Westside Community Mental Health Center

“The Form 990 is reviewed by the Board of Directors prior to filing the Form 990.”

“All employees and the Board of Directors are covered under the policy through which is reviewed and acknowledged annually. Should conflicts exist, the employee with the conflict will not participate further in any decision making related to the matter creating the conflict (and leaving the meeting during discussions and votes on the matter) or asked to step down from the governing body if applicable. Or we would consider ending a business relationship with a business in which the employee has a conflict. On several occasions we have utilized a process in which we obtained disinterested bids or hired a consultant to examine the terms of the relationship and in light of the analysis determined that the terms of the compensation arrangement were fair and reasonable.”

“The CEO's compensation is reviewed by the Audit Committee. Findings are presented and approved by the entire Board of Directors (BOD). The CEO is not part of the process as it also entails a performance review from the entire BOD. The BOD conducted a salary survey review of similarly-sized peer organizations, in the same geographic location and reviewed compensation packages of those organization's senior leaders.”

“Non-exempt public records are made available within ten days following receipt of a request for inspection or copy of a public record. The organization complies with such a request to any person at all reasonable times during regular business hours. In accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance, if request for records are voluminous, an off-site storage or several different offices have the records. The time to respond to the request can be extended by 14 days (for more info refer to the public records request policy). The public may request, either verbally or in writing, to either view or to obtain copies of public records. All records will remain in the possession of Westside Community Services and all copies will be made by Westside staff. A record may be viewed, by appointment, during the normal working hours for Westside (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding all state sanctioned holidays).”