Clean Rivers Cooperative Inc

“The organization has members.”

“Members elect the board of directors.”

“Members have approval of most governing decisions.”

“Ernie quesada 1701 nw 4th avenue battle ground, wa 98604”

“Copy of form 990 is reviewed by assistant secretary/treasurer, general manager and all members of the board of directors before it is finalized and signed by an officer.”

“The organizations governing documents, policies and financial statements are made available to its members upon request but are not made available to the public.”

“Section a- compensation of general manager the organization contracts with merchants exchange (an oregon not-for- profit corporation) for management services which include administrative and day to day management of the organization. Under contract, merchants exchange is to provide a staff person to serve as general manager. The general manager provides day to day management of the operations of clean rivers, including budget responsibility. The general manager must be approved by the board of directors annually and is not an employee of clean rivers. The contract is negotiated on an annual basis and must be approved by the board of directors. The board of directors still maintains final authority over all management decisions of the organization.”

“Clean rivers cooperative, inc. Is a nonprofit corporation organized to develop, maintain and improve procedures among member companies for mutual assistance and cooperation in the control of oil spill emergencies occuring along the snake, columbia and willamette rivers.”

“Dues and subscriptions 0 33,589 0 utilities 30,860 0 0 training expense 29,102 0 0 vehicle expenses 23,485 0 0 oil spill incident exp. 19,462 0 0 taxes & licenses 12,857 1,633 0 small equipment&tools 12,299 0 0 vessel expenses 10,416 0 0 communications 4,532 5,027 0 promotions and awards 4,288 952 0 website 0 2,309 0 mfsa revenue share 2,137 0 0 bank service charges 0 1,600 0 total 149,438 45,110 0”