Maplewood Cemetery

“The board of directors for the cemetery is self-perpetuating and new board persons are elected to the board by the existing board persons.”

“The organization adopted a whistle blower policy on october 21, 2010. It is presented with the hire packet and reviewed annually with the employee. The employee keeps an initialed copy and a copy with the employee signature is retained in the employee file.”

“The organization utilizes a competent professional for the preparation of the tax return. The form 990 is distributed to the entire governing body and at the next meeting. The board discusses the return and either rejects or authorized appropriate offiers to sign and file it with the irs.”

“The form 990 is provided to the governing board after the return has been filed.”

“The board has hired an executive director for the cemetery and has delegated management duties to him. He reports regulary to the board the results of operations.”

“The organizaiton adopted a written conflict of interest police october 21, 2010.”

“The governing board will assign an executive committee to review managements compensation and make recomendations to the board with any changes.”

“The executive director compensation is reviewed by the executive committee. Other compensation-related recommendations are reviewed by the executive committee as part of the budget process. Additionally, board of trustees minutes document that all compensation for the organizations employees are reviewed and approved by the independent board.”

“Governing documents are made available to the public upon request.”

“The organizaiton utilizes a competent professional for the preparation of the financial statements. The financial statements are distributed to the committee which discusses the financial statements and either rejects or accepts the financial statements to be finalized by the financial statement preparer.7”