Tag: PHCA
Post 20 – Trial – Stephanie Serda (part 4)
Board, Forged, Meeting Minutes, PHCA, Real Estate, Stephanie Serda, Toledo Community Foundation, TrialAnderson “Would it have required board approval?” Serda “Yes.” Anderson “And do you recall how that occurred I’m that particular case?” Serda “You mean did we vote for it?” Anderson “Correct.” Serda “Yes.” Continue reading…
Post 19 – Trial – Stephanie Serda (part 3)
The Wood County prosecutors had the records of Jason, Kristie, and Dawid along with a few others buying all the Visalus product. There will be more testimony on this. However, they charged him with stealing these reimbursements. The Wood County investigator Douglas Kinder lied about not being able to track the money. The bank records show the purchase of Visalus. The Visalus records show where the purchases came from. Continue reading…
Post 18 – Trial – Stephanie Serda (part 2)
Serda “And I remember him explaining a product called Visalus. Basically it was like a health shake or something. And he told, you know, myself and then another worker, you know, if we could sign up and be part of the program, you know, we would set it up so it was set up personally, like through me, and then through my coworker. And then we could turn it around so that we would donate the proceeds to the community center.” Continue reading…
Post 17 – Trial – Stephanie Serda (part 1)
Anita Serda, Board, Dr. Paat, Finances, Fundraising, Jason, Medical Account, Medical Clinic, PHCA, Stephanie SerdaIn the time Jason and Stephanie worked together, the PHCA only received a single $9,000 grant in one year. Stephanie backed the skills required to be the President of the Board of Directors. As stated in the Defense opening arguments, someone had to be blamed. It was Jason. Continue reading…
Post 16 – Trial – Day 1 Commentary
$238k, $4000, Anita Serda, Board, Chico Martinez, Festival, Finances, Fundraising, Jason, Jesse Spier, Kristie Koester, PHCA, Stephanie Serda, Steve Kramer, TheftSome facts you need to know are that the PHCA had less than a $100,000 annual budget not including the festival. $42,000 of that money alone was Stephanie Serda’s salary. Anita made over $4000 to plan the festival. The accusation of Jason stealing $238,000 over 4 months is insane in and of itself. The PHCA could not raise that in years. How would Anita not believe something was wrong if a quarter of a million just disappeared? Pay close attention to the meeting minutes. They show a lot. Continue reading…
Post 15 – Trial – Anita Serda (concluding thoughts)
Pg. 260 Smith “When you were active with the board, did you feel that the fundraising that you did was sufficient to continue to maintain the organization?” Serda “We needed to do a lot more.” Smith “Where were those expenses, where was the difference?” Serda “Where was the difference?” Smith “You said you needed to do a lot more. Why?” Serda “Well, just for operating expenses.” Smith “So your expenses were exceeding what you were bringing in?” Serda “Some Years.” Continue reading…
Post 14 – Trial – Anita Serda (part 7)
Smith “Was this[complaint] a result of you being no longer on the board?” Serda “No.” Smith “Would you have made the complaint while you were still on the board?” Serda “Yes.” Smith “Did you?” Serda “There was nothing to co plain about at the time. I mean, I’m not sure what you mean.” Continue reading…
Post 13 – Trial – Anita Serda (part 6)
Anita Serda, Festival, Finances, Fundraising, Gift Cards, PHCA, Toledo Community Foundation, Treasurer, VisalusPg. 236 Anderson “During the time you were there, were they doing pretty consistent draws off the endowment fund to help allay the costs?” Serda “When I was still involved, we did that on an annual basis.” Continue reading…
Post 12 – Trial – Anita Serda (part 5)
The May 20, 2012 board meeting was the date Jason made a motion that the board ceases to pay any employees on June 7th unless by event to preserve expenses or until proper funds are raised to continue operating indefinitely. The board voted in favor. Continue reading…
Post 11 – Trial – Anita Serda (part 4)
According to the records, as of September 2012, the PHCA had a loss of $26,481.84. In that very same meeting, the meeting minutes state “Committees will be receiving 10%, for example, we receive a $100 donation each committee will receive 10% and the general fund will receive 60%. A. Beautification & Safety B. Education & Programming C. Medical clinic 1. We will help them as needed for supplies and so forth. D. Festival” Continue reading…
