant to Chapter 108 of the Masonic Code of Wisconsin I present this report ofthe Appeals and Grievances Committee. The committee reviewed two actions thisyear affecting three individuals. The first was a decree by then Grand Master Keith89