American Maritime Officers Safety & Education Plan

“Between meetings of the trustees, the chairman and secretary shall have authority to make such decisions concerning the operation and administration of the medical plan as they deem wise and necessary, and individual trustees may not take any action for, or on behalf of, the trustees between meetings, except as they may be specifically authorized.”

“Union trustees john clemons, paul doell (through departure january 2024), william barrere, jeff richards, daniel robichaux, robert rice, alaina basciano (effective july 2024), joseph brown (effective july 2024) and christian spain serve as officers of american maritime officers; union trustee thomas heaton serves as controller of american maritime officers; todd christensen (through departure 07/2024) serves as east coast representative.”

“The plan shall be operated and administered by twelve (12) trustees, six (6) of whom shall be designated by the Union and six (6) of whom shall be designated by the Employers. The Union shall have the right to appoint two (2) alternate trustees who shall have full authority to act as an union trustee in the absence of any union trustee. The Employers shall appoint two (2) alternate trustees who shall have full authority to act as an employer trustee in the absence of the employer trustee. There shall at all times be an equal number of trustees designated by the union and the employers.”

“No other committees have authority to act on behalf of the board of trustees.”

“The board of trustees has delegated the responsibility to review the form 990 prior to filing to the director of finance.”

“The Fund is maintained and administered in accordance with ERISA Sections 404 and 406 and the Fund's conflict of interest policy is set forth in ERISA Sections 404 and 406. The Board of Trustees monitors and enforces the Fund's compliance with ERISA, with the assistance of the Fund's professionals.”

“the fund makes its governing documents, policies and financial statements available to participants and beneficiaries as required by employee retirement income security act of 1974 (erisa).”

“The american maritime officers (amo) safety & education plan is related to a group of jointly administered not-for-profit organizations. Since the organization's co-exist at the same premises, they utilize each other's resources, equipment, and personnel. Salaries and other administrative expenses are paid by another entity (amo master operating trust, ein# 20-0406498) and allocated based on predetermined percentages. Amo safety & education plan does not report any employees on form 941, as all such plan personnel are reported on amo master operating trust form 941's.”