Alaska Administrative Code
Title 13 - Public Safety
Part 7 - Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Chapter 90 - Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program Standards
13 AAC 90.020 - Governing body

(1) have written documentation of its source of authority, through charter, articles of incorporation, or bylaws, as appropriate;

(2) meet at least quarterly and keep minutes of all meetings;

(3) appoint an executive director, and designate, in writing, the director's authority, which must include responsibility for the daily operation and administration of the program;

(4) reflect representation of community concerns and interests by adopting and implementing a policy to recruit members of populations which are targeted for program services, particularly Alaska Native and other ethnic or racial populations;

(5) approve, in writing, all documents of the grantee that establish policy, including personnel policies, budgets, budget revisions, and the accounting manual;

(6) conduct open meetings; however, if excepted subjects are to be discussed at a meeting, the meeting must first be convened as a public meeting and the question of holding an executive session to discuss any of the following matters must be determined by a majority vote of the governing body; the only excepted subjects that may be discussed in an executive session are:

(7) direct the grantee's planning process; the governing body shall develop statements of philosophy of service delivery, mission, and goals and objectives; the goals and objectives must be reviewed annually.