Tri-County Community Action Partnership Inc.

“There is no standing committee of the board that has the authority to act on behalf of the governing body.”

“The executive committee, which consists of all program directors, along with the finance committee and full board will review the form 990. All committees will review at monthly meetings and will go over, ask questions, and finalize. The auditors are asked to go over the report before filing at the monthly meeting of board members to review, and are available to ask questions at that time.”

“Every year all staff and board members are required to sign a conflict of interest disclosure statement, in which they acknowledge the following: - i acknowledge that neither myself or any of my affiliated persons have had direct or indirect business transactions with tccap within the past, including providing and/or purchasing services or property. - i acknowledge that neither myself or any of my affiliated persons have been indebted to pay money to tri-county community action partnership at any time within the past year. - i acknowledge that within the past year, neither myself or any of my affiliated persons received or will become entitled to receive any personal benefits from tccap valued in excess of $1,000. - i acknowledge that neither myself or any of my affiliated persons are not or have not been associated with legal proceeding involving tri-county community action partnership. - i hereby confirm that i have read and understand this statement. If i become aware of any information that conflicts with this statement, i will contact the tccap human resources department immediately. All real or apparent conflicts of interest shall be disclosed to the finance committee and the executive director of the organization. Conflicts shall be resolved as follows: - the finance committee shall be responsible for making all decisions concerning resolutions of conflicts involving directors, the executive director, and other members of senior management. - the chair of the finance committee shall be responsible for making all decisions concerning resolutions of conflicts involving finance committee members. - the chair of the board of directors shall be responsible for making all decisions concerning resolutions of the conflict involving the chair of the finance committee. - the executive director shall be responsible for making all decisions concerning resolutions of conflicts involving employees below the senior management level, subject to the approval of the finance committee.”

“The process for determining the compensation for the current executive director included the human resources director reviewing multiple salary survey's and matching up with candidate's education and experience. Information was presented to the executive committee of the board of directors for approval. The entire hiring process is documented and signed off by the board and policy council chairpersons and sent to region v office of head start. This last occurred in april of 2019. For officers and key employees, a very similar process occurred in 2017 when the current p-5 hs/ehs director was hired. The hr director reviewed several salary surveys, matching up education and experience to the candidate. This position requires region v approval and has several requirements that is well documented. The process takes a considerable amount of time and effort. This last occurred in april of 2019.”

“Governing documents are made available to the public through the mail or electronically through email upon request.”

“The board of directors are responsible for choosing an accountant and for oversight of the financial statement audit.”