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 bylaws were amended to reflect workforce innovation and opportunity act (wioa) regulations. These regulations impact the nominating process and the selection of potential members of the organization. Any nominees have to satisfy the applicable requirements of the wioa. The bylaws were also amended to allow members to appoint a designee, meeting specified requirements, to attend meetings on their behalf.”

“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 compensation committee, consisting of the board chair as well as the chair of the finance audit committee and the chair of the governance committee, requests from board member ceo of employers association of new england, salary information on related positions via form 990. The information was shared with the compensation committee to determine if the president and ceos salary is in the appropriate range. Once that determination was made, the compensation committee met witht he president and ceo to complete the review process.”

“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.”