Policy 2.J - GOVERNANCE INVESTMENT

Date Adopted January 27, 2009

Revised March 11, 2014

Accordingly:

1. Board skills, methods, and supports will be sufficient to assure governing with excellence.
   a. Training will be used to orient new Board members to the Board’s governance process as well as to continually improve all Board members’ skills.
   b. Outside monitoring assistance, including fiscal audit, will be arranged so that the Board can exercise confident control over the District’s operational performance.
   c. Outreach/ownership linkage mechanisms will be used to ensure the Board’s ability to understand the owners’ viewpoints and values.


2. Costs will be prudently incurred to ensure the development and maintenance of effective and efficient governance. Budgeting will be completed each March for the following categories:
   a. Board training, including publications and attendance at conferences and workshops
   b. Independent audits and/or other third-party monitoring of organizational performance
   c. Board hosted ownership linkage and outreach activities, surveys, focus groups, opinion analysis
   d. Board meetings and retreat costs
   e. Board committee functions