Mentone Garden Court

“Matt cottrill and mark cottrill are son and father. The father, mark cottrill, replaced the son, matt cottrill, on the board during the tax year. They were not on the board at the same time.”

“Mentone garden court is managed by bradley residential management, a professional property management company. Bradley residential management has a project owner's and management agent's certification for multifamily housing projects with the us department of housing and urban development. Under this certification, hud has approved bradley residential management to manage the mentone garden court apartment community. The management contract encompasses the day to day operations of the project including, but not limited to, collection of rents, maintenance of facilities, supervision of staff, and ongoing support for both the owners and tenants as needed in order to establish a safe, sanitary and affordable environment.”

“Membership or members shall consist of and be coextensive with the board of directors and there shall be no other members of the corporation. Directors of the corporation must be members of garden court, inc or such non-members of the corporation who have been approved by the board of directors of garden court, inc.”

“The auditing firm sends a draft of the return to the management company. The management company forwards a copy of the return to each board member for their comments prior to filing.”

“Review the policy on an annual basis with the board of directors to make sure that everyone is in compliance.”

“The organization does not compensate officers or directors (see page 7, part vii). If the organization revises its position on compensation of officers and directors, an additional policy will be drafted at that time.”

“The form 990 and all related financial and policy information are made available to the public upon written request.”

“Hours worked for related organizations: all of the officers, directors, and employees listed in part vii, section a perform similar duties and have similar responsibilities for related organizations as they do for this organization. Their total hours worked per week for this organization are similar to their hours worked for related organizations both in terms of number of hours and type of work performed.”

“Overview of audit function: the management company receives a copy of the audit. Prior to the finalization of the audit, a copy of the audit is given to all of the board members for their comments. When the audit is up for bid, the board discusses the relationship with the current auditors and makes a determination as to whether to maintain this relationship or change to a new auditing firm.”