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RESOLUTION NO. 12-93
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF
BANCOKLAHOMA TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR
CITY'S EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLAN AND DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT SAVINGS TRUST AND NONQUALIFIED
DEFERRED COMPENSATION TRUST AGREEMENTS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS:
al. That the City Council hereby authorizes the appomtment of BancOklahoma
Trust Company as trustee for City's employee retirement plan and deferred compensation plan
and authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the Employee Retirement Savmgs Trust and
NonQuahfied Deferred Compensation Trust agreements. A copy of the agreements are attached
hereto marked Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 5th day of January , 1993.
ATTEST. cLta.
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Sherry
Thomas, City Clerk
APPROVED:
By:
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Fred Hanna, Mayor
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CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS TRUST
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEFINITIONS
PLAN ADMINISTRATOR
2.01 Designation and Acceptance
2.02 Resignation and Removal
2.03 Powers
2.04 Actions
2.05 Expenses
2.06 Claim Procedure
2.07 Indemnification of the Plan
Administrator
CONTRIBUTIONS
3.01 Duties of Trustee Regarding
Contributions
3.02 Right of Employer to Trust Assets
3.03 Mistake in Contribution
GENERAL DUTIES OF THE PARTIES CONCERNING TRUST
4.01 Duties of Employer
4.02 Duties of Trustee
POWERS AND SPECIFIC DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE
5.01 Powers
5.02 Restriction on Exercise of Powers
5.03 Third Parties
5.04 Plan Administrator Instructions to
the Trustee
5.05 Distributions to Participants
5.06 Investments
5.07 Investment Manager
5.08 Participant Direction of Investments
SETTLEMENT OF TRUST ACCOUNTS
6.01 General Records
6.02 Annual Account
DURATION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT;
AMENDMENTS
7.01 Duration
7.02 Amendments
RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE
8.01 Method
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TAXES, EXPENSES AND COMPENSATION TO TRUSTEE
9.01 Manner of Payment
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST PROVISIONS
10.01 Governing Law
10.02 Spendthrift Clause
10.03 Binding Effect
10.04 Prohibition Against Reversion
10.05 Litigation
10.06 Headings
10.07 Definitions
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CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS TRUST
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The City of Fayetteville, an Arkansas municipality incorpo-
rated under the laws of the State of Arkansas, has previously
established the City of Fayetteville Employee Retirement Savings
Plan and accompanying Trust Agreement.
The Employer's contributions, as invested from time to time,
and the earnings and proceeds thereof shall be held in trust by
Trustee in the Fund, for the purposes, upon the terms and condi-
tions, and subject to the powers conferred on Trustee as set
forth in this agreement. The Trustee shall have full power and
authority to do all acts necessary to carry out its duties
hereunder.
Employer intends that the -trust shall qualify under Sec-
tion 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code for tax-exempt status
under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The Trustee shall make payments of benefits from the assets
of the Trust, if and to the extent such assets are available for
distribution, in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
ARTICLE 1.
PEFINITIONS
As used in this document, the following terms shall have the
indicated meanings:
1.01. "ACCOUNT" or "ACCRUED BENEFIT" shall mean the market
value of the amounts in a Participant's Employer Contribution
Account, Employee Contribution Account and Rollover Account.
These amounts shall constitute a Participant's entire interest in
the Plan, including any income, gains, losses, increases or
decreases in market value attributable to the Employer's invest-
ment of Employer and Employee Contributions to this Retirement
Savings Plan, and further reflecting any distributions to the
Participant or the Participant's Beneficiary and any fees or
expense charged against such Participant's Account.
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1.02. "ANNIVERSARY DATE" shall mean the last day of each
Plan Year.
1.03. "BENEFICIARY" shall mean the person, persons, or
other legal entity designated by the Participant who under the
Plan becomes entitled to receive a Participant's interest upon
his or her death.
1.04. "CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
1.05. "EMPLOYEE" shall mean any person on the payroll of
the Employer whose wages from the Employer are subject to with-
holding for the purposes of Federal income taxes and the Federal
Insurance Contributions Act. A person employed as an independent
contractor shall not be an Employee.
1.06. "EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT" shall mean an indi-
vidual account maintained to record each Participant's interest
in the Trust Fund attributable to mandatory and voluntary
employee contributions, and earnings on such account.
1.07. "EMPLOYER" shall mean City of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
1.08. "EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION ACCOUNT" shall mean an
individual account maintained to record each Participant's
interest in the Trust Fund attributable to the Employer's contri-
bution under this Plan, and earnings on such account.
1.09. "FUND" OR "TRUST FUND" shall mean all monies, securi-
ties and assets held by the Trustee under the Trust established
pursuant to this Plan.
1.10. "INVESTMENT OPTIONS" shall mean mutual funds or
similar investment vehicles selected by the Plan Administrator
into which the Participant directs the investment of his or her
Account.
1.11. "PARTICIPANT" shall mean an Employee who shall have
met all requirements for participation in the Plan and who has
elected to make contributions to this Plan. Each Participant
ceases to be such when he or she terminates employment with the
Employer, except where pursuant to this Plan the distribution of
benefits shall be deferred to a later date.
1.12. "PLAN" shall mean the City of Fayetteville Employee
Retirement Savings Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.
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1.13. "PLAN ADMINISTRATOR" shall mean the person or persons
or corporation named pursuant to Article 2 to administer the
Plan.
1.14. "PLAN YEAR" shall mean the twelve (12) month period
ending December 31 of each year.
1.15. "ROLLOVER ACCOUNT" shall mean an individual account
maintained to record a Participant's share of the Trust Fund
attributable to the Participant's rollover contributions and
earnings thereon.
1.16. "TRUST AGREEMENT" shall mean the Agreement between
Employer and the Trustee or successor Trustee named under this
Trust Agreement.
1.17. "TRUSTEE" shall mean the person or persons or corpo-
ration having trust powers so designated by the Employer to serve
as Trustee and who, by joining in the execution of this Trust
Agreement, signifies his acceptance of this Trust, or any person
or persons or corporation having trust powers duly appointed as a
successor Trustee.
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ARTICLE 2.
PLAN ADMINISTRATOR
2.01. DESIGNATION AND ACCEPTANCE.
The Employer shall designate a person or persons to serve as
Plan Administrator who shall signify their acceptance of this
responsibility as a named fiduciary of the Plan and Trust. If
more than one person is so designated, the committee so formed
shall be known as the Administrative Committee and all references
in the Plan and Trust to the Plan Administrator shall be deemed
to refer to the Administrative Committee. In the absence of
designation of a Plan Administrator, the Employer is hereby
designated as the Plan Administrator.
The Plan Administrator
service of legal process.
The Plan Administrator
cipant.
is hereby designated as agent for the
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2.02. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL.
(a) The Plan
trative Committee,
Employer a written
specified therein,
after the delivery
Administrator, or any member of the Adminis-
may resign at any time by delivering to the
notice of resignation to take effect on a date
which shall not be less than thirty (30) days
thereof, unless such notice shall be waived.
(b) The Plan Administrator, or any member of the Adminis-
trative Committee, may be removed with or without cause by the
Employer by delivery of written notice of removal, to take effect
at a date specified therein, which shall be not less than thirty
(30) days after delivery thereof, unless such notice shall be
waived.
(c) The Employer, upon receipt of or giving notice of the
resignation or removal of the Plan Administrator, shall promptly
designate a successor Plan Administrator who must signify accep-
tance of this position in writing. In the event no successor is
appointed, the Employer will function as the Plan Administrator
until a new Plan Administrator has been appointed and has
accepted such appointment.
(d) A simple majority of the members of the Administrative
Committee shall constitute a quorum, and any act by such
majority, by vote at a meeting, or in writing without a meeting,
shall constitute the action of the Administrative Committee. The
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Administrative Committee shall keep minutes of its meetings, and
shall appoint and prescribe the duties of a chairman, and a
secretary, who may, but need not be, one of its members.
2.03. POWERS.
The Plan Administrator shall have full power and discretion
to administer the Plan and to construe and apply all of its
provisions. The Plan Administrator's powers and duties, unless
properly delegated, shall include, but are not limited to:
(a) Compiling and maintaining all records necessary for the
Plan, including preparing, filing and furnishing reports and
other documents required under the provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code;
(b) Authorizing the Trustee to make payment of all benefits
as they become payable under the Plan;
(c) Adopting rules and regulations for the administration
of the Plan, not inconsistent with the Plan and the Trust Agree-
ment;
(d) Engaging such legal; administrative, actuarial, invest-
ment, accounting and other professional services as
are necessary;
(e) Approving mortality tables, interest rates, withdrawal
or turnover rates, salary scales and other factors required to be
taken into account in connection with any actuarial matters
arising under the Plan;
(f) Giving written directions to the Trustee concerning
investments and other matters, or authorizing others to give such
written instructions;
(g) Providing periodic reports and other information or
data to Participants;
(h) Doing and performing such other matters as may be
provided for in other parts of this Plan or Trust.
2.04. ACTIONS.
No power conferred on the Plan Administrator or the Trustee
or retained by Employer shall be exercised in such manner as to
cause or create discrimination in favor of highly compensated
employees or persons whose principal duties consist of supervis-
ing the work of other employees. The Plan Administrator,
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Employer and its legally constituted authority shall be entitled
to rely conclusively upon the tables, valuations, certificates
and reports furnished by an actuary or accountant employed by the
Plan Administrator under this Plan, and/or upon opinions of
counsel or other experts; and such members, and each of them,
shall be fully protected as to any action taken or allowed by
them in good faith and reliance upon any such tables, valuations,
certificates, reports or opinions; and all actions taken or
allowed by them shall be conclusive upon all persons having or
claiming any interest under the Plan.
2.05. EXPENSES.
The Employer, or in its absence the Trustee, shall reimburse
the Plan Administrator for any necessary or proper expenses
incurred in exercising its duties. Except for such reimburse-
ment, the Plan Administrator shall not receive any compensation
for the administration of the Plan.
2.06. CLAIM PROCEDURE.
(a) Any Participant or Beneficiary may file with the Plan
Administrator a written statement setting forth a claim for
benefits. The written statement shall be signed and set forth
the claim in a manner reasonably calculated to bring it to the
Plan Administrator's attention.
(b) If a claim is wholly or partially denied, notice of the
decision shall be furnished by the Plan Administrator to the
claimant within ninety (90) days after receipt of the claim. If
within such ninety (90) days, the claim has neither been denied
in writing nor granted, it shall be deemed denied on the 90th
day.
(c) Any notice of denial of claim shall be written in a
manner calculated to be understood by the claimant and shall
include the following:
(i) the specific reason or reasons for denial;
(ii) specific reference to pertinent plan provisions on
which the denial is based;
(iii) a description of additional material or informa-
tion necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an
explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and
(iv) appropriate information as to the steps to be
taken if the claimant wishes to submit the claim for review.
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(d) A claimant may obtain a full and fair review by appeal-
ing a denied claim to the Plan Administrator in writing within
sixty (60) days after receipt by the claimant of the notice of
denial. A claimant may review pertinent documents and may submit
issues and comments in writing. The claimant may request review
by the Board of Directors of the Employer, in addition to the
Plan Administrator. An appeal may be requested or pursued by a
duly authorized representative of the claimant. Within sixty
(60) days of receipt of a request for review, a written decision
shall be rendered. The decision on review shall be in writing
and shall include specific reasons for the decision, written in a
manner calculated to be understood by the claimant, as well as
specific references to the pertinent provisions of the Plan on
which the decision is based.
2.07. INDEMNIFICATION OF THE PLAN ADMINISTRATOR.
The Plan Administrator shall be indemnified by the Employer
and not from the Trust Fund against any and all liabilities
arising by reason of any act or failure to act made in good faith
pursuant to the provisions of the Plan if the act or failure to
act is judicially determined not to be a breach of fiduciary
responsibility. The indemnification shall include expenses and
attorney's fees reasonably incurred in the defense of any claim
relating thereto.
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ARTICLE 3.
CONTRIBUTIONS
3.01. DUTIES OF TRUSTEE REGARDING CONTRIBUTIONS.
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All contributions made under the Plan shall be delivered to
the Trustee. The Trustee shall be accountable for all contribu-
tions received by it, but shall have no duty to require any
contributions to be made to it, or to determine whether contribu-
tions received comply with the Plan.
3.02. RIGHT OF EMPLOYER TO TRUST ASSETS.
The Employer shall not have a right or claim of any nature
in or to the Trust Fund except to require the Trustee to hold,
invest, apply and pay such assets in the Trust in accordance with
the Trust Agreement for the benefit of the Participants and
beneficiaries and for defraying reasonable expense of administer-
ing the Plan and Trust as provided for in Section 9.01. Assets
of the Trust shall not be subject to claims of Employer's
creditors.
3.03. MISTAKE IN CONTRIBUTION.
Upon written request from the Employer the amount of a
contribution made by reason of a mistake of fact shall be
credited to the Employer as an offset to future Employer Contri-
butions. The amount to be credited to the Employer is the excess
of the amount contributed over the amount which would have been
contributed had there not occurred a mistake of fact. The credit
to the Employer of the amount involved must be made within one
year of the mistake in payment of the contribution, as the case
may be. Earnings attributable to the excess contribution may not
be credited to the Employer, but losses attributable thereto must
reduce the amount to be so credited. If the withdrawal of the
amount attributable to the mistake in contribution will cause the
balance of the individual account of any Participant to be
reduced to less than the balance which would have been in the
account had the mistaken amount not been contributed, then the
amount to be credited to the Employer shall be reduced so as to
avoid such reduction.
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ARTICLE 4.
GENERAL DUTIES OF THE PARTIES CONCERNING TRUST
4.01. DUTIES OF EMPLOYER.
The Employer shall appoint a Plan Administrator to adminis-
ter the Plan and shall certify to the Trustee the names and
specimen signature of the Plan Administrator or signatures of
members of the Administrative Committee acting from time to time.
The Employer shall make monetary contributions to the Trust Fund
as the same may be appropriate by due action. The Employer shall
keep accurate books and records with respect to its Employees,
their service with the Employer, and their annual compensation.
4.02. DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee shall hold and invest all monetary contributions
received from the Employer (whether from the Employer or withheld
from Employees) by the Trustee, and all Trust Funds which are
transferred to it as a successor Trustee by the Employer from any
other plan qualified under the Code, all of which, together with
the income therefrom, shall constitute the Trust Fund. The
Trustee shall manage and administer the Trust Fund pursuant to
the terms of this Trust Agreement without distinction between
principal and income and without liability for the payment of
interest thereon. The Trustee shall not have a duty or authority
to compute any amount to be paid to the Trustee by the Employer
nor shall the Trustee be responsible for the collection of any
contribution.
The powers, duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall
be limited to those set forth in this Trust Agreement; and
nothing contained in the Plan either expressly or by implication,
shall be deemed to impose any additional powers, duties or
responsibilities on the Trustee.
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ARTICLE 5.
POWERS AND SPECIFIC DUTIES OF THE TRUSTE
5.01. POWERS.
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The Trustee shall have full power and authority to invest
and reinvest the Trust Fund in any investments permitted by law
for the investment of trust funds in the State of Arkansas. The
Trustee shall also have full power with respect to any and all
assets at any time received or held in the Trust Fund, to do all
such acts, take all such proceedings and exercise all such rights
and privileges, whether herein specifically referred to or not,
as could be done, taken or exercised by the absolute owner
thereof, including, without in any way limiting or impairing the
generality of the foregoing, the following powers and authority:
(a) To retain the same for such period of time as it deems
appropriate.
(b) To
such time or
or otherwise
sell the same, at either public or private sale, at
times and on such terms and conditions as to credit
as it may deem appropriate.
(c) To consent to or participate in any plan for the
reorganization, consolidation or merger of any corporation, the
security of which is held in the Trust Fund, and to pay any and
all calls and assessments imposed upon the owners of such securi-
ties as a condition of their participating therein; and to
consent to any contract, lease, mortgage, purchase or sale of
property, by or between such corporation and any other corpora-
tion or person.
(d) To exercise or dispose of any right it may have as the
holder of any security to convert the same into another or other
securities, or to acquire any additional security or securities,
to make any payments, to exchange any security or to do any other
act with reference thereto which it may deem advisable.
(e) To deposit any security with any protective or reorga-
nization committee, and to delegate to such committee such power
and authority with relation thereto as it may deem proper, and to
agree to pay and to pay out of the Trust Fund such portion of the
expenses and compensation of such committee as the Trustee may
deem proper.
(f) To renew or extend the time of payment of any obliga-
tion due or becoming due.
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(g) To grant options to purchase any asset, including
common stocks held in the Trust Fund.
(h) To compromise, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle
claims in favor of or against the Trust Fund, and to deliver or
accept in either total or partial satisfaction of any indebted-
ness or other obligation any asset, and to continue to hold for
such period of time as the Trustee may deem appropriate any asset
so received.
(i) To exchange any asset for other asset upon such terms
and conditions as the Trustee may deem proper, and to give and
receive money to effect equality in price.
(j) To vote proxies, execute powers of attorney and deliver
same to such person or persons as the Trustee may deem proper,
granting to such person such power and authority with relation to
any securities at any time held for the Trust Fund as it may deem
proper.
(k) To foreclose any obligation by judicial proceeding or
otherwise.
(1) To sue or defend in connection with any and all securi-
ties or other assets at any time received or held for the Trust
Fund with all costs and attorneys' fees in connection therewith
to be charged against the Trust Fund.
(m) To borrow money, with or without giving security.
(n) To cause any securities held for the Trust Fund to be
registered and to carry any such securities in the name of a
nominee or nominees.
(o) To hold such portion of the Trust Fund as the Trustee
may deem necessary for the ordinary administration of the Trust
Fund in short-term cash equivalents having ready marketability or
by depositing the same in a passbook savings account in any bank
subject to the rules and regulations governing such deposits, and
without regard to the amount of any such deposit.
(p) To transfer all or part of the Trust Fund to be commin-
gled with other funds in a common trust, mutual fund, similar
fund administered by the Trustee or other open-end investment
companies.
(q) To invest in savings
certificates of deposit of the
Trustee or Employer is a bank.
accounts, money market accounts or
Trustee or the Employer, if the
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5.02. RESTRICTION ON EXERCISE OF POWERS.
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The powers granted to the Trustee shall be exercised by the
Trustee in its sole discretion. The Plan Administrator may,
however, at any time and from time to time, by written direction
to the Trustee, require the Trustee to obtain the written
approval of the Plan Administrator before exercising any such
powers.
5.03. THIRD PARTIES.
All persons dealing with the Trustee are released from
inquiring into the decision or authority of the Trustee and from
seeing to the application of any moneys, securities or other
property paid or delivered to the Trustee.
5.04. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TRUSTEE.
The Trustee shall from time to time receive written direc-
tions, orders, requests or instructions from the Plan
Administrator or by any such person or persons as may from time
to time be designated therefor by the Plan Administrator. The
Trustee shall act and shall be fully protected in acting in
accordance with such directions, orders, requests and
instructions except as otherwise provided under federal or state
law. In directing the Trustee to make payments, the Plan
Administrator shall follow the provisions of the related Plan and
shall not direct that any payment be made, either during the
existence or upon discontinuance of the related Plan, which would
cause any part of the Trust Fund to be used for or diverted to
purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the Employees of
the employer or their Beneficiaries, pursuant to the provisions
of such Plan. The Trustee shall be under no liability for any
distribution made pursuant to the directions of the Plan
Administrator and shall be under no duty to make inquiry as to
whether any distribution directed by the Plan Administrator is
made pursuant to the provisions of the related Plan and this
Section. The Trustee shall not be liable for the proper
application of any part of the Trust Fund if distributions are
made in accordance with the written directions of the Plan
Administrator as herein provided, nor shall the Trustee be
responsible for the adequacy of the Trust Fund to meet and
discharge any and all payments and liabilities under the related
Plan.
5.05. DISTRIBUTIONS TO PARTICIPANTS.
The Trustee may make any payment required to be made here-
under, by mailing a check for the amount thereof to the person to
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whom such payment is to be made, at such address as may have last
been furnished the Trustee, or if no such address shall have been
so furnished, to such person in care of the Employer at its
principal office. The Trustee shall not have an obligation to
search for or ascertain the whereabouts of any payee or
distributee of the Trust Fund, however, if any payment or
distribution to be made from the Trust Fund is not claimed, the
Trustee shall notify the plan Administrator of that fact
promptly.
5.06. INVESTMENTS.
The Plan Administrator shall exercise the power to direct
the Trustee with regard to the type and number of investment
options available to Participants including the prudent selection
of specific pooled investments meeting the requirements of the
Code, the category of options including but not limited to such
funds as equities, mixed assets, fixed income and money market,
the risk or beta associated with each option and the continued
suitability of such investments based on financial performance or
other criteria related solely to the exclusive benefit of the
Participants and beneficiaries.
All orders, requests and instructions to the Trustee
pursuant to this article shall be in writing and signed by the
designee(s) of the Plan Administrator. The Trustee shall act and
shall be fully protected in acting in accordance with such
orders, requests and instructions except as otherwise provided
under state or federal law.
5.07. INVESTMENT MANAGER.
The Plan Administrator shall have the right, but shall be
under no obligation, to appoint an investment manager or managers
to direct the investment of all or of any portion of the assets
of the trust fund. The investment manager or managers shall be
(a) Registered as an investment advisor under the Invest-
ment Advisor's Act of 1940,
(b) A bank as defined in that Act, or
(c) An insurance company qualified to manage, acquire or
dispose of assets of the Plan under the laws of more than one
State.
Upon appointment, the investment manager shall certify and
acknowledge to the Trustee receipt of a copy of the Plan and
Trust, that the investment manager is fiduciary with respect to
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such Plan and Trust, and that the investment manager has assumed
the duties and responsibilities conferred by the Plan
Administrator.
5.08. PARTICIPANT DIRECTION OF INVESTMENTS.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan and
Trust, the Plan Administrator shall allow a Participant to direct
the Trustee in writing to invest the amount credited to the
Participant's Account in any one or more investment options from
the options established by the Plan Administrator.
(b) The Plan Administrator shall adopt rules concerning the
number of investment options which a Participant may elect, the
percentage of his/her Account which may be invested in each
investment option, and procedures for changing investment
options.
(c) Any investment direction shall be made by the
Participant to the Trustee in writing on a form adopted for this
purpose by the Plan Administrator. The Trustee shall carry out
the Participant's directions in accordance with uniform
procedures established by the Plan Administrator. Any direction
by the Participant regarding the investment of assets shall
remain in effect until another valid written direction has been
made by the Participant.
(d) The Trustee shall not, at any time after December 31,
1981, invest any portion of a Directed Investment Account in
"collectibles" within the meaning of that term as employed in
Internal Revenue Code S 408(m).
(e) The Trustee shall keep
made pursuant to a Participant's
Any gains or losses arising from
Participant's direction shall be
cipant's Account.
separate records of investments
direction under this Section.
an investment made pursuant to a
allocated solely to such Parti -
(f) The interest of each Participant or beneficiary in
their self-directed Account(s) shall be deemed to be personalty
only and each Participant or beneficiary shall not have any
individual ownership interest in any trust asset.
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SETTLEMENT OF TRUST ACCOUNTS
6.01. GENERAL RECORDS.
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The Trustee shall maintain accurate records and detailed
accounts of all investments, receipts, disbursements, and other
transactions hereunder, and such records shall be available at
all reasonable times to inspection by the Plan Administrator, the
Employer (or any authorized representative), Participants or
Beneficiaries. The Trustee shall maintain a unit accounting
valuation system with which to administer the trust and each
Participant's Account and shall, at the direction of the Plan
Administrator, submit to the Plan Administrator such valuations,
reports or other information as the Plan Administrator may
reasonably require. In the absence of fraud or bad faith, the
valuation of the Trust Fund by the Trustee shall be conclusive.
6.02. ANNUAL ACCOUNT.
Within sixty (60) days following the close of each Plan Year
(or following the close of any period as may be agreed upon by
the Trustee and the Plan Administrator) the Trustee shall file
with the Plan Administrator a written account setting forth a
description and fair market value of all securities and other
assets purchased and sold, all receipts, disbursements, and other
transactions effected by it during such period, listing the fair
market value of securities and other assets held by it at the end
of such period. The fair market value of the Trust Fund shall be
the fair market value of all securities and other assets then
held including any cash balance and all income accrued or
received during the valuation period. In determining the fair
market value, the Trustee may rely upon any data or information
it believes to be reliable and which it can obtain with
reasonable diligence. The Plan Administrator may approve such
account by written notice of approval delivered to the Trustee or
by failure to object in writing to the Trustee within sixty (60)
days from the date upon which the account was delivered to the
Plan Administrator. Upon receipt of written approval of the
account, or upon the passage of said period of time, without
written objections having been delivered to the Trustee, such
account shall be deemed to be approved, and the Trustee shall be
released and discharged as to all items, matters and things set
forth in such account, as if such account had been settled and
allowed by a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.
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ARTICLE 7.
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DURATION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT: AMENDMENTS
7.01. DURATION.
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It is the intention of the Employer that this Trust Agree-
ment shall be permanently administered for the benefit of its
Employees, and this Trust Agreement is, accordingly, irrevocable.
If conditions change, however, this Trust Agreement and the Trust
Fund created hereunder may be terminated upon sixty days written
notice by the Employer, and upon such termination the Trust Fund
shall be distributed by the Trustee as and when directed by the
Plan Administrator. From and after the date of termination of
this Trust Agreement and the Trust, and until final distribution
of the Trust Funds, the Trustee shall continue to have all the
powers provided under this Trust Agreement as are necessary and
expedient for the orderly administration, liquidation and distri-
bution of the Trust Fund.
7.02. AMENDMENTS.
This Trust Agreement may be amended at any time by written
agreement of the Employer and the Trustee; provided, however,
that such Amendment shall not operate to:
(a) Subject to Section 3.03, revest the Trust Fund or any
part thereof in the Employer;
(b) Reduce the then Accrued Benefit or the amount then held
for the benefit of any Participant in the Plan, or
(c) Cause any part of the Trust Fund (other than such part
as is required to pay taxes and administration expenses) to be
used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive
benefit of the Participants and their Beneficiaries.
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ARTICLE 8.
RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE
8.01. METHOD.
The Trustee may resign or may be removed by the Employer.
Such resignation or removal may be accomplished at any time upon
giving sixty (60) days' written notice. Termination of the
Trustee shall not, however, relieve the Employer of the
Employer's continuing obligation to make Employer Contributions
in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Upon such resignation
or removal, the Employer shall appoint a successor Trustee to
whom the then Trustee shall transfer all assets of the Trust Fund
then held by it. Such successor Trustee shall thereupon succeed
to all of the powers and duties given to the Trustee by this
Trust Agreement. Within sixty (60) days of such transfer of the
trust assets, the resigning or removed Trustee shall render to
the Employer an account in the form and manner prescribed for the
annual account by Section 6.02. Unless the Employer shall within
sixty (60) days after the rendition of such account file with the
Trustee written objections thereto, the account shall be deemed
to have been approved, and the Trustee shall be released and
discharged as to all items; matters and things set forth in such
account, as if such account had been settled and allowed by a
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.
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TAXES. EXPENSES AND COMPENSATION TO TRUSTEE
9.01. MANNER OF PAYMENT.
The Trustee shall deduct from and charge against the Trust
Fund any taxes paid by it which may be imposed upon the Trust
Fund or the income thereof or which the Trustee is required to
pay with respect to the interest of any person therein. The
Employer shall pay to the Trustee in a mutually agreed timely
manner its expenses in administering the Trust Fund and, if the
Trustee is not an Employee, a reasonable compensation for its
services as Trustee hereunder, at a rate to be agreed upon from
time to time. The Trustee shall have a lien on the Trust Fund
for such compensation and for any reasonable expenses, including
counsel fees, and the same may be withdrawn from the Trust Fund,
unless paid by the Employer. Expenses which are directly related
to investment transactions such as broker's commission and
contract loadings shall be paid out of the assets of the Trust or
from a specific investment option account when an expense item is
specifically related to that account.
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10.01. GOVERNING LAW.
The Trust Agreement shall be administered in the State of
Arkansas, and its validity, construction and all rights hereunder
shall be governed by the laws of that State. If any provisions
of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable, the remain-
ing provisions thereof shall continue to be fully effective.
10.02. SPENDTHRIFT CLAUSE.
Prior to the time of distribution specified herein, a person
entitled to any benefits under this Trust Agreement shall not
have right to assign, transfer, hypothecate, encumber, commute or
anticipate his or her interest in any benefits under this Trust
Agreement, and such benefits shall not in any way be subject to
any legal process or levy of execution upon, or attachment or
garnishment proceedings against, the same for the payment of any
claim against any such person.
In no event shall the Trustee pay over any part of the
interest in the trust of any Participant or beneficiary to any
assignee or creditor of such person. Any attempted assignment or
other disposition of interest in the trust shall not be merely
voidable but absolutely void.
The above paragraph shall not apply to the creation, assign-
ment or recognition of any benefit payable with respect to a
Participant pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (as
that term is defined in section 414(p) of the Internal Revenue
Code). If such order requires, the Plan Administrator shall pay
benefits to the alternate payee immediately if the amount payable
to the alternate payee is less than $3,500.
10.03. BINDING EFFECT.
This agreement shall be binding upon persons who are enti-
tled to any benefits hereunder, their heirs and legal representa-
tives, and upon the Employer, the Trustee and the respective
successors and assigns.
10.04. PROHIBITION AGAINST REVERSION.
The Employer shall have no beneficial interest in the Trust
Fund or any part thereof, and no part of the Trust Fund shall
ever revert or be repaid to the Employer, either directly or
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indirectly, except as set forth in the Plan. The corpus or
income of the trust may not be diverted to or used for other than
the exclusive benefit of the Participants and their Benefici-
aries.
10.05. LITIGATION.
Necessary parties to any accounting, litigation, or other
proceedings shall include only the Trustee and the Employer.
Settlement or judgment in any such cases in which the Employer is
duly served or cited shall be binding upon all Participants,
Beneficiaries, and their beneficiaries and estate, and upon all
persons claiming by, through or under them, to the extent
permitted by law.
10.06. HEADINGS.
The headings of articles and sections are included solely
for convenience of reference, and if there is any conflict
between such headings and the text of this Trust Agreement, the
text shall control.
10.07. DEFINITIONS.
When used herein in their capitalized form, unless otherwise
specified, terms shall have the samedefinitions provided in
the City of Fayetteville Employee Retirement Savings Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employer and Trustee have
signed this Plan and Trust as amended and restated on
c, 1993.
CITY OF F YETTEVILLE
By
Its G C't4aZ
TRUSTEE:
BANK OF OKLAHOMA, N.A.
By
Im
C.....n. VICEfRESIDENT SENIOR TRUST OFFICER
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CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE
NONOUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION TRUST
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE 2 PLAN
ADMINISTRATOR
2.01
Designation and Acceptance
2.02
Resignation and Removal
2.03
Powers
2.04
Actions
2.05
Expenses
2.06
Claim Procedure
2.07
Indemnification of the Plan
Administrator
ARTICLE 3 CONT
3.01
3.02
3.03
3.04
RIBUTIONS
Duties of Trustee Regarding
Contributions
Creditors' Rights
Right of Employer to Trust Assets
Mistake in Contribution
ARTICLE 4 GENERAL DUTIES OF THE PARTIES CONCERNING TRUST
4.01 Duties of Employer
4.02 Duties of Trustee
4.03 Responsibility of Trustee Regarding
Payments When Employer is Insolvent
ARTICLE 5 POWERS
5.01
5.02
5.03
5.04
5.05
5.06
5.07
5.08
AND SPECIFIC DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE
Powers
Restriction on Exercise of Powers
Third Parties
Plan Administrator Instructions to
the Trustee
Distributions to Participants
Investments
Investment Manager
Participant Direction of Investments
ARTICLE 6 SETTLEMENT OF TRUST ACCOUNTS
6.01 General Records
6.02 Annual Account
ARTICLE 7 DURATION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT;
AMENDMENTS
7.01 Duration
7.02 Amendments
ARTICLE 8 RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE
8.01- Method
ARTICLE 9 TAXES, EXPENSES AND COMPENSATION TO TRUSTEE
9.01 Manner of Payment
ARTICLE 10 MISCELLANEOUS TRUST PROVISIONS
10.01
Governing Law
10.02
Spendthrift Clause
10.03
Binding Effect
10.04
Litigation
10.05
Headings
The City of Fayetteville, an Arkansas municipality incorpo-
rated under the laws of the State of Arkansas, has previously
established the City of Fayetteville Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation Plan and, by execution of this Trust Agreement,
hereby establishes the City of Fayetteville Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation Trust, effective 1-S-9 3
The Employer's contributions, as invested from time to time,
and the earnings and proceeds thereof shall be held in trust by
Trustee in the Fund, for the purposes, upon the terms and condi-
tions, and subject to the powers conferred on Trustee as set
forth in this agreement. The Trustee shall have full power and
authority to do all acts necessary to carry out its duties
hereunder.
The
Trust is
intended to
be a
grantor
trust, within the
meaning
of S 671
of the Code,
and
shall be
construed accordingly.
The Trustee shall make payments of benefits from the assets
of the Trust, if and to the extent such assets are available for
distribution, in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS
As used in this document, the following terms shall have the
indicated meanings:
1.01. "ACCOUNT" shall mean the amounts in a Participant's
Account maintained to record each Participant's interest in the
Plan attributable to elective contributions and income, gains,
losses or increases or decreases in market value thereon. The
Account, as adjusted for distributions and any fees or expenses
charged thereto, shall constitute a Participant's entire interest
in the Plan.
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1.02. "ANNIVERSARY DATE" shall mean the last day of each
Plan Year.
1.03. "BENEFICIARY" shall mean the person, persons, or
other legal entity designated by the Participant who under the
Plan becomes entitled to receive a Participant's interest upon
his or her death.
1.04. "CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
1.05. "EFFECTIVE DATE" shall mean the 1st day of
1.06. "EMPLOYER" shall mean City of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
1.07. "INVESTMENT OPTIONS" shall mean mutual funds or
similar investment vehicles selected by the Plan Administrator
into which the Participant directs the investment of his or her
Account.
1.08. "PARTICIPANT" shall mean an Employee who shall have
met all requirements for participation in the Plan and who has
elected to have amounts deferred under this Plan. Each Parti-
cipant ceases to be such when he or she terminates his or her
employment with Employer, except where pursuant to this Plan the
distribution of benefits is deferred to a later date.
1.09. "PLAN" shall mean the city of Fayetteville
Nonqualifed Deferred Compensation Plan, as it may be amended from
time to time.
1.10. "PLAN ADMINISTRATOR" shall mean the person or persons
or corporation named pursuant to Article 2 to administer the
Plan.
1.11.
"PLAN
YEAR" shall mean the twelve (12)
month period
ending
December 31
of each year.
1.12. "TRUST AGREEMENT" shall mean the Agreement between
Employer and the Trustee or successor Trustee named under this
Trust Agreement.
1.13. "TRUSTEE" shall mean the person or
ration having trust powers so designated by th
as Trustee and who, by execution of this Trust
fies acceptance of the Trust, or any person or
corporation having trust powers duly appointed
Trustee.
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persons or corpo-
s Employer to serve
Agreement, signi-
persons or
as a successor
2.01. DESIGNATION AND ACCEPTANCE.
The Employer shall designate a person or persons to serve as
Plan Administrator who shall signify their acceptance of this
responsibility. If more than one person is so designated, the
committee so formed shall be known as the Administrative
Committee and all references in the Plan and Trust to the Plan
Administrator shall be deemed to refer to the Administrative
Committee. In the absence of designation of a Plan
Administrator, the Employer is hereby designated as the Plan
Administrator.
The Plan Administrator is hereby designated as agent for the
service of legal process.
The Plan Administrator shall not be required to be a Parti-
cipant.
2.02. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL.
(a) The Plan Administrator, or any member of the Adminis-
trative Committee, may resign at any time by delivering to the
Employer a written notice of resignation to take effect on a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than thirty (30) days
after the delivery thereof, unless such notice shall be waived.
(b) The Plan Administrator, or any member of the Adminis-
trative Committee, may be removed with or without cause by the
Employer by delivery of written notice of removal, to take effect
at a date specified therein, which shall be not less than thirty
(30) days after delivery thereof, unless such notice shall be
waived.
(c) The Employer, upon receipt of or giving notice of the
resignation or removal of the Plan Administrator, shall promptly
designate a successor Plan Administrator who must signify accep-
tance of this position in writing. In the event no successor is
appointed, the Employer will function as the Plan Administrator
until a new Plan Administrator has been appointed and has
accepted such appointment.
(d) A simple majority of the members of the Administrative
Committee shall constitute a quorum, and any act by such
majority, by vote at a meeting, or in writing without a meeting,
shall constitute the action of the Administrative Committee. The
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Administrative Committee shall keep minutes of its meetings, and
shall appoint and prescribe the duties of a chairman, and a
secretary, who may, but need not be, one of its members.
2.03. POWERS.
The Plan Administrator shall have full power and discretion
to administer the Plan and to construe and apply all of its
provisions. The Plan Administrator's powers and duties, unless
properly delegated, shall include, but are not limited to:
(a) Compiling and maintaining all records necessary for the
Plan, including preparing, filing and furnishing reports and
other documents required under the provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code;
(b) Authorizing the Trustee to make payment of all benefits
as they become payable under the Plan;
(c) Adopting rules and regulations for the administration
of the Plan, not inconsistent with the Plan and the Trust Agree-
ment;
(d) Engaging such legal, administrative, actuarial, invest-
ment, accounting and other professional services as
are necessary;
(e) Approving mortality tables, interest rates, withdrawal
or turnover rates, salary scales and other factors required to be
taken into account in connection with any actuarial matters
arising under the Plan;
(f) Giving written directions to the Trustee concerning
investments and other matters, or authorizing others to give such
written instructions;
(g) Providing periodic reports and other information or
data to Participants;
(h)
Doing
and performing
such
other
matters as may be
provided
for
in
other parts of
this
Plan
or Trust.
2.04. ACTIONS.
No power conferred on the Plan Administrator or the Trustee
or retained by Employer shall be exercised in such manner as to
cause or create discrimination in favor of highly compensated
employees or persons whose principal duties consist of supervis-
ing the work of other employees. The Plan Administrator,
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Employer and its legally constituted authority shall be entitled
to rely conclusively upon the tables, valuations, certificates
and reports furnished by an actuary or accountant employed by the
Plan Administrator under this Plan, and/or upon opinions of
counsel or other experts; and such members, and each of them,
shall be fully protected as to any action taken or allowed by
them in good faith and reliance upon any such tables, valuations,
certificates, reports or opinions; and all actions taken or
allowed by them shall be conclusive upon all persons having or
claiming any interest under the Plan.
2.05. EXPENSES.
The Employer, or in its absence the Trustee, shall reimburse
the Plan Administrator for any necessary or proper expenses
incurred in exercising its duties. Except for such reimburse-
ment, the Plan Administrator shall not receive any compensation
for the administration of the Plan.
2.06. CLAIM PROCEDURE.
(a) Any Participant or Beneficiary may file with the Plan
Administrator a written statement setting forth a claim for
benefits. The written statement shall be signed and set forth
the claim in a manner reasonably calculated to bring it to the
Plan Administrator's attention.
(b) If a claim is wholly or partially denied, notice of the
decision shall be furnished by the Plan Administrator to the
claimant within ninety (90) days after receipt of the claim. If
within such ninety (90) days, the claim has neither been denied
in writing nor granted, it shall be deemed denied on the 90th
day.
(c) Any notice of denial of claim shall be written in a
manner calculated to be understood by the claimant and shall
include the following:
(i) the specific reason or reasons for denial;
(ii) specific reference to pertinent plan provisions on
which the denial is based;
(iii) a description of additional material or informa-
tion necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an
explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and
(iv) appropriate information as to the steps to be
taken if the claimant wishes to submit the claim for review.
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(d) A claimant may obtain a full and fair review by appeal-
ing a denied claim to the Plan Administrator in writing within
sixty (60) days after receipt by the claimant of the notice of
denial. A claimant may review pertinent documents and may submit
issues and comments in writing. The claimant may request review
by the Board of Directors of the Employer, in addition to the
Plan Administrator. An appeal may be requested or pursued by a
duly authorized representative of the claimant. Within sixty
(60) days of receipt of a request for review, a written decision
shall be rendered. The decision on review shall be in writing
and shall include specific reasons for the decision, written in a
manner calculated to be understood by the claimant, as well as
specific references to the pertinent provisions of the Plan on
which the decision is based.
2.07. INDEMNIFICATION OF THE PLAN ADMINISTRATOR.
The Plan Administrator shall be indemnified by the Employer
and not from the Trust Fund against any and all liabilities
arising by reason of any act or failure to act made in good faith
pursuant to the provisions of the Plan if the act or failure to
act is judicially determined not to be a breach of fiduciary
responsibility. The indemnification shall include expenses and
attorney's fees reasonably incurred in the defense of any claim
relating thereto.
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ARTICLE 3.
CONTRIBUTIONS
3.01. DUTIES OF TRUSTEE
All contributions made under the Plan shall be delivered to
the Trustee. The Trustee shall be accountable for all contribu-
tions received by it, but shall have no duty to require any
contributions to be made to it, or to determine whether contribu-
tions received comply with the Plan.
3.02. CREDITORS' RIGHTS.
The trust assets and all accumulated income shall be subject
to the claims of general creditors of the Employer until such
time as it is distributed to Participants. No Participant or
Beneficiary shall have any secured right with respect to the
Trust.
3.03. RIGHT OF EMPLOYER TO TRUST ASSETS.
Except as provided in Sections 3.04 and 4.03, the Employer
shall not have a right or claim of any nature in or to the Trust
Fund except to require the Trustee to hold, invest, apply and pay
such assets in the Trust in accordance with the Trust Agreement
for the benefit of the Participants and beneficiaries, and as
provided in Section 9.01 for defraying reasonable expense of
administering the Plan and Trust.
3.04. MISTAKE IN CONTRIBUTION.
Upon written request from the Employer the amount of a
contribution made by reason of a mistake of fact shall be
credited to the Employer as an offset to future Employer
Contributions. The amount to be credited to the Employer is the
excess of the amount contributed over the amount which would have
been contributed had there not occurred a mistake of fact. The
credit to the Employer of the amount involved must be made within
one year of the mistake in payment of the contribution, as the
case may be. Earnings attributable to the excess contribution
may not be credited to the Employer, but losses attributable
thereto must reduce the amount to be so credited. If the
withdrawal of the amount attributable to the mistake in
contribution will cause the balance of the individual account of
any Participant to be reduced to less than the balance which
would have been in the account had the mistaken amount not been
contributed, then the amount to be credited to the Employer shall
be reduced so as to avoid such reduction.
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ARTICLE 4.
GENERAL DUTIES OF THE PARTIES CONCERNING TRUST
4.01. DUTIES OF EMPLOYER.
The Employer shall appoint a Plan Administrator to adminis-
ter the Plan and shall certify to the Trustee the names and
specimen signature of the Plan Administrator or signatures of
members of the Administrative Committee acting from time to time.
The Employer shall make monetary contributions to the Trust Fund
as the same may be appropriate by due action. The Employer shall
keep accurate books and records with respect to its Employees,
their service with the Employer, and their annual compensation.
4.02. DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee shall hold and invest all monetary contributions
received from the Employer by the Trustee, and all Trust Funds
which are transferred to it as a successor Trustee by the
Employer from existing deferred compensation arrangements with
its Employees under plans described in Section 457 of the Code,
all of which, together with the income therefrom, shall
constitute the Trust Fund. The Trustee shall manage and
administer the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of this Trust
Agreement without distinction between principal and income and
without liability for the payment of interest thereon. The
Trustee shall not have a duty or authority to compute any amount
to be paid to the Trustee by the Employer nor shall the Trustee
be responsible for the collection of any contribution.
The powers, duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall
be limited to those set forth in this Trust Agreement; and
nothing contained in the Plan either expressly or by implication,
shall be deemed to impose any additional powers, duties or
responsibilities on the Trustee.
4.03. RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUSTEE REGARDING PAYMENTS
WHEN EMPLOYER IS INSOLVENT.
(a) Employer shall be considered insolvent for purpose of
this Trust Agreement if (i) Employer is unable to pay its debts
as they mature, or (ii) Employer is subject to pending proceeding
under the Bankruptcy Code.
(b) At all times, the principal and income of the Trust
shall be subject to the claims of general creditors of Employer,
and at any time the Trustee has actual knowledge, or has deter-
mined, that Employer is insolvent, the Trustee shall deliver any
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undistributed principal and income in the Trust to satisfy such
claims as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct. The City
Board of Employer shall have the duty to inform the Trustee of
the Employer's insolvency. If Employer or a person claiming to
be a creditor of Employer alleges in writing to the Trustee that
Employer has become insolvent, Trustee shall independently
determine, within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice,
whether Employer is insolvent and, upon verifying such
allegation, Trustee shall discontinue payments of benefits to
employees, and shall hold the Trust assets for the Employer's
general creditors. Trustee shall resume payment of benefits to
employees only after Trustee has determined that Employer is not
insolvent. Unless Trustee has actual knowledge of Employer's
insolvency, Trustee shall not have a duty to inquire whether
Employer is insolvent. Trustee may in all events rely on such
evidence concerning Employer's solvency as may be furnished to
Trustee which will give Trustee a reasonable basis for making
such determination. Nothing in this Trust Agreement shall in any
way diminish any rights of employees to pursue their rights as
general creditors of Employer with respect to the retirement
benefits or otherwise.
(c) If the Trustee discontinues payment of benefits from
the Trust pursuant to the preceding paragraph and subsequently
resumes such payments, the first payment following such
discontinuance shall include the aggregate amount of all payments
which would have been made to such employee in accordance with
the Plan during the period of discontinuance.
(d)
The
Trustee shall be held
harmless and
will not incur
liability
for
good faith efforts to
comply with
this Article.
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ARTICLE 5.
POWERS AND SPECIFIC DUTIES OF THE TRUSTEE
5.01. POWERS.
The Trustee shall have full power and authority to invest
and reinvest the Trust Fund in any investments permitted by law
for the investment of trust funds in the State of Arkansas. The
Trustee shall also have full power with respect to any and all
assets at any time received or held in the Trust Fund, to do all
such acts, take all such proceedings and exercise all such rights
and privileges, whether herein specifically referred to or not,
as could be done, taken or exercised by the absolute owner
thereof, including, without in any way limiting or impairing the
generality of the foregoing, the following powers and authority:
(a) To retain the same for such period of time as it deems
appropriate.
(b) To sell the same, at either public or private sale, at
such time or times and on such terms and conditions as to credit
or otherwise as it may deem appropriate.
(c) To consent to or participate in any plan for the
reorganization, consolidation or merger of any corporation, the
security of which is held in the Trust Fund, and to pay any and
all calls and assessments imposed upon the owners of such securi-
ties as a condition of their participating therein; and to
consent to any contract, lease, mortgage, purchase or sale of
property, by or between such corporation and any other corpora-
tion or person.
(d) To exercise or dispose of any right it may have as the
holder of any security to convert the same into another or other
securities, or to acquire any additional security or securities,
to make any payments, to exchange any security or to do any other
act with reference thereto which it may deem advisable.
(e) To deposit any security with any protective or reorga-
nization committee, and to delegate to such committee such power
and authority with relation thereto as it may deem proper, and to
agree to pay and to pay out of the Trust Fund such portion of the
expenses and compensation of such committee as the Trustee may
deem proper.
(f) To renew or extend the time of payment of any obliga-
tion due or becoming due.
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(g) To grant options to purchase any asset, including
common stocks held in the Trust Fund.
(h) To compromise, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle
claims in favor of or against the Trust Fund, and to deliver or
accept in either total or partial satisfaction of any indebted-
ness or other obligation any asset, and to continue to hold for
such period of time as the Trustee may deem appropriate any asset
so received.
(i) To exchange any asset for other asset upon such terms
and conditions as the Trustee may deem proper, and to give and
receive money to effect equality in price.
(j) To vote proxies, to execute powers of attorney and
deliver same to such person or persons as the Trustee may deem
proper, granting to such person such power and authority with
relation to any securities at any time held for the Trust Fund as
it may deem proper.
(k) To foreclose any obligation by judicial proceeding or
otherwise.
(1) To sue or defend in connection with any and all securi-
ties or other assets at any time received or held for the Trust
Fund with all costs and attorneys' fees in connection therewith
to be charged against the Trust Fund.
(m) To borrow money, with or without giving security.
(n) To cause any securities held for the Trust Fund to be
registered and to carry any such securities in the name of a
nominee or nominees.
(o) To hold such portion of the Trust Fund as the Trustee
may deem necessary for the ordinary administration of the Trust
Fund in short-term cash equivalents having ready marketability or
by depositing the same in pass book savings account in any bank
subject to the rules and regulations governing such deposits, and
without regard to the amount of any such deposit.
(p) To transfer all or part of the Trust Fund to be commin-
gled with other funds in a common trust, a mutual fund, similar
fund administered by the Trustee or other open-end investment
companies.
(q) To invest in savings accounts, money market accounts or
certificates of deposit of the Trustee or the Employer, if the
Trustee or Employer is a bank.
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5.02. RESTRICTION ON EXERCISE OF POWERS.
The powers granted to the Trustee shall be exercised by the
Trustee in its sole discretion. The Plan Administrator may,
however, at any time and from time to time, by written direction
to the Trustee, require the Trustee to obtain the written
approval of the Plan Administrator before exercising any such
powers.
5.03. THIRD PARTIES.
All persons dealing with the Trustee are released from
inquiring into the decision or authority of the Trustee and from
seeing to the application of any moneys, securities or other
property paid or delivered to the Trustee.
5.04. PLAN ADMINISTRATOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TRUSTEE.
The Trustee shall from time to time receive written direc-
tions, orders, requests or instructions from the Plan
Administrator or by any such person or persons as may from time
to time be designated therefor by the Plan Administrator. The
Trustee shall act and shall be fully protected in acting in
accordance with such directions, orders, requests and
instructions except as otherwise provided under federal or state
law. In directing the Trustee to make payments, the Plan
Administrator shall follow the provisions of the related Plan and
shall not direct that any payment be made, either during the
existence or upon discontinuance of the related Plan, which would
cause any part of the Trust Fund to be used for or diverted to
purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the Employees of
the employer or their Beneficiaries, pursuant to the provisions
of such Plan. The Trustee shall be under no liability for any
distribution made pursuant to the directions of the Plan
Administrator and shall be under no duty to make inquiry as to
whether any distribution directed by the Plan Administrator is
made pursuant to the provisions of the related Plan and this
Section. The Trustee shall not be liable for the proper
application of any part of the Trust Fund if distributions are
made in accordance with the written directions of the Plan
Administrator as herein provided, nor shall the Trustee be
responsible for the adequacy of the Trust Fund to meet and
discharge any and all payments and liabilities under the related
Plan.
5.05. DISTRIBUTIONS TO PARTICIPANTS.
The Trustee may
make
any
payment required to
be made here-
under, by mailing a
check
for
the amount thereof
to the person to
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whom such payment is to be made, at such address as may have last
been furnished the Trustee, or if no such address shall have been
so furnished, to such person in care of the Employer at its
principal office. The Trustee shall not have an obligation to
search for or ascertain the whereabouts of any payee or
distributes of the Trust Fund, however, if any payment or
distribution to be made from the Trust Fund is not claimed, the
Trustee shall notify the plan Administrator of that fact
promptly.
5.06. INVESTMENTS.
The Plan Administrator shall exercise the power to direct
the Trustee with regard to the type and number of investment
options available to Participants including the prudent selection
of specific pooled investments meeting the requirements of the
Code, the category of options including but not limited to such
funds as equities, mixed assets, fixed income and money market,
the risk or beta associated with each option and the continued
suitability of such investments based on financial performance or
other criteria related solely to the exclusive benefit of the
Participants and beneficiaries.
All orders, requests and instructions to the Trustee
pursuant to this article shall be in writing and signed by the
designee(s) of the Plan Administrator. The Trustee shall act and
shall be fully protected in acting in accordance with such
orders, requests and instructions except as otherwise provided
under state or federal law.
5.07. INVESTMENT MANAGER.
The Plan Administrator shall have the right, but shall be
under no obligation, to appoint an investment manager or managers
to direct the investment of all or of any portion of the assets
of the trust fund. The investment manager or managers shall be
(a) Registered as an investment advisor under the Invest-
ment Advisor's Act of 1940,
(b) A bank as defined in that Act, or
(c) An insurance company qualified to manage, acquire or
dispose of assets of the Plan under the laws of more than one
State.
Upon appointment, the investment manager shall certify and
acknowledge to the Trustee receipt of a copy of the Plan and
Trust, that the investment manager is fiduciary with respect to
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such Plan and Trust, and that the investment manager has assumed
the duties and responsibilities conferred by the Plan
Administrator.
5.08. PARTICIPANT DIRECTION OF INVESTMENTS.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan and
Trust, the Plan Administrator shall allow a Participant to direct
the Trustee in writing to invest the amount credited to the
Participant's Account in any one or more Investment Options
established by the Plan Administrator.
(b) The Plan Administrator shall adopt rules concerning the
number of investment Options which a Participant may elect, the
percentage of his/her Account which may be invested in each
Investment Option, and procedures for changing investment
options.
(c) Any investment direction shall be made by the
Participant to the Trustee in writing on a form adopted for this
purpose by the Plan Administrator. The Trustee shall carry out
the Participant's directions in accordance with uniform
procedures established by the Plan Administrator. Any direction
by the Participant regarding the investment of assets shall
remain in effect until another valid written direction has been
made by the Participant.
(d) The Trustee shall keep
made pursuant to a Participant's
Any gains or losses arising from
Participant's direction shall be
cipant's Account.
separate records of investments
direction under this Section.
an investment made pursuant to a
allocated solely to such Parti-
(e) The interest of each Participant or beneficiary in
their self -directed Account(s) shall be deemed to be contractual
only and each Participant or beneficiary shall not have any
individual ownership interest in any trust asset.
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ARTICLE 6.
SETTLEMENT OF TRUST ACCOUNTS
6.01. GENERAL RECORDS.
The Trustee shall maintain accurate records and detailed
accounts of all investments, receipts, disbursements, and other
transactions hereunder, and such records shall be available at
all reasonable times to inspection by the Plan Administrator, the
Employer (or any authorized representative), Participants or
Beneficiaries. The Trustee shall maintain a unit accounting
valuation system with which to administer the trust and each
Participant's Account and shall, at the direction of the Plan
Administrator, submit to the Plan Administrator such valuations,
reports or other information as the Plan Administrator may
reasonably require. In the absence of fraud or bad faith, the
valuation of the Trust Fund by the Trustee shall be conclusive.
6.02. ANNUAL ACCOUNT.
Within sixty (60) days following the close of each Plan Year
(or following the close of any period as may be agreed upon by
the Trustee and the Plan Administrator) the Trustee shall file
with the Plan Administrator a written account setting forth a
description and fair market value of all securities and other
assets purchased and sold, all receipts, disbursements, and other
transactions effected by it during such period, listing the fair
market value of securities and other assets held by it at the end
of such period. The fair market value of the Trust Fund shall be
the fair market value of all securities and other assets then
held including any cash balance and all income accrued or
received during the valuation period. In determining the fair
market value, the Trustee may rely upon any data or information
it believes to be reliable and which it can obtain with
reasonable diligence. The Plan Administrator may approve such
account by written notice of approval delivered to the Trustee or
by failure to object in writing to the Trustee within sixty (60)
days from the date upon which the account was delivered to the
Plan Administrator. Upon receipt of written approval of the
account, or upon the passage of said period of time, without
written objections having been delivered to the Trustee, such
account shall be deemed to be approved, and the Trustee shall be
released and discharged as to all items, matters and things set
forth in such account, as if such account had been settled and
allowed by a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.
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ARTICLE 7.
DURATION AND TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT: AMENDMENTS
7.01. DURATION.
It is the intention of the Employer that this Trust Agree-
ment shall be permanently administered subject to Section 3.02
and 4.03, for the benefit of its Employees, and this Trust
Agreement is, accordingly, irrevocable. If conditions change,
however, this Trust Agreement and the Trust Fund created
hereunder may be terminated upon sixty days' written notice by
the Employer, and upon such termination the Trust Fund shall be
distributed by the Trustee as and when directed by the Plan
Administrator. From and after the date of termination of this
Trust Agreement and the Trust, and until final distribution of
the Trust Funds, the Trustee shall continue to have all the
powers provided under this Trust Agreement as are necessary and
expedient for the orderly administration, liquidation and distri-
bution of the Trust Fund.
7.02. AMENDMENTS.
This Trust Agreement may be amended at any time by written
agreement of the Employer and the Trustee; provided, however,
that such Amendment shall not operate to:
(a) Subject to Section 3.02, 3.04 or 4.03, revest the Trust
Fund or any part thereof in the Employer;
(b) Reduce the then Account or the amount then held for the
benefit of any Participant in the Plan, or
(c) Cause any part of the Trust Fund (other than such part
as is required to pay taxes and administration expenses) to be
used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive
benefit of the Participants and their Beneficiaries.
In order to maintain the status of the Plan as an eligible
deferred compensation plan under Section 457 of the Code or to
comply with other applicable laws, or to maintain the status of
the Trust as a grantor trust under Section 671 of the Code, an
amendment may be retroactive.
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8.01. METHOD.
The Trustee may resign or may be removed by the Employer.
Such resignation or removal may be accomplished at any time upon
giving of sixty (60) days' written notice. Termination of the
Trustee shall not, however, relieve the Employer of the
Employer's continuing obligation to pay deferred compensation to
Employees in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Upon such
resignation or removal, the Employer shall appoint a successor
Trustee to whom the then Trustee shall transfer all assets of the
Trust Fund then held by it. Such successor Trustee shall there-
upon succeed to all of the powers and duties given to the Trustee
by this Trust Agreement. Within sixty (60) days of such transfer
of the trust assets, the resigning or removed Trustee shall
render to the Employer an account in the form and manner
prescribed for the annual account by Section 6.02. Unless the
Employer shall within sixty (60) days after the rendition of such
account file with the Trustee written objections thereto, the
account shall be deemed to have been approved, and the Trustee
shall be released• and discharged as to all items, matters and
things set forth in such account, as if such account had been
settled and allowed by a decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
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ARTICLE 9.
TAXES. EXPENSES AND COMPENSATION TO TRUSTEE
9.01. MANNER OF PAYMENT.
The Trustee shall deduct from and charge against the Trust
Fund any taxes paid by it which may be imposed upon the Trust
Fund or the income thereof or which the Trustee is required to
pay with respect to the interest of any person therein. The
Employer shall pay to the Trustee in a mutally agreed timely
manner its expenses in administering the Trust Fund and, if the
Trustee is not an Employee, a reasonable compensation for its
services as Trustee hereunder, at a rate to be agreed upon from
time to time. The Trustee shall have a lien on the Trust Fund
for such compensation and for any reasonable expenses, including
counsel fees, and the same may be withdrawn from the Trust Fund,
unless paid by the Employer. Expenses which are directly related
to investment transactions such as broker's commission and
contract loadings shall be paid out of the assets of the Trust or
from a specific investment option account when an expense item is
specifically related to that account.
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ARTICLE 10.
10.01. GOVERNING LAW.
The Trust Agreement shall be administered in the State of
Arkansas, and its validity, construction and all rights hereunder
shall be governed by the laws of that State. If any provisions
of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable, the remain-
ing provisions thereof shall continue to be fully effective.
10.02. SPENDTHRIFT CLAUSE.
No Participant shall have the right to assign, transfer,
hypothecate, encumber, commute or anticipate his or her interest
in the Plan and such benefits shall not in any way be subject to
any legal process or levy of execution upon, or attachment or
garnishment proceedings against, the same for the payment of any
claim against any such person.
In no event shall the Trustee pay over any part of the
interest in the trust of any Participant or beneficiary to any
assignee or creditor of such person. Any attempted assignment or
other disposition of interest in the trust shall not be merely
voidable but absolutely void.
However, payments may be made to a spouse or former spouse
pursuant to a domestic relations order, so long as the Partici-
pant would be entitled to a distribution at such time.
10.03. BINDING EFFECT.
This agreement shall be binding upon persons who are enti-
tled to any benefits hereunder, their heirs and legal representa-
tives, and upon the Employer, the Trustee and the respective
successors and assigns.
10.04. LITIGATION.
Necessary parties to any accounting, litigation, or other
proceedings shall include only the Trustee and the Employer.
Settlement or judgment in any such cases in which the Employer or
any other participating Employer is duly served or cited shall be
binding upon all Participants, Beneficiaries, and their
beneficiaries and estate, and upon all persons claiming by,
through or under them, to the extent permitted by law.
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10.05.
HEADINGS.
The headings of articles and sections are included solely
for convenience of reference, and if there is any conflict
between such headings and the text of this Trust Agreement, the
text shall control.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employer and Trustee have
signed this Plan and Trust on S' , 1993,.
CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE
By
Its
TRUSTEE:
0
BANK OF OKLAHOMA,N.A.
VICE
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IDENT ft6 SENIOR TRUST OFFICER
FA ETTE`"I LLE
THE CITY of FAYfTTFVILLE, ARKANSAS
DEPARTMENTAL CORRESPOND
TO: Distribution •/
FROM: Fred Hanna, Mayor y/✓
DATE: January 18, 1993
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SUBJECT: Designation of Retirement Plan Committee
Pursuant to Article 14 of the Employee Retirement Savings Plan and
Article 13 of the Deferred Compensation Plan, the following
employees are hereby appointed to perform the functions of the Plan
Administrative Committee.
Don Bailey:
Chair
Dorothy Straub:
Secretary
Randy Allen:
Member
Marilyn Cramer:
Member
Tom Mowry:
Member
Sid Norbash:
Member
Bert Rakes:
Member
The Committee shall have the responsibility, authority and
discretion to fully administer and apply all provisions of the plan
as prescribed by Section 14.03 of the Employee Retirement Savings
Plan and Section 13.03 of the Deferred Compensation Plan.
DISTRIBUTION LIST
MAYOR:
CITY ATP+ORNEY:
CITY CLERK:
CROSSON, Kevin
JACKSON, Mickey
LITTLE, Alett
MAYES, Hen
WATSON, Richard
BRADLEY, Gerald
COOPER, Jerry
CRAIN, Shea
DOSS, Marion
FREDERICK, Dale
JONES, Casey
PEREZ, Yolanda
ROBERTS, Eldon
STOCKER, Kathy
TUBERVILLE, Shelly
Fred D. Hanna
Jerry E. Rose
Sherry L. Thomas
Director of Public Works
Fire Chief
Director of Planning
Director of Administrative Services
Chief of Police
Assistant Chief of Police
Staff Administrator
Cable Administrator
Assistant Fire Chief
Airport Manager
Prosecuting Attorney
Internal Auditor
Assistant Chief of Police
Dispatch Manager
Hot Check Collection Coordinator
ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES
BAILEY, ❑on
Personnel Director
BATES, Feggy
Purchasing Manager
COOK, Melvin (Wes)
Data Processing Manager
CRAMER, Marilyn
Accounting Manager
CROSSON, Sharon
Water & Sewer Service Superintendent
DAHLINGER, Harold
Facilities Superintendent
DAViS, Steve
Budget Coordinator
HORN, Olivia (Lib)
Animal Services Supervisor
HUDDLESTON, Scott
Financial Analyst
OESTREICH, William
Fleet Maintenance Superintendent
STOCKALYER, Dena
Head Court Clerk
SWAIN, Brian
Asst. to the Admin. Services Director
Vacant
SIMCO, .;an
WOOD, Freeman
ALLEN, Bandy
BUNN, Don
CLARK, Dale
COCHRAN, Don
FIELDS, Greg
FRANKLIN, Perry
HARRISON, Linda
ROHRICH, Jake
ZOTTI, Cheryl
Senior Planner
Community Development Director
inspection superintendent
Street Superintendent
City Engineer
Parks and Recreation Director
Water & Sewer Maintenance Manager
Solid Waste Superintendent
Traffic Superintendent
Library Director
Waste Water Treatment Plant
Public Works Analyst