Irvine Employees Benefit Trust C/O Benefit Solutions Inc

“The trustees adopted the plan document amendment no. 13 which added a statute of limitation clause effective november 2014. In addition, the trustees adopted the plan document amendment no.14 which revised the benefit levels effective february 2015.”

“There are nine trustees, all of whom are selected by the members of the participating labor organizations. In the event of early termination of appointment, resignation, or death of a trustee, the board of directors of the labor organization shall appoint a successor trustee for the remainder of that term. The appointment of a trustee may be terminated, at any time, by the entity which originally made the appointment, according to such entity's internal rules, procedures, or practices.”

“The trust has no separate committees.”

“Chairman of the board of trustees reads form 990 for completeness and accuracy, and compares the amounts to the audited financial statements for consistency, before signing and filing with irs.”

“The board of trustees meet regularly to review and monitor trust activities. All board members are covered by the conflict of interest policy. Board members shall submit a signed conflict of interest disclosure form to the board, and shall have the duty to disclose any conflict of interest as soon as it is discovered. There have been no incidences of any conflict.”

“The trust has no employees and has paid no compensation to its trustees or officers.”

“The trust's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon written request. The trust's summary annual report is provided to participants on an annual basis.”

“The trust's whistleblower policy is included in the article vi section 19 of the trust agreement”

“The trust's document retention and destruction policy is covered in the article vi section 11 of the trust agreement”

“Michael cribbin - city of irvine #1 civic center plaza, irvine, ca 92606. Mark somers - city of irvine #1 civic center plaza, irvine, ca 92606. Brian brown - city of irvine #1 civic center plaza, irvine, ca 92606. Gary wyatt - city of irvine #1 civic center plaza, irvine, ca 92606. George blanco (left aug 2014) - city of irvine #1 civic center plaza, irvine, ca 92606. Chris bees - city of irvine #1 civic center plaza, irvine, ca 92606.”

“The trust does not have information regarding the compensation received by the trustees from the city of irvine. The members of the board of trustees are paid city employees. They are employed by the city of irvine and receive all their compensation solely connected to their duties as city employees. In their role as trustees, they are fiduciaries and subject to legal prohibitions against self-dealing. They serve on a volunteer basis as trust fiduciaries; they do not receive any additional compensation from the city of irvine or any other party for their services on the board of trustees. Further, the trust has a conflict of interest policy, which requires trustees to disclose any financial arrangements that would create a conflict of interest. Section 7(a) of the conflict of interest policy of the trust, effective july 1, 2008 and as amended thereafter, states the following. "trustee shall have a duty to disclose to the board any conflict of interest as soon as it is discovered by the trustee. In particular, a trustee shall disclose a conflict of interest prior to any board or committee decision on the matter related to the conflict of interest". The policy also requires disclosure in written form of "any entities in which you, or a relative, presently have a direct or indirect payment arrangement that may present a conflict of interest with the trust". Note also that the disclosure of compensation requested on the form 990 would cause additional administrative burden by requiring the trust to collect this information annually, since the trustees' compensation as city employees varies from year to year, and from trustee to trustee. Finally, and very importantly, the form 990 is public information. It is likely that requiring the disclosure of compensation will dissuade city employees from volunteering to serve on the board. The trust would then have to spend trust assets to hire a professional trustee. Please contact the trust office if you would like further information, and/or would like to discuss this further. The trustees want to be cooperative with the irs, but requesting this compensation information is problematic for the reasons stated above.”

“The board of trustees assumes the responsibility for oversight of the audit of its financial statements. There is no separate audit committee.”