Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 | The Organization is made up of union members of outside and utility electrical workers within the State of Kansas except for work performed in certain Counties or portions thereof. The Board of directors consist of union employees who were either elected by the union members and/or appointed by officers in the executive branch. The meetings of the Board of directors are documented in the minutes prepared and written by the Secretary and approved by the Board of Directors. Any changes in the Union by-laws or consititution require a vote from all of the members. All Union policies (including document retention and conflict of interest) are written in the by-laws and/or constitution of the Local Union 304. All of which are made public upon request and through pamphlets provided to the Union members at the annual meetings. The officers do not have voting rights and only the members listed are allowed to vote. The President votes only if there is a tie. Several of the officers and members receive additional compensation as either an employee or are paid wages for "lost time". The officers that are full time employees of the Organization are P Lira and V Smoot. Smoot and Ericson- officers were each paid $300 as officers and Schneider was paid $720. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 | The Form 990 is prepared by the accountant's who performed the Organizations' audit after the audit has been issued. The accountant's submit a copy of the Form 990 for review by email. The manager reviews the return for accuracy and permits the accountants to finalize and electronically file return by signing the Form 8879-EO. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | See discussion at Form 990, Page 6, Section A, line 6. The BOD have established a conflict of interest statement based on the Organizations by-laws. Any issues related to conflict of interest are discussed at the board of level and determination is made there. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 | See discussion at Form 990, Page 6, Section A, line 6. The Business manager's salary and asst managers salaries are based on the Westar contract as per the by laws. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | The information for the IBEW Local 304 is not considered public information. It is however available to members upon request. They could obtain the information my sending a request to the IBEW Local 304's information officer. |
| Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: | The audit engagement letter is signed by the business manager after approval by the Board of Directors. Both management and the Board of Director's assumes the responsiblity for oversight of the audit report and any other nonattest services provided by the independent auditors. The Board of Directors is also responsible for signing the requirement management representation letter prior to issuance of the audit report. |
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