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        <ReturnReference>Part VI, Question 15b - Compensation approval policy disclosure</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>Compensation for Staff attorneys is based upon a salary scale provided by the Florida Bar Foundation and is used by Legal Aid organizations who receive supplemental funding from the Florida Bar Foundation.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF LEGAL AID OF MANASOTA, INC. on Wednesday, March 22nd, 2009, regarding compensation to the Executive Director and staff attorney salaries reads as follows: The Executive Directors salary is raised to $90,000 per year. The staff attorney salaries were raised according to the approved salary scale retroactive to January 1st, 2009. These minutes have provided contemporaneous substantiation and decision of the Executive Directors compensation and the basis of compensation to the staff attorneys. The comparability data and deliberation were not included as a part of the minutes. The Executive Directors compensation has remained unchanged since this time and no further reference is included in board minutes. The contemporaneous substantiation occurred in the March 22, 2009, minutes when the decision was made for the salary level of $90,000 to be paid; The Executive Directors compensation has remained unchanged since this time and no further reference is included in board minutes.</Explanation>
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        <ReturnReference>Part VI, Question 12c - Conflict of interest policy disclosure</ReturnReference>
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        <Explanation>Conflict of Interest Policy was signed in year 2011 and in year 2013. Signing, implementation and enforcement is under development by the board and the executive director and covers board members, board officers, employees and volunteers. The intent is to sign the disclosure annually.</Explanation>
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