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“A certified public accounting firm is retained to prepare the annual irs form 990. The cpa firm provides a copy of the completed form to the chairman, secretary of the board of trustees and all other board trustees for their review and approval. A copy of the form 990 was provided to the board of trustees & legal counsel for their review.”

“Other organization documents publicly available as clearly indicated in the annual summary report to the participants and employers, a full copy of the complete u.s. Department of labor from 5500 is available upon request along with a copy of the auditors annual report. The summary annual report is mailed annually to all participants and employers. The irs form 990 will also be made available upon request to the fund administrator.”

“Explanation of monitoring and enforcement of the board of trustees meets quarterly to address policy issues, training director report and management financial reports. During these meetings, any issues impacting conflict of interest or prohibitive transactions will be addressed by the full board of trustees, legal counsel and acted upon.”

“Compensation review & approval process-ceo, to for the training director, mrs. April thomas, the board of trustees evaluates mrs. Thomas' performance annually. Each trustee has extensive experience with managing their own business interests and in turn have experience in evaluating the value of mrs. Thomas' performance and compensation. That level of experience is used in determining her annual compensation.”

“Business or family relationship of officers chairman glenn farner, who serve as trustee for no compensation on this fund and ricky farner, training instructor for the fund, are brothers.”

“Description of delegated duties to mangagement company, southern benefit administrators. Serves as the third party administrator for this fund, southern benefit administrators, manintains accounting records and a general ledger for the fund. Southern benefit administrators is responsible for the tracking of all employer contributions and for all correspondence between the fund, trustees, etc. In addition to southern benefit administrators, mrs. April thomas, training director of the fund implements the training policies and procedures set forth by the trustees and oversees all training instructors activities.”

“Explanation of classes of members or sharehold the organization consists of members who are eligible under the terms of the collective bargaining agreements in force between representative laborer locals and affiliated fringe benefit funds, which includes the laborers southeast training fund, and the participating employers who employ those members.”

“How members or shareholders elect gov. Body the governing body is a board of trustees who operate the fund in accordance with the requirements of a multi-employer plan under both erisa and the taft-hartley act. The trust agreement under which the fund was created and operates, provides for appointment of both employer and union trustees. The employer trustees are selected by the existing employer trustees and the union trustees are elected by the membership of the local. It is the duty of the board of trustees to oversee operations of the fund, setting policies and procedures for training curriculum and other training benefits to participants who work under terms of the collective bargaining agreements.”

“This fund did not reach the minimum threshold to be subject to the unified circular formerlly omb circular a-133 reporting requirements i.e., $1,000,000 or greater. Even though the unified circular compliance was not manadatory, the accounting procedures were performed as if compliance with the unified circular reporting requirements were mandatory in order to stay in compliance for future funding reporting requirements.”

“Explanation of records and materials not maintained apprentice laborers are not assessed a fee for participation in any training programs. Employer contributions to this erisa fund are used to finance all training activities of the fund for all apprentices and for journeyman laborers also. Federal aid received is for the costs associated with providing targeted training programs mandated by the applicable federal agencys. No solicitation off donation from the public by any trustee nor any employee of the fund has occured.”

“Federal grants received thru a pass through entity, laborers agc education & training fund, represent all assistance from a governmental entity. The governmental funding entities were pursuant to the niehs hwwt worker health and safety training grants, supplied by department of energy and the environmental protection agency.”