Note 12 - Pension Plan

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Notes to Financial Statements

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

(12) PENSION PLAN

The Partnership sponsors a defined benefit pension plan covering employees who are members of a union bargaining unit. The Partnership’s funding policy is to contribute an amount to the plan sufficient to meet the minimum funding requirements set forth in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

The components of net periodic pension cost consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016			2015
Service cost	$	16		$	17
Interest cost		17			15
Expected return on plan assets		(16	)		(17	)
Amortization of net actuarial loss and prior service cost		2			2
Net periodic pension cost	$	19		$	17