Linden Hill United Methodist

“Two board members work at the same organization, as Officers.”

“LHC outsources its bookkeeping/accounting to United Methodist City Society. LHC uses a payroll company to process its payroll.”

“There are 3 corporate members of the corporation who elect the Board of Directors to do the general management of the Cemetery. There are currently 7 members of the Board of Directors.”

“The corporate members of Linden Hill Cemetery elect the Board of Directors. The General management of the affairs of the corporation are vested in the Board of Directors. The Board shall have full power and it shall be the Board's duty to carry out the purposes of the corporation according to its certificate of incorporation and by-laws.”

“LHC has established the following review process to ensure that the information reported is complete and accurate. When the form 990 has been prepared, reviewed by management and the Finance/Audit Committee and is ready to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service, it is submitted electronically to members of the organization's governing body for any comments prior to its submission. The governing body is provided a minimum one week to review the prepared form 990 and provide their comments. Any comments are then grouped, summarized, and provided to the Finance/Audit Committee who oversees filing the return after their review. Each issue is documented and addressed until the return is finalized and approved for filing.”

“The LHC currently has in place a conflict-of-interest policy which it annually monitors and enforces. If a potential or actual conflict of interest exists, the Finance/Audit committee will notify members of the governing body about such conflict and investigates the conflict. If the Finance/Audit Committee established that an actual conflict exists, the member of the governing body will be notified immediately and will not be allowed to vote or be a part of any decisions about such transactions that have to do with the conflict until such time there is no longer a conflict.”

“None of the governing body or the board of directors are paid for their services. However, the cemetery has a Personnel Committee which reviews all salaries each year in addition to a written union agreement whcih covers the Cemetery Maintainers at the Cemetery. The Personnel Committee is responsible for negotiating with the Union and bringing to the Board for approval the final version of the Union Contract. Each year the Personnel Committee meets and decides on the compensation of the Superintendent, Foreman and two office workers. The Committee looks over the government data on the cost of living, and upon recommendations from the Superintendent approves any merit increases”

“The organizations's form 990 is available upon request in writing address to the office of the United Methodist City Society, 475 Riverside Dr., Rm. 1922, New York, NY 10115.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request in writing to the office of the United Methodist City Society, 475 Riverside Dr., Rm. 1922, New York, NY 10115.”