The Chairman is a full time employee of the Trust and is appointed by and serves at the discretion of the Trustees, who also fix the compensation and other terms of employment of this position. All management and policy making authority is lodged in the Trustees except for those specific items of authority delegated by the Declaration of Trust and Trustees to the Chairman and others. The Declaration of Trust and the Trustees have assigned to the Chairman the authority to operate the Trust on a day to day basis, including, but not limited to, the responsibility to collect and account for employer contributions and to bring suit against delinquent employers; the duty to receive and process all benefit applications and to make all determinations concerning same; the authority to execute all documents on behalf of the Trust and the Trustees; and the ability to expend Trust monies to pay for all legitimate Trust expenses in accordance with a Budget approved by the Trustees. The Chairman also has the authority and responsibility to employ on behalf of the Trust those numbers and types of employees the Chairman believes are necessary to efficiently operate the Trust. The Chairman has the authority, within parameters set by the Trustees, to fix the compensation and conditions of employment of said employees. The non-supervisory employees of the Trust, however, are represented for the purpose of collective bargaining by OPEIU Local 32 and a collective bargaining agreement exists between the Trust and the OPEIU establishing the compensation and other conditions of employment for these employees. The Chairman has the authority to bargain for and enter into collective bargaining agreements on behalf of the Trust and the Trustees.  <<More                                                                                                                           More>>