Texas Municipal League

“Members consist of 1) regular members: any city or town in the state of texas may, by proper action of its governing body and the payment of the current member service fees from its own municipal funds, become an active member of the league. 2)associate members: individuals and organizations may be granted associate membership by the executive director. Associate members may receive league publications and attend the league's annual conference. 3) honorary members: any person who has rendered conspicuous service for the improvement of municipal government may, by vote of the board of directors, be granted an honorary membership in the league. All former presidents of the league shall be honorary members.”

“Directors shall be elected as follows: 1) regional directors: one director to be elected by and from each of the tml regions' members, provided that such regional director shall in every case be a mayor, councilmember, city commission member, alderman or other member of an elected municipal governing body. 2) affiliate directors: one director who is a city official from a tml member city to be elected by the members of tml member cities from each of the affiliates of the league. 3) directors-at-large: one director-at-large to be designated by resolution of the governing body of each tml member city for which total population exceeds 200,000 on or before october 1, 1986, or 300,000 thereafter.”

“The constitution may be amended at any annual conference of the league by a two-thirds vote, provided the proposed amendment shall have first been prepared in writing and submitted to the board of directors on or before the first day of the annual conference. Such amendment shall go into effect immediately upon adoption or as othwerwise stipulated. If, within sixty days after the adoption of any amendment, one-third or more of the member cities protest in writing to the board of directors against such amendment, it shall automatically be suspended until the next annual conference, when it may be taken up again for reconsideration and vote as in the first instance.”

“The executive committee has the authority to act on behalf of the governing body and any meetings or decisions made by the executive committee are maintained for the organization's records. There were no actions or decisions made by the executive committee on behalf of the governing body during the current fiscal year; therefore there is no documentation of such meetings or actions.”

“Prior to filing the tax returns, the organization's form 990, form 990-t and audited financial statements are provided for review and approval to management, the executive director, and the budget and audit committee, which is comprised of four board memebers and the president-elect.”

“The organization provides the conflict of interest policy to employees, in the employee handbook, and board members, in the handouts presented during the new board member orientation meetings. The organization monitors compliance with the policy on an on-going basis by discussing significant proposed transactions, agreements, or relationships with those parties within the organization involved on behalf of tml in their respective professional capacities. Failure to disclose any conflict of interest is a violation of the stated policy and the executive director and board of directors would determine consequences for the affected party.”

“The executive committee during the first board meeting of each calendar year, shall review the performance of the executive director and communicate the results of that performance review to the full board of directors and to the executive director. The executive director shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the board of directors.”

“The governing documents, which are available to the public, are located on the organization's website. The conflict of interest policy is not on the organization's website but can be made available upon request. The organization's annual financial statements are not currently available to the public since all relevent financial information from the audited financial statements is presented in the 990 and 990-t, which are both available to the public.”

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“Change in funded status of defined benefit plan 515,517.”