Open Door Center

“The organization has an Executive Committee comprised of the President, Vice-President, and Secretary-Treasurer. This committee does not have the authority to act on behalf of the full board of directors.”

“There are no committees with authority to act on behalf of the full board of directors.”

“The Finance Director reviews the Form 990, after which time it will be reviewed by all board members at a board meeting prior to being filed.”

“The organization adopted a conflict of interest policy in August 2009. All directors are covered by the policy. Annually, directors review the policy. Directors are responsible for both determining and reviewing if they have a conflict with an issue before the board. If a situation presents itself where a director has a conflict, they must declare it and are excused from the room until discussion and voting is completed on the issue.”

“The Board used a review and approval by independent persons, comparability data, and contemporaneously records the deliberation and decision in the board minutes. The board approves all state recommended raises on an annual basis and reviews Executive Director's compensation periodically to review if it is in alignment with other similar organizations. The process was last undertaken in 2012. The Executive Director received the same raise as all other staff in May of 2015. Other officer's salaries are reviewed by the Executive Director based on comparability data. Everyone received raises (actually 3) in this past fiscal year. The Executive Director received the same raise as the rest of the staff. First raise was a 5% in July, then we gave $1.00 per hour in November and last we gave a 2% raise in May of 2019. Up to that point, the Executive Director had not received a raise since 2015.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the general public upon request.”

“All required reports have been submitted to the State. Staff have received increased retirement funds and incentives. Audit reports have unqualified opinions. The endowment fund continues to grow. Donation funds have been used to support our Mission through upgrading bathrooms, purchasing Amerland Foods (a business to provide work opportunities), vehicles, furniture, equipment, etc. A board member provided an extremely large donation to the Center. Open Door Center participated in Giving Hearts Day and was the recipient of $16,000 that was used to purchase IEDs for all sites. COMMITTEES: The Human Rights Committee meets quarterly and reviews medications, behavior programming and rights restrictions. Positive Behavior Supports provides training, in-services, awareness apparel and recognition of staff. A Communication Committee was established from a CQL survey. They meet regularly and have adopted communication books, a new activity board and encouraged communication among staff. The Staff Appreciation Committee has given years-of service awards, birthday recognition and provided coupons to recognize a job well done. The Committee also organized the staff appreciation dinner. SURVEYS: The center had successful Intermediate Care Facility, Home and Community Based Services and Source America surveys. The agency continues with Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL) accreditation. The Center complies with all Valley City fire and building inspections. HCBS environmental scan had no deficiencies. TECHNOLOGY/CYBER SECURITY: The Center has adopted new software and is in the process of purchasing additional programs for Human Resources. Agency personnel continue to work with our consultant, True IT, and a local resource for maintenance of our computers, researching and accessing new programs and hardware and upgrading technology services/cyber security for staff and individuals. BOARD OF DIRECTORS William Cook, Steven Myers and Carol Nelson were re-elected to their respective offices.”