Southwest Badger Resource Conservation and Development Counc

“The organization provides services to nine counties including: crawford, grant, green, iowa, lafayette, lacrosse, richland, sauk, and vernon. The counties are considered members and pay 100 per year for membership fees.”

“Each county elects a county board representative.”

“The executive director reviews form 990 and discusses any questions/concerns with the tax preparer. The form 990 is then distributed to the executive board members. The executive board discusses any questions/concerns with the executive director and/or the tax preparer. The executive board then votes to approve the form 990 prior to filing.”

“The board members review the policy annually and sign off. The board relies on member honesty and staff knowledge of council members and interests to enforce the policy.”

“The personnel committee does annual evaluations and makes salary recommendations based on the evaluations. Every couple years, the committee does a statewide salary survey to determine what other rc&d councils pay their employees and private sector wages for similar work.”

“The county representatives on the board receive compensation based on their county's policy. The citizen representatives do not receive compensation, but they are occasionally reimbursed for mileage and expenses.”

“All governing documents are on file at the organization's office and are provided to the public upon request.”

“Southwest badger resource conservation & development council, inc. Is a community development organization serving the wisconsin counties of crawford, grant, green, iowa, lafayette, lacrosse, richland, sauk and vernon counties. The mission is to support natural resource conservation, managed growth and sustainable rural economic development.”