Federal City Council

“The officers group is composed of a chair, president, ceo, treasurer, secretary and multiple vice presidents. The officer group shall: (a) work through the ceo to see that orders and resolutions of the executive committee are carried into effect; (b) propose to the executive committee policy objectives of the council; (c) propose to the executive committee, by june 1 of each year, a budget for the following fiscal year; (d) propose to the nominating committee, at least 30 days prior to the annual meeting, nominees for the executive committee; (e) review the performance of the ceo at least annually; and (f) perform such other duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the executive committee.”

“Washington trustees are the active voting members of the council and shall constitute its board of trustees.”

“There shall be a membership committee consisting of a chairman and at least 6 other washington trustees appointed by the executive committee. The membership committee shall consider, and make recommendations to the executive committee with respect to, all matters affecting the membership of the council, including, but not limited to, new candidates for election as trustees, assignment of washington trustees to the sub-classifications respecting financial support of the council and such other issues regarding membership as shall be designated by the executive committee, the board of trustees.”

“Decisions are ratified annually by membership. The budget is approved the membership, and the bylaws, executive compensation, and officers are approved by the members.”

“The form 990 will be provided to the treasurer, chairman and ceo prior to filing. A copy will be provided to the entire officers group once it has been submitted.”

“The conflict of interest policy is reviewed and signed by officers and employees on an annual basis. The conflict of interest policy provides the following procedures: 1) duty to disclose, 2) determining whether a conflict of interest exists, 3) procedures for addressing the conflict of interests, 4) violations of the conflict of interest policy, and 5) minutes.”

“The process to review compensation for the office of "chief executive officer" of the federal city council includes a performance evaluation by the compensation committee and the executive committee and subsequently approved in an overall budget approval process by the board of trustees. Performance benchmarks are evaluated annually. The performance of the coo and deputy executive director is reviewed annually by the ceo and their compensation is approved by the officers group.”

“The organization provides governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements upon request.”

“Federal city council received a two (2) year grant from the summit fund of washington dc to support the federal city council's anacostia river initiative. Federal city council also received a grant to support the travel & tourism project.”

“The organization has an audit committee that assumes responsibilty for oversight of the audit.”