United Community Health Center

“Steve campbell, business relationship - part owner of hunzelman putzier, llc/vendor used by uchc for payroll processing. Rich gehrig, family relationship - daughter emily williams is employee at uchc.”

“No committees have the authority to act on behalf of the board.”

“The form 990 is prepared by an independent accounting firm based on the audited financial statements and information provided by the accounting department of the organization. Once a draft is prepared, the 990 is internally reviewed by the ceo and cfo. After this review, the 990 is presented at the board meeting and time is given after the meeting to allow for board members to ask questions or make changes to the 990 before filing.”

“The employees, board, and officers ("board members") are to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. All board members shall disclose any possible conflicts of interest at the earliest practicable time. No board member shall vote on any matter under consideration at a board or committee meeting in which such a board member has a conflict of interest. The minutes of such meeting shall reflect that a disclosure was made and that the board member having a conflict of interest abstained from voting. Any disclosure of a person's interest shall appear in the minutes of the meeting of the board of directors or committee thereof. The conflict of interest policy is monitored by the ceo, addressed annually at the january board meeting and when all new board members join. A board member who has a conflict of interest shall not take part in the discussion of such matters unless all persons interest in such contract or transaction shall also have the right to take part in the same discussion of such matter. The board members' participation in the discussion shall be limited to statements concerning the fairness and reasonableness of such contract or transaction.”

“The health center compensation and benefits report from the national association of community health centers and the compensation and benefits survey from the iowa primary care association are the resources used for comparability data and substantiation of the deliberation and decision. This process is used for all officers and key employees. The finance committee and board reviews the compensation for the ceo each year, including 2024. The cfo's salary was approved in 2009 as part of the initial contract. These salaries are all approved as part of the annual budget by the board of directors within the board minutes.”

“All of the organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to be viewed at the administrative office at 715 west milwaukee ave upon written request.”