Southern Tier Independence Center Inc

“Paula bartlow initially reviews the form 990 then it goes before the members of the board. The members of the board vote to either approve or disapprove the 990.”

“Upon hire and/or appointment and annually thereafter southern tier independence center (stic) employees and members of the board of directors are required to complete a conflict of interest form to appraise the board president, executive director, human resources coordinator and pertinent others of relationships with employees and stic board members which may cause a conflict of interest. Individuals that may be affected by a personal relationship between employees and/or board members are notified so that they may inform the appropriate party (board president, executive director or human resources coordinator) should the relationship interfere with their work or the work of the agency. Additionally, members of stic's board of directors are notified of the executive director's potential conflicts of interests. The board of directors approves the hire of any individual who has a personal relationship with the executive director.”

“Compensation for our executive director and key employees. First we review and consider the salary comparisons for other not for profit executive directors and key employees in the southern tier, gathered annually by another local not for profit as a wage comparability study for the not for profit community at large. Secondly we review and consider salary compensations for other executive directors and key employees using guidestar and nycon compensation reports. Third our board of directors does an extensive employee reveiw of the executive director's performance bi-annually and the executive director does the same with our key employees. Once the entire analysis of these three components is complete the board of directors utilizes the information to make the determination of monetary compensation. Additionally the board approves any changes in employees' salaries that are above and beyond a cost of living increase which is also approved by the board when reviewing and adopting the agency's annual budget.”

“The following statement appears on our website and in our quarterly newsletter (which reached more than 2,300 individuals, organizations, public offical, etc. "stic is a 501(c)(3) not for profit corporation. Governing documents, conflict of interest policies and financial statements are available to the public upon request". Additionally, an annual meeting is held to inform corporation members and others from the public about the activities of stic over the year including: updates on programs and services; fundraising activities and results; financial and other pertinent information taken from our independent audited financial statement, etc.”

“The process has not changed since the prior year.”