Community Living & Advocacy Supports

Linda LeTendre, President 

Ray Seefeld, Vice President 

Bob O'Neill

Rob Fish, Acting Treasurer 

Frank Pecoraro 

Responsibilities of Board Members of CLAS, Inc. 

General Board Responsibilities:

• Establishment of a plan of organization consistent with the agency articles of incorporation, mission and vision.
  
• Board members are expected to uphold and implement the corporations by-laws.
  
• Provision for ongoing orientation and training of existing and incoming Board Members in their legal, fiduciary, and policy making responsibilities.
  
• Development of a long-range, strategic plan consistent with the agency vision and mission for the preparation of an annual business plan.
  
• Development of policies, updated as required, in the areas of:
  
  
  • Service provision
  • Human resource management
  • Fiscal management
  • Regulatory compliance/certification
  • Evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of the agency

OPWDD Expectations for Board Oversight Responsibilities:

• Leadership in the following areas:
  
  
  • Quality of Care
    
    
    • Service Provision
    • Certification
    • Protection
    • Health and Safety
    • Board Performance
  • Financial Management
    
    
    • Fiscal Issues
    • Review and approve annual budget.
    • Monitor agency's financial status.
    • Review audit information and plans of correction as noted.
    • Develop procedures for dealing with fiscal irregularities and problems.
    • Object to transactions that seem improper.
  • Board Performance Areas – Fiscal
    
    
    • Development of a fiscal management policy that provides for broad oversight and approval of an annual budget and annual audits by a recognized CPA firm.
  • Human Resources Management
    
    
    • Relationship to Executive Director
      • Evaluate director\'s performance annually
      • Recruit new members
    • Staff Relations
      • Staff members must implement policies adopted by the board.
      • Board should review issues through reports from the executive director.
      • Review exit interviews.
    • Board Performance Areas – Program
      • Establishment of a plan that clearly specifies lines of accountability.
      • Development of an agency mission and vision statement that relates agency services at least to the service system purposes outlined in the mental hygiene law related to the consumer valued outcomes.
    
    
  • Board Members must keep themselves educated and informed regarding the services provided by their agency

For Board of Director Meeting minutes, go here.