Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership

“During 2014, the partnership amended its bylaws. These amendments included updating the number of directors, and the qualifications, and the term of office. Elected official directors and political appointee directors shall not be counted when determining the number of directors and shall not be counted when determining quorum, but otherwise shall possess the same rights, responsibilities, and privileges of all other directors. The following individuals are elected official directors: representative of office of mayor of the city of pittsburgh; representative of the allegheny county executive; representative, city of pittsburgh city council for the sixth district; representative of the governor of the commonwealth of pennsylvania; representative of the pennsylvania department of transportation (penndot); and representative of any other office to which an individual is elected by public vote. The following individuals are political appointee directors: representative of the pittsburgh parking authority and representative of the urban redevelopment authority. In addition, the governance committee and the clean and safe committee were added to the bylaws. The governance committee shall consist of not less than four (4) or more than seven (7) persons selected by the executive committee. The governance committee chairperson shall be selected by the chairperson. The governance committee shall be responsible for evaluating the effectiveness of the corporate governance of the organization and recommending policies to the executive committee pertaining to governance issues and processes which improve the corporate governance of the organization and insure the board complies with all legal and ethical requirements. The governance committee shall also be responsible for the identification, recruitment and nomination of new board members. The governance committee shall develop a matrix of the needed skills, positions, experiences and backgrounds of board members for effective governance. On an annual basis, the governance committee shall identify, recruit, and propose to the executive committee a slate of nominees to fill vacancies on the board of directors. Also, on an annual basis, the governance committee shall identify, recruit, and propose to the executive committee a slate of nominees for officer positions. The clean and safe committee shall consist of at least eight (8) persons of which two must be members of the board of directors. The clean and safe committee shall be chaired by a member of the executive committee. The members of the clean and safe committee will be representative of downtown stakeholders including major property owners, police and security, facility managers and city department of public works representatives.”

“The organization has dues paying members elect the members of the governing body.”

“Dues paying members annually elect members of the governing body (board of directors) at the organizational annual meeting.”

“The form 990 is presented and discussed with the audit committee and finance committee with the paid preparer on hand to answer questions. The executive committee then also reviewed and approved the return. Once approval was completed, a pdf version of the 990 was e-mailed to the full governing body for review. Once all questions and comments were addressed, the 990 was filed with the irs.”

“Annually, conflict of interest statements are completed by the governing board. Any conflicts are reviewed by the board and the ceo and are addressed.”

“A compensation subcommittee of the board determines compensation. The committee obtains and relies upon appropriate data as to comparability prior to approving the terms of compensation. Appropriate data includes compensation levels paid by similar services in the geographic area of the partnership, current compensation surveys compiled by independant firms, and actual written offers from similar institutions competing for the services of the person who is the subject of the compensation arrangement.”

“The partnership makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“The partnership makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Clean and safe team: program service expenses 872,989. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 872,989. Transportation consultants: program service expenses 34,327. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 34,327. Economic development consultants: program service expenses 1,629. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,629. Computer support and consulting: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 21,550. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 21,550. Recruiting: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 193. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 193. Payroll services: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 2,696. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 2,696. Cleaning service: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 9,153. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 9,153. Other administrative services: program service expenses 0. Management and general expenses 3,119. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 3,119.”