Highland Community Development

“The sole member of highland community development corporation ("hcdc")is strong partners health system, inc. ("sphs"). Sphs, acting through its board of directors, has the authority to elect the governing body of hcdc, and certain decisions of the hcdc board are subject to the approval of the sphs board. Such decisions include appointment of the hcdc president and ceo, amendment of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws, approval of extraordinary corporate actions such as merger or dissolution, and approval of capital and operating budgets, strategic plans, and incurrence of certain debt.”

“The sole member of highland community development corporation ("hcdc")is strong partners health system, inc. ("sphs"). Sphs, acting through its board of directors, has the authority to elect the governing body of hcdc, and certain decisions of the hcdc board are subject to the approval of the sphs board. Such decisions include appointment of the hcdc president and ceo, amendment of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws, approval of extraordinary corporate actions such as merger or dissolution, and approval of capital and operating budgets, strategic plans, and incurrence of certain debt.”

“The sole member of highland community development corporation ("hcdc")is strong partners health system, inc. ("sphs"). Sphs, acting through its board of directors, has the authority to elect the governing body of hcdc, and certain decisions of the hcdc board are subject to the approval of the sphs board. Such decisions include appointment of the hcdc president and ceo, amendment of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws, approval of extraordinary corporate actions such as merger or dissolution, and approval of capital and operating budgets, strategic plans, and incurrence of certain debt.”

“Form 990 review process the form 990 of highland community development corporation ("hcdc") is prepared by independent accountants and reviewed by senior management prior to filing. The form 990 was provided to hcdc's board of directors review prior to filing.”

“Directors, committee members, officers and key employees are required to disclose a conflict of interest: (a) prior to voting on or otherwise discharging their duties with respect to any matter involving the conflict which comes before the board or any committee; (b) prior to entering into any contract or transaction involving the conflict; (c) as soon as possible after the director, committee member or officer learns of the conflict; and (d) on an annual conflict of interest disclosure form. The form is distributed annually and requires disclosure of all conflicts of interest, including specific information concerning the terms of any contract or transaction with highland community development corporation that involves a potential conflict of interest for the individual. The forms are reviewed by the board chair and legal counsel, and conflicts disclosed on the forms or on an ad hoc basis are reviewed by a board committee. The committee considers the material facts concerning any proposed contract or transaction, including the process by which the decision was made to approve or recommend entering into the arrangement if the terms are fair and reasonable to hcdc and the arrangements are consistent with the best interests of hcdc.”

“Compensation review process written self-evaluations and performance evaluations for highland community development corporation ("hcdc") officers and the executive director annually are reviewed by the committee on compliance and compensation of the university of rochester medical center board. The committee has available evaluations from the ceo of urmc health system for the officers, and from the hcdc ceo for the executive director. The committee reviews and approves total compensation for officers and the executive director and considers, in addition to the evaluations, the scope of the individual's job responsibilities, previous compensation and comparable compensation paid to people with similar responsibilities at comparable institutions. The comparable information is provided by an independent consultant and is based on local, regional and national compensation surveys.”

“Highland community development corporation's ("hcdc") form 1023 and form 990 are available upon request. Hcdc's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and audited financial statements are not routinely made available to the public.”

“Highland community development corporation's ("hcdc") form 1023 and form 990 are available upon request. Hcdc's governing documents, conflict of interest policy and audited financial statements are not routinely made available to the public.”

“No changes from prior year”