Ramsbottom Center Inc.

“The children's home of bradford pa board has authority to appoint up to five members of the ramsbottom center, inc.'s board of directors.”

“The children's home of bradford pa reserves the right to draft and approve the ramsbottom center, inc.'s annual capital and operating budgets as well as all unbudgeted operating and capital expenditures in excess of $10,000. Children's home of bradford pa board of directors must also approve any substantive amendments to the corporation's articles of incorporations and bylaws before such amendments become effective.”

“The 990 will be emailed to all members of the board of directors once it has been reviewed in detail by the finance committee. The email will be sent using a secured server, which requires the board member to enter a password to view the attached file. A second email would be sent to explain to each member how to open the secured email as well as let them know that if they would rather have a printed copy that a printed copy would be available by contacting the controller's office.”

“Each year at the annual board meeting, the board members are given a conflict of interest statement. They are required to sign it each year, making sure that if anything changes, it is noted at least annually. In the interim, if there are any changes, they are asked to report them to the assistant to the president, who will then give them a new statement to sign. If members are not in attendance at the annual board meeting, the conflict of interest statement is mailed to them, and followed up upon by the assistant to the president.”

“The executive committee meets annually to discuss the contract for the ceo. They look at the par (pennsylvania association of resources for people with mental retardation) ceo compensation study to evaluate his current salary. Based on this information, in conjunction with current business trends, a yearly contract is drafted. The human resource director, uses a combination of approximately five different salary studies. Abbott & langer, eri (economic resource institute), department of labor, pcpa (pennsylvania community providers association), and pccyfs (pennsylvania council of children, youth and family services). He prepares salary ranges based upon these reports for all levels of staff, including top management officials. A copy of these reports along with his recommended salary ranges are then given to the board of directors, who approve the ranges. An employee can be hired within this range without approval by the board of directors. Approval from the board must be received for any deviations from the salary range. The board of directors approves the salaries on an annual basis.”

“Documents are made available to the public upon request.”

“Form 990 - part xii - line 2c - the process has not changed since the prior year.”