· APPENDIX C
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<br /> TRUST AGREEMENT WITH
<br /> THE ICMA RETIREMENT CORPORATION
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<br />AGREEMENT made by and between the Employer named in the provided, however, that the Employer may direct investment by the
<br />attached resolution and the International City Management Association Trustee among available investment alternatives in such proportions as
<br />Retirement Corporation (hereinafter the "Trustee" or "Retirement the Employer authorizes in connection with its deferred compensation
<br />Corporation"), a nonprofit corporation organized and existing under the agreements with its employees. For these purposes, these Trust Funds
<br />laws of the State of Delaware. for the purpose of investing and otherwise may be cornmingled with Trust Funds set aside by other Employers
<br />administering the funds set aside by Employers in connection with pursuant to the terms of the ICMA RetirementTrust. Investment powers
<br />deferred compensation plans established under section 457 of the vested in the Trustee by the Section may be delegated by the Trustee to
<br />Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (the"Code"). This Agreement shall take any bank, insurance or trust company, or any investment advisor,
<br />effect upon acceptance by the Trustee of its appointment by the manager or agent selected by it.
<br />Employer to serve as Trustee in accordance herewith as set forth in the
<br />attached resolution.
<br /> Section 2.2. Administrative Powers of the Trustee. The Trustee shall
<br />WHEREAS. the Employer has established a deferred compensation plan have the power in its discretion:
<br />under section 457 of the Code (the "Plan"); (a) To purchase, or subscribe for, any securities or other
<br />WHEREAS, in order that there will be sufficient funds available to property and to retain the same in trust.
<br />discharge the Emptoyer's contractual obligations under the Plan, the
<br />Employer desires to set aside periodically amounts equal to the amount (b) To sell, exchange, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of
<br />of compensation deferred; any securities or other property held by it, by private contract, or
<br />WHEREAS, the funds set aside, together with any and all assets derived at public auction. No person dealing with the Trustee shall be
<br />from the investment thereof, are to be exclusively within the dominion. bound to see the application of the purchase money or to inquire
<br />control, and ownership of the Employer, and subject tothe Employer's into the validity, expediency, or propriety of any such sale or
<br />absolute right of withdrawal, no employees having any interest other disposition.
<br />whatsoever therein; (c) To vote upon any stocks. bonds, or other securities; to give
<br />NOW. THEREFORE, this Agreement witnesseth that (a) the Employer general or special proxies or powers of attorney with or without
<br />will pay monies to the Trustee to be placed in deferred compensation power of substitution; to exercise any conversion privileges,
<br />accounts for the Employer; (b) the Trustee covenants that it will hold subscription rights. or other options. and to make any payments
<br /> incidental thereto; to oppose, or to consent to, or otherwise
<br />said sums, and any other funds which it may receive hereunder, in trust
<br />for the uses and purposes and upon the terms and conditions participate in, corporate reorganizations or other changes
<br />hereinafter stated: and (c) the parties hereto agree as follows: affecting corporate securities, and to delegate discretionary
<br /> powers, and to pay any assessments or charges in connection
<br />ARTICLE I. General Duties of the Parties. therewith; and generally to exercise any of the powers of an
<br />Section 1.1. General Duty of the Employer. The Employer shall make owner with respect to stocks, bonds, securities or other property
<br />regular periodic payments equal to the amounts of its employees' held as part of the Trust Funds.
<br />compensation which are deferred in accordance with the terms and (d) To cause any securities or other property held as part of the
<br />conditions of the Plan to the extent that such amounts are to be invested Trust Funds to be registered in its own name, and to hold any
<br />under the Trust. investments in bearer form, but the books and records of the
<br />Section 1.2 General Duties of the Trustee. The Trustee shall hold all Trustee shall at all times show that all such investments are a part
<br />funds received by it hereunder, which, together with the income of the Trust Funds.
<br />therefrom, shall constitute the Trust Funds. It shall administer the Trust (e) To borrow or raise money for the purpose of the Trust in such
<br />Funds, collect the income thereof, and make payments therefrom. all as amount, and upon such terms and conditions, as the Trustee shall
<br />hereinafter provided. The Trustee shall also hold all Trust Funds which deem advisable; and, for any sum so borrowed, to issue its
<br />are transferred to it as successor Trustee by the Employer from existing promissory note as Trustee, and to secure the repayment thereof
<br />deferred compensation arrangements with its Employees under plans by pledging all, or any part, of the Trust Funds. No person lending
<br />described in section 457 of the Code, Such Trust Funds shall be subject money to the Trustee shall be bound to see the application of the
<br />to all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement. money lent or to inquire into its validity, expediency or propriety
<br /> of any such borrowing.
<br />ARTICLE II. Powers and Duties of the Trustee in Investment, (f) To keep such portion of the Trust Funds in cash or cash
<br />Administration, and Disbursement of the Trust Funds. balances as the Trustee, from time to time, may deem to be in the
<br /> best interest of the Trust created hereby, without liability for
<br />Section 2.1. Investment Powers and Duties of the Trustee. The
<br /> interest thereon.
<br />Trustee shall have the power to invest and reinvest the principal and
<br />income of the Trust Funds and keep the Trust Funds invested, without (g) To accept and retain for such time as it may deem advisable
<br />distinction between principal and income, in securities or in other any securities or other property received or acquired by it as
<br />property, real or personal, wherever situated. including, but not limited Trustee hereunder, whether or not such securities or other
<br />to, stocks, common or preferred. bonds. retirement annuity and property would normally be purchased as investment hereunder.
<br />insurance policies, mortgages, and other evidences of indebtedness or (h) To make, execute, acknowledge, and deliver any and all
<br />ownership, investment companies. common or group trust funds, or documents of transfer and conveyance and any and all other
<br />separate and different types of funds (including equity, fixed income) instruments that may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the
<br />which fulfill requirements of state and local governmental laws, powers herein granted.
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