Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 4 | Article 3 Section 1: Allows members to participate in membership meetings by telephone or other electronic media. Article 3 Section 4: Allows members participating by phone or other electronic media to be counted in determining a quorum. Also allows members represented by signed paper or electronic absentee ballots to be counted in computing a quorum only on those questions, motions or resolutions as to which an absentee vote is authorized and submitted. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 | The Cooperative has one class of members. Each member has one vote. A household is considered to be one member. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a | The members of the Cooperative elect the Board of Directors. Each member has one vote. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b | Changes in the Cooperative's Bylaws and the sale of a high percentage of the Cooperative's assets must be approved by the members. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 8b | There are no committees with the authority to act on behalf of the full Board of Directors. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b | The Business Manager and General Manager will review a draft. The approved Form 990 will be presented at a board meeting prior to filing with the IRS. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | Directors of Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative are expected to disclose a situation which, in their opinion, is or could appear to be a conflict of interest. After such a disclosure, the Director must leave the Board meeting when issues involving the conflict of interest are discussed. The Director is not allowed to vote on issues regarding the conflict of interest. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 | The Board performed an evaluation of the General Manager. They compared his compensation with the state wide salary survey as a guide to the compensation amount. The Board votes on the compensation. For the General Manager this is an annual occurrence. The Board negotiates with the union in regards to staff increases. The Business Manager's salary is determined by the General Manager. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | The Organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available upon request. All new members receive a copy of the bylaws upon becoming a member. A financial report is distributed at the members' annual meeting. |
| Form 990, Part VII | Other Compensation: Included in column "F", Estimated Amount of Other Compensation, is the estimated annual increase in the actuarial value of the defined benefit plan. The estimated increase is as follows for those listed in Part VII: Dale Haugen $123,286 Jay Lux $178,810 Alexious Vournas $16,198 Jerry Rehak $97,963 Chris Brostuen $70,059 Leah Johnson Ellis $21,461 James Neether $29,313 These amounts are estimates in the increase of the value of the plan and are not current year expenses of the Cooperative. The current year expense for this defined benefit plan was as follows: Dale Haugen $ 80,080 Jay Lux $ 59,889 Alexious Vournas $17,932 Jerry Rehak $50,905 Chris Brostuen $50,192 Leah Johnson Ellis $20,116 James Neether $18,753 |
| Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e | Allocated Costs: The labor, pension and payroll taxes reported on lines 5-10 are already included in distribution expense, administrative & general expense and customer expense. Therefore, these amounts are being subtracted out as an other deduction on line 24e in the amount of $(17,056,378). |
| Form 990, Part IX, Functional Expense, Line 4: | Benefits Paid to Members: The Cooperative has interpreted the instructions to Part IX, Line 4, to mean patronage capital allocated for the year, rather than patronage capital retired. This is consistent with the Bylaws of the Cooperative. |
| Form 990, Part XI, line 9: | Retirement of Capital Credits -12,549,399. Discounted Estate Requirements 108,350. Unclaimed Capital Credits 2,019,271. Patronage Capital Credits Allocated For Current Year 32,722,105. |
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