Masshire Hampden County Workforce Board Inc.

“The executive committee may exercise all the rights and powers of the board of directors with the exception of the right to elect officers or directors of the corporation or to amend any of its organizing documents.”

“The regional employment board of hampden county was organized as a corporation with voting and nonvoting members. The members were initially appointed by the mayor of the city of springfield, ma. Thereafter, pursuant to the bylaws, "the members annually elect, as directors of the corporation, each of the members."”

“Some decisions of the governing body are subject to approval by other persons outside of the organization. The mayor of the city of springfield cosigns any proposals to the state which reb obtains on the city's behalf. As stated earlier, the mayor appointed the original members of the organization.”

“The form 990 will be reviewed initially by the organization's finance/audit committee. Once the 990 is accepted by the audit committee, the entire governing board will be provided via email with a link as to where they can access a complete copy of the 990 for review and comments prior to it being filed.”

“The organization regularly and consistently monitors and enforces compliance with the conflict of interest policy by asking the board before every vote if there is a perceived or real conflict with the parties involved. If yes, the member abstains from participating in the vote.”

“The process for determining the president/ceo's salary was as follows: the chairman of the board of directors requested from board member meredith wise, the ceo of employers association of new england, that she conduct a survey of related positions and examine the compensation and determine if the compensation of the president/ceo is in the appropriate range. A survey of seven positions was conducted and a written report was provided to the chair and members of the governance committee. The current salary of the president/ceo was deemed to be in the appropriate range by the chair and the governance committee. This full process is performed every other year.”

“The organization makes its form 1023 and 990 available for public inspection upon request.”

“Notice will be made on reb's website (www.rebhc.org) of the availability of the governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and the financial statements at the office based upon request.”

“The organization did not change its oversight process of the audit of its financial statements or its audit selection process during the year.”