Southeast Kansas Community Action P

“The sek-cap governing board audit/finance committee has certain responsabilities in the areas of financial reporting, internal control, and the organization's governance. In the areas of financial reporting and internal control, the committee oversees the external audit process, the auditor's performance, and review of the non-audit services provided by the external audit firm for compliance with professional independence standards. The committee reviews accounting policies, financial statements, and other reports requiring approval by the board before submission to government agencies, auditor opinions and management letters. The committee determines that all required tax and information return filings with federal, state and local government agencies, including form 990, are current and in compliance with reporting requirements. The committee also serves as the primary point of contact for any employee who suspects that fraud has been committed against the organization or by one of its employees or board members. All of the committee's review functions, including the review of the financial statement and 990, shall not be limited to the audit committee, but shall involve the entire board.”

“Sek-cap's disclosure requirements provide that a director or employee who believes that he/she may be perceived as having a conflict of interest in a discussion or decision must disclose that conflict with the group making that decision. Most concerns about conflicts of interest may be resolved and appropriately addressed through prompt and complete disclosure. On an annual basis, sek-cap policies, procedures and practices require that all members of the board of directors, the ceo, members of senior management, and employees with purchasing and/or hiring responsibilities or authority shall inform, in writing, the ceo of all reportable conflicts. Prior to the preperation of the disclosure statements, the accounting services department distributes a list of all vendors with whom the organization has transacted business at any time during the preceding year, along with a copy of the disclosure statement. The ceo reviews all forms completed by employees and the governing board reviews all forms completed by the directors and the ceo, and determines appropriate resolution in accordance with the resolution of conflicts of interest policy. If a conflict arises during the year, the employee or board member must immediately notify the ceo who will determine appropriate resolution.”

“The sek-cap governing board of directors and officers serve without pay and are not compensated for providing services to the corporation. The board of directors hires and supervises the ceo position, who reports directly to the board. The ceo is empowered to employ, promote, discipline and deploy all staff, including the chief financial officer position. The cfo may act in similiar capacity as the ceo in his/her absence. The board sets the compensation and benefits of the ceo. The ceo's authority, with respect to paying compensation and benefits of all other employees, consultants, contract workers and volunteers, is limited as follows: current compensation and benefits of all employees must be resonably consistent with the geographic or professional market in which the agency operates; must be objective and free from claims of favoritism and class-related bias as possible; may not be committed over a longer term than fifteen months into the future; and may only be promised contingent upon sufficient agency revenues. Sek-cap performs a wage comparability study annually to ensure the salary and wage structure is similar to other organizations of like size and employee base in our area. Sek-cap adheres to the executive salary cap that prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any portion of compensation about an executive level ii, which is 212,100 for 2023. Compensation is defined to include salary, bonus, leave and benefits.”

“The sek-cap governing board of directors and officers serve without pay and are not compensated for providing services to the corporation. The board of directors hire and supervise the ceo position, who reports directly to the board. The ceo is empowered to employ, promote, discipline and deploy all staff, including the cheif operations officer posisition. The cfo may act in similar capicity as the ceo in his/her absence. The board sets the compensation and benefits of the ceo. The ceo's authority, with respect to paying compensation and benefits of all other employees, consultants, contract workers and volunteers, is limited as follows: current compensation and benefits of all employees must be reasonably consistent with the geographic or professional market in which the agency operates; must be as objective and free from claims of favoritism and class-related bias as possible; may not be committed over a longer term than fifteen months into the future; and may only be promised contingent upon sufficient agency revenues. Sek-cap performs a wage comparability study annually to ensure the salary and wage structure is similar to other organizations of like size and employee base in our area. Sek-cap adheres to the executive salary cap that prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any portion of compensation above an executive level ii, which is 212,100 for 2023. Compensation is defined to include salary, bonus, leave and benefits.”

“Sek-cap complies with the kansas open meetings act (koma) and the kansas open records act (kora). Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Sek-cap is committed to transparency and making our communities aware of all of our programs and services. Our wesite, www.sek-cap.com, includes up-to-date information about our organization and serves as a portal to employment and service applications. We also have a facebook page and we continue to update and expand our website to include access to our form 990, audit, and their financial documents and reporting that may be of general interest to the public.”

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