Kendal at Home

“Kendal at home has made the following changes to its by-laws during the year: kendal at home board approves and endorses the outcomes and recommendations from the 2013-2014 kendal system review, specifically: changes in affiliate bylaws template changes in affiliation agreement attachment iii: consistency changes in affiliation agreement attachment iv: basic services contents and concepts articulated in the four work group reports: optimizing the kendal system, developing kendal people, governance, and positioning kendal for impact. Kendal at home is committed to enacting the outcomes and recommendations in its planning and future actions, in collaboration with other entities in the kendal system, recognizing that each affiliate's stage of operations will influence its timing and implementation process for system review results.”

“The sole member of the corporation shall be kendal northern ohio whose powers and authority with respect to kendal at home shall be co-extensive with those of the kendal corporation.”

“The directors shall seek and must obtain the approval of the kendal corporation and kendal northern ohio with respect to the selection of new members of the board of directors of the corporation.”

“The directors shall seek and must obtain the approval of the kendal corporation and kendal northern ohio with respect to the following: changes in corporate purposes, the incurring of indebtness with a value larger then that specified in the most recent affiliation agreement, the corporation's use of the name "kendal", the substance of resident contracts, the purchase, sale, lease, or other disposition of any real estate or improvements, dissolution, merger, or acquisition of another entity, selection of new members to the board of directors, and amendments to the articles of incorporation or the by-laws.”

“Kendal at home provides a copy of the form 990 to the governance committee for review and approval. The form 990 is also provided to the full board of directors prior to filing for their awareness and acceptance.”

“Kendal at home's governance committee of the board reviews all of the completed conflict of interest statements. This information is summarized and shared with the full board of directors for their awareness of any potential conflicts. If a person has a conflict, it is disclosed and they will not participate in the decision making process.”

“The executive director of kendal at home's performance and compensation is reviewed annually by the governance committee of the board of directors. Salary surveys with comparable organizations that are similar size are provided by kendal northern ohio and the kendal corporation as part of the compensation adjustment process. This is further evaluated against the performance of the executive director through a performance review process that compares actual performance against the overall goals of the organization. Input is obtained from the full board of directors and is discussed with the full board as part of the annual board meeting. This process was last undertaken in october of 2014. Performances of the officers or key employees of kendal at home are reviewed annually and salary surveys are obtained for their respective positions. This is reviewed with the human resources director of kendal northern ohio and is included as part of the annual budget process. The process was last undertaken in june of 2014.”

“The audited financial statements are included as part of the annual disclosure statement. This information is sent out to all members and any prospective members of the organization. It is always made available upon request. The governing documents and conflict of interest policy are not made available to the public.”

“The oversight process has not changed from the prior year.”