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               I.      HOME TEAM Standing Committees

1.      Executive

2.      Resource Development

3.      Finance – Under Treasurers Office

4.      Community Advisory

5.      Construction

     II.     HOME TEAM Ad Hoc Committees

            1.   Nomination

2.      By Laws

 

I.                     HOME TEAM STANDING COMMITTEES:

 

1.             Executive Committee:  This committee shall be composed of the officers of the HOME TEAM Board as follows:                 

                                  1.   The Chairperson;

2.      The Vice-Chairperson;

3.      The Secretary;

4.      The Treasurer.    

During these periods of time, when the whole Board cannot be convened and important Board business must be addressed the Executive Committee can be summoned together to resolve the business matter at hand.

2.      Resource Development Committee:  The Resource Development Committee shall review, evaluate and make recommendations to the Board of Directors on all proposals to the corporation which request support, sponsorship and/or funding from the corporation.  The Resource Development Committee shall also review all donations, gifts, funding and programs offered to the corporation.  The duties of this Committee shall be:

          a.         To establish and maintain an objective process and procedures through which program proposals requesting sponsorship, support and/or funding are submitted, reviewed and evaluated; and

          b.         To establish guidelines and criteria which proposals must meet prior to submission for review by the Committee and to have such criteria available to the public for review; and

          c.         To review and evaluate proposals meeting established guidelines and criteria referred to the Committee within one month after the first Board of Trustees meeting after the referral; and

          d.         To suggest modifications to promising proposals as deemed appropriate and schedule a review of the modified proposal for a future date; and

          e.         To provide, at the request of the proposer, an opportunity for a presentation of the proposal before the Committee; and

          f.          To provide a written, summary evaluation of the proposal and, by majority vote, a written recommendation to the Board of Directors.

  The Committee shall abide by a rule of strict confidentiality with regard to program participants and beneficiaries and will also ensure that no favoritism or bias occurs during the selection process with regard to any proposal or beneficiary considered by the corporation since an important corporate goal is equal opportunity for everyone.

 

3.       Finance Committee:         The Finance Committee shall be responsible for ensuring that the standards of financial accountability used by the corporation conform to federal standards for financial management systems.  This may be accomplished by an audit by a Certified Public Accountant or a HUD approved audit summary as submitted by the Treasurer and approved by the Board of Direct.

 

4.      Community Advisory Committee:  HOME TEAM Inc.’s commitment to the housing concerns of   low income citizens is manifested by the value it places upon the active, functional participation of representatives of this community, at least 33 1/3% of HOME TEAM Inc.’s Board of Directors is comprised of low-income representatives.

          To insure that HOME TEAM Inc. serves as a community based organization, a low income CHDO Advisory Committee has been established.  The chairperson of HOME TEAM Inc. appoints the low-income committee chairperson, a member of the community who meets the low-income criteria, as defined by HUD.  This chairperson shall nominate from low-income community members, a vice-chairperson, who will serve as chair in the absence of the chairperson.

The CHDO Advisory Committee representatives shall be notified of and may attend any and all CHDO Board of Director (HOME TEAM) meetings.

The CHDO Advisory Committee recommendations regarding housing proposals or development shall be given in writing to all CHDO Board of Director members at least two (2) weeks in advance of the Board meeting.

 

5.      Construction Committee:  HOME TEAM Inc. has primary responsibility for the development of affordable, quality housing for low and moderate income individuals and families.

Consistent with that responsibility, the HOME TEAM Board of Directors initiated the establishment of a committee to oversee the building of its’ homes.  This committee shall be a standing committee identified as the Construction Committee.

Under policy of the board, the following duties shall be assigned to this committee:

  1. In collaboration with the HOME TEAM Executive Director, will interview and select the Construction Manager and present same to the HOME TEAM Board for ratification;
  2. Deliberate on the type of housing that will be developed, i.e. Modular, rehabilitated or house moved from one location to HOME TEAM deeded property and bring back to the Board the rationale for choosing a particular type of housing development over another;
  3. Direct Construction Manager to apply to Municipal Construction Departments for all permits and warranties required for the development of HOME TEAM housing.
  4. Review and discuss the project budget with the Executive Director before, during and after the construction of a HOME TEAM building;
  5. Provide HOME TEAM Board of Directors a monthly Construction Committee status report.

 

II.                    HOME TEAM AD HOC COMMITTEES:

The corporation shall have the following Ad Hoc Committees:  Nomination; By Laws.

 

1.      Nomination Committee:  The Nomination Committee shall be composed of three (3) members of the corporation who shall be appointed annually by the Chairperson of the corporation.

The duties of the Committee shall be:

          a.         To identify leadership prospects among the community and to identify volunteers and leadership talent in the membership who may be called upon for elected office or to serve on the Board of Directors, and

          b.         To compile a slate of candidates for election to positions in the corporation; and

c.            To encourage and recruit new membership in the corporation

 

2.      By Laws Committee:  The By Laws of the HOME TEAM Corporation contain the organization   own basic rules relating principally to itself as an organization.

They are:

o       to describe the groups purpose;

o       spell out the qualifications and methods of selection of members; and

o       home set up state and federal certification to exist as a legal corporation

o       describes the means and methods by which low-income citizens work with and are supported by Home Team Inc.