Utah National Parks Council 591

“Active members may elect the members of the governing body, and approve significant decisions of the governing body.”

“Active members may elect members at large, regular members of the executive board, and officers of the corporation other than the scout executive.”

“Active members may vote at the annual meeting to receive and approve financial statements showing the financial position of the corporation as of the close of its most recent complete fiscal year and the results of operations during such year, and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. Active members may vote in other regular meetings and special meetings, including proposals to merge or consolidate.”

“Councils have the legal authority to exercise supervision and control of units. Units are controlled by articles ix and x of the model bylaws for councils.”

“The organization's audit and executive committees review the form before it's filed.”

“The finance committee, consisting of the finance committee chair, treasurer, scout executive and committee members, are members of the board. The finance chair, treasurer and scout executive are also members of the board and the executive committee. They attend all finance committee meetings, executive committee meetings and board meetings. They monitor discussions and actions of each body to ensure the conflict of interest policy for executive board members is enforced. This includes oversight of bids for new construction and remodeling of the councils facilities, securing competitive bids for camp commissary supplies, camp supplies, and major asset purchases.”

“The organization's compensation committee meets annually to evaluate the scout executive's compensation using comparative data.”

“The organization will supply documentation upon request.”

“Supported organization detail: the utah national parks council trust and the utah national parks council bsa (supported organization) organizations operate essentially as one entity. Based on the national bsa reporting guidelines, the support between these two organizations is reported in one of two ways depending on the circumstances: 1) a portion may be reported directly as investment income in the utah national parks council bsa and 2) a portion may be reported as a transfer between the two entities (funds). The support amount noted in schedules a and r consists of both types of support. The transfer portion only, if any, is shown as payments to affiliates on the statement of functional expenses (form 990, part ix). The full name of the dba is "591 utah national parks council trust fund."”