Coyote Crisis Collaborative

“Director allen clark and director shane clark, are related as defined by the irs definition of a family relative.”

“The organization utilizes deborah roepke through vernado planning, llc to fulfill the duties of executive director. Deborah roepke received form w2 wages from vernado planning, llc of 107,165 for the calendar year 2021.”

“The bylaws of the organization were amended to 1 clarify the organization has two 2 classes of voting directors, and one class of non-voting advisory directors. 2 the voting class of ex-officio directors was added to the bylaws, and defined as individuals who have previously held the office of chair past chairs and are to serve and vote on the board of directors, so long as they are willing and able to maintain continuity and institutional knowledge. 3 the bylaw amendments clarified that the other class of voting directors, stakeholder organizations, will appoint at their own discretion, their own representative to the board of directors. 4 all voting directors will have one vote. 5 additionally, several government military entities were added to the non-voting advisory director class. 6 the bylaws were amended to remove the position of immediate past chair from the definition of organization officers, and the position of executive director was added as an officer position. 7 the definition of resignation as pertaining to directors, was updated to include failure of a director to attend three consecutive board meetings or one-half of the meetings in a calendar year as deemed resignation by the director.”

“Coyote crisis collaborative has two 2 classes of voting directors and one class of non-voting advisory directors. Each voting director has one vote. The voting directors are comprised of 1 ex-officio directors and 2 organizations or agencies that are within industries the board of directors have identified as stakeholder industries, and these organizations or agencies are within the geographical areas of arizona. Ex-officio directors are individuals who have previously held the office of chair past chairs and serve so long as they are willing and able to maintain continuity and institutional knowledge. Each stakeholder organization director appoints their representative to the board of directors. The stakeholder industries are 1 airports, 2 arizona alliance for community health centers, 3 arizona ambulance association, 4 arizona ambulatory surgery center association, 5 arizona association of emergency managers azem, 6 arizona coalition for healthcare emergency response, 7 arizona dept. Of economic security, 8 arizona dept. Of emergency and military affairs, 9 arizona dept. Of environmental quality, 10 arizona dept. Of health services - bureau of public health emergency preparedness and bureau of ems and trauma system, 11 arizona dept. Of homeland security, 12 arizona fire chiefs association, 13 arizona health care association, 14 arizona health care cost containment system, 15 arizona hospice and home health associations, 16 arizona local public health emergency response association, 17 arizona pharmacy association, 18 arizona poison control center, 19 arizona school district consortium, 20 arizona state hospital this is an entity that falls under adhs, 21 arizona tribal executive committee, 22 county emergency management, 23 county public health, 24 arizona volunteer organizations active in disasters, 25 developmental disabilities, 26 federal bureau of investigation, 27 finance, 28 fire departments, 29 ems companies, 30 hospitals, 31 law enforcement, 32 legal, 33 mental health, 34 metropolitan medical response system, 35 military, 36 other busineseses, 37 red cross, 38 universities, 39 utilities, 40 national disaster medical system, 41 veterans administration, and 42 western regional alliance for pediatric emergency management this entity covers the western states.”

“Each ex-officio director position past chair and each organization or agency director has one vote on the board of directors, unless a conflict of interest exists based on the organizations conflict of interest policy, that precludes the organization director or ex-officio director from voting. The board directors elect the officers of the organization.”

“The following acts require approval from the membership body 1 approval of new board directors and fulfillment of a vacant board position, 2 election and removal of officers, and fulfillment of a vacant officer position, 3 adoption, amendment or repeal of the articles or bylaws, 4 creation or dissolution of standing and ad hoc committees, and 5 authorization of loans in excess of 25,000.”

“Senior management of the organization is responsible for the timely preparation of the form 990. 1 the completed form 990 will be provided to the committee responsible for finances sufficiently in advance of the filing deadline to enable a detailed and conscientious review by all members of the committee. All questions, concerns, etc. Of the board members will be addressed by the treasurer or cpa and incorporated into the form 990 as appropriate. 2 after all questions of the members of the board and the relevant committees have been appropriately addressed, senior management of the organization will approve the filing of the final form 990 as required.”

“At each board and committee meeting, if there is a discussion of selecting or engaging a vendor or service provider, all in attendance are asked to recuse themselves from this discussion if there could be a perceived conflict. Annually in october, the organization reviews and discusses the conflict of interest policy and requests that each board member list and acknowledge any known conflicts.”

“1 the executive committee reviews the compensation for the executive director by evaluating their compensation based on performance, skills, development and growth, and effective visible commitment to the organization. 2 the compensation system will include performance reviews and adjustments to compensation based on changes in the marketplace subject to financial constraints adjustments to the compensation of an individual will be based on performance including growth in mastering competencies and all adjustments will be consistent with practice in the nonprofit marketplace. 3 structured deliverables are used to assess progress and achievement reviews. The board is issued the budget, including the management fee adjustment, for review, comment, and questions. At this time, the organization has no paid employee or officer meeting the irs definition of a key employee.”

“The organization will provide in a timely manner, copies of governing documents including its conflict of interest policies, and financial statements when requested in writing or in person.”

“Coyote crisis collaborative is a multi-disciplinary preparedness network supporting robust healthcare and other community sector emergency management programs. The mission of the coyote crisis collaborative is to 1 assess and address critical gaps identified by stakeholders as obstacles to community resilience 2 host and generate opportunities for community and regional alliances and networking among organization representatives responsible for disaster planning 3 facilitate and support disaster training and exercises and 4 publish guidance documents and other materials that advance the goals to continuous improvement in community disaster preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery and resilience.”

“Other contract services 94,205. Military-civilian mass casualty incident planning coordination 51,877, 51,877 program, -0- administrative, -0- fundraising terf planning coordination 12,500, 12,500 program, -0- administrative, -0- fundraising assistant executive director 27,928, 13,964 program, 13,964 administrative, -0- fundraising design editing services 1,900, 1,900 program, -0- administrative, -0- fundraising.”