AGENDA FOR THE SPRINGFIELD RETIREMENT BOARD MEETING
70 TAPLEY STREET, SPRINGFIELD, MA 01104
TO BE HELD ON APRIL 3, 2024 AT 5:00 P.M.
Agenda Item #1-Minutes
Vote to consider approving the minutes of the meeting held on March 6, 2024.
Agenda Item #2-Involuntary Ordinary/Accidental Disability Applications-Daniel McKay-Police Department
Vote to consider the acceptance of the Involuntary Ordinary/Accidental Disability applications submitted by Police Superintendent, Cheryl Clapprood, and request that PERAC convene a medical panel.
Agenda Item #3-Superannuation Applications
Vote to consider the acceptance of the following Superannuation Applications:
1. Jose Aponte, Police Officer, Police Department with 30 years as of May 25, 2024.
2. Carmen Ayala, Police Officer, Police Department with 31 years and 2 months as of April 27, 2024.
3. Christopher Bates, Police Officer, Police Department with 33 years and 4 months as of April 26, 2024.
4. Cheryl Clapprood, Police Superintendent, Police Department with 45 years as of April 9, 2024.
5. Kathleen Collins, Executive Assistant to Fire Commissioner, Fire Department with 25 years as of July 1, 2024.
6. Alberto Diaz, Firefighter, Fire Department with 36 years and 7 months as of April 30, 2024.
7. Melissa Griffith, Transportation Manager, School Department with 20 years and 4 months as of March 9, 2024.
8. Richard James, Working Maintenance Foreman, Parks Department with 25 years and 9 months as of April 30, 2024.
9. Richard Lafreniere, Maintenance Tech IV, Water & Sewer Commission with 32 years and 5 months as of June 1, 2024.
10. Clayton Roberson Jr, Police Sergeant, Police Department with 36 years and 6 months as of March 15, 2024.
11. Melissa Shea, Esquire, Chief of Human Resources, School Department with 20 years and 9 months as of July 10, 2024.
12. Ronald Sheehan, Police Lieutenant, Police Department with 35 years and 3 months as of April 1, 2024.
13. Lourdes Soto, Executive, School Department with 21 years as of May 1, 2024.
Agenda Item #4-Superannuation Calculations
Vote to approve the four (4) retirement allowance calculations as presented to the Board according to statute.
Agenda Item #5-Warrants
Vote to reaffirm the approval of the following warrants:
Warrant # 18 Refunds in the amount of $216,101.21
Warrant # 19 Refunds in the amount of $10,679.42
Warrant # 20 Transfers in the amount of $221,849.94
Warrant # 21 Refunds in the amount of $34,129.68
Warrant # 22 Expenses in the amount of $111,661.91
Warrant # 23 Expenses in the amount of $394,393.69
Warrant # 24 Expenses in the amount of $1,016.63
Warrant # 25 Retirement payroll in the amount of $7,733.243.49
and redemption from the PRIT fund in the amount of $6,700,000.00
Warrant # 26 Expenses in the amount of $2,852.00
Agenda Item #6-Refunds/Transfers to Other Systems
Vote to consider the Fifty (50) requests for refunds and transfers to other systems as presented to the Board. The names have been submitted to their particular Department, the Law Department and the Massachusetts Department of Revenue.
Agenda Item #7-New Members
Vote to consider the twenty-six (26) New Members for membership due to their employment within the member units of the Springfield Retirement System as presented to the Board.
Agenda Item #8-Director’s Report
• 2023 Annual statement
Agenda Item #9-Attorney’s Report
Agenda Item #10-Old Business
Agenda Item #11-New Business
Reports and Notices
PERAC Memos
o #10-2024 Tobacco Company List
o #11-Mandatory Retirement Board Member Training – 2nd Quarter 2024
Post Retirement Earnings Information
PRIT Fund Update-February
Budget Balances as of March
Monthly Transfers as of March
Recent Retiree Deaths
List of Injury Reports
Monthly Cash Flow
Next Monthly Board Meeting: May 8, 2024 @ 5:00 P.M.
The Board reserves the right to consider items on the agenda out of order. In addition, the Board may enter into Executive Session during the meeting if requested by the individual or as deemed necessary by the Board or its Legal Counsel. Items listed for discussion in Executive Session may be conducted in open session in addition to or in lieu of discussion in Executive Session.