Nysarc Inc Essex County Chapter

“Nysarc, inc. Is a unitary corporation consisting of its 36 chapters. Nysarc, inc. Essex county chapter is one division of the corporation. The corporation and chapter's governing body is the board of governors representing the individual membership in each chapter's jurisdiction. Each chapter has one primary and one alternate governor with a weighted vote based on membership. The corporation through its bylaws delegates day-to-day operating authority to the chapter's board of directors. The executive committee of the board of governors (see part vi, line 7a below) comprises the corporation's elected officers and exercises all powers of the board of governors between plenary meetings of the governors.”

“The organization's members elect the officers and directors of the chapter annually. In turn, those chapter board members nominate the officers and directors of the corporation.”

“The board of governors does not review chapters' form 990s before they are filed. Each chapter submits a copy of its form 990 to the governing body when the chapter's 990 is filed. Each chapter must have a process for its board of directors to review the form 990. The essex county chapter's process is as follows: the audited financial statements are reviewed by the entire board of directors at a regularly scheduled board meeting. Prior to filing, form 990 is provided to the entire board of directors and reviewed by them.”

“Mountain lake services uses the following process to regularly and consistently monitor and enforce compliance with the policy: a) education and training - on a annual basis, employees are required to complete relias trainings on ethics, compliance, monitoring and the consequences of infringing the agency compliance policy. The sessions are required for all direct support professionals, managers and program directors, consultants. Board members receive in person training from the compliance officer b) monitoring - on at least a quarterly basis, and if needed more frequently in an ad-hoc basis, the corporate compliance and ethics committee meets to discuss issues related to any and all conflict of interest involving staff, consultants and the board. C) enforcement - issues related to violation of corporate compliance policy is investigated promptly, thoroughly and completely, appropriate actions are taken against individuals, groups or entities, and commensurate with the nature and gravity of non-compliance. D) documentation - signatures and dates of complete by staff, consultants and the board at meetings are available for review, minutes are recorded of all meetings and is available for review, report of investigations are available for review.”

“Comparability data is obtained by the personnel and finance committee of the board. The executive director's compensation is reviewed and approved by the entire board of directors on an annual basis.”

“The essex county chapter, nysarc inc. Makes governing documents, conflicts of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“The officers and board of governors of nysarc, inc. (other than those listed in part vii) may be reached at nysarc, inc., 29 british american blvd, latham, ny 12110. A full listing of these members is available on the arc ny website.”

“All nysarc chapters are subject to the chapter manual that delineates the policies and procedures of the board of governors.”

“Transfer of assets from affiliate 57,151.”

“There have been no changes in the selection process from the prior year.”