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 credit union is comprised of a single class of approxiamately 3,005 member-owners, each of which has equal rights in ownership, goverances, and voting rights at the annual meeting with exception of the member-owners who are elected to the Board of Directors |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a | The member-owners of the credit union has authority to elect members of the Board of Directors for three (3) year terms on a rotating basis. Candidates are elected by a simple plurality vote. The Board of Directors appoint volunteers to serve on the supervisory committee, which is vested with monitoring safety and soundness of the organization, if deemed appropriate the supervisory committee can suspend board members, and can call a special meeting of the members to evaluate the issue, and vote to either dismiss or reinstate the Board Member |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b | Changes to the governing documents (by-laws) must be approved by the member-owners after the laws have been approved by the Board of Directors, and the regulatory agency approval occurs when at least 50% of the member-owners vote to approve |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b | Prior to being filed with the IRS, a copy of the 990 and related schedules are required by the Board of Directors, including confirmation of the accuracy of every answer and oversight of appropriate changes. Upon completion of the review by the Board of Directors it is voted on at a Board of Directors meeting prior to submitting to the IRS |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c | Each director and key employee is required to fill out a conflict of interest form related to loans, business relationships, and family members that could or do create a conflict of interest. These are summarized, and maintained in a document present at each board meeting. Conflict of interest are determined by a review of the potential conflict by the CEO, and Board of Directors, if a conflict exist then the conflicted Board member, or officer is excluded from discussion, and votes related to any potential or existing relationships involving the conflict of interest. If it is determined that conflict of interest was intentionally hidden by the Board member then the situation would be investigated by the supervisory committee, and Board members could be suspended and subject to dismissal at the special meeting of all member-owners, additionally the remaining Board members, and officers will review for fairness all past transactions involving the conflict of interest. If a transaction appears to lack arm length, either the determinent of the credit union, or the unfair advantage of the Board member, then all legal remedies will be considered. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 | The process used to set the CEO's annual salary is on comparison to comparable sized credit unions through CUNA's annual compensation survey, and internet research, Board reviews, and then approves. The process is done each August, with the last approved on August 22, 2013 |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 | The credit union by-laws conflicts of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public by appointment at the credit union office. |
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