Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder | Members are owners of the Electric Utility Cooperative and are allocated margins annually based on electricity usage. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a: How Members or Shareholders Elect Governing Body | Each member of the Association shall be entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or Shareholders | Bylaw changes must be approved by the membership. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 8: Explanation of No Contemporaneously Documentation of Meetings | There were no committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process | No review was or will be conducted. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts | Policies are on a rotation so that Management evaluates regularly. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management | Y-W's GM salary and any change in that salary is decided by the Board of Directors. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees | Staff salaries are decided by Y-W's GM, but the Board of Directors approve the total dollar amount and let the GM decide the porportion given to each salaried employee. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available | Bylaws are given to all new members; all other documents are available at any time upon request. |
| Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases | Current Year Net Margins Assigned to Members = $2478500 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Increases | Other Changes = $245605 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets Or Fund Balances - Other Decreases | Retirement of Capital Credits = -$2013651 |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 4 | The instructions to the 2018 Form 990 indicate that organizations exempt under Section 501(c)(12) should report "Patronage dividends paid" to their members in Part IX, Line 4 of the Form 990. The Cooperative has interpeted the words "patronage dividends paid" in the insturctions to mean margins that are assigned or assignable to the members. The Cooperative assigns the net margins to its members each year. Therefore, the amount listed in Part IX, Line 4 represents the net margins assignable to the members for the calender year ended December 31, 2019. |
| Software ID: | 19009923 |
| Software Version: | 2019v5.0 |