AGENDA FOR THE SPRINGFIELD RETIREMENT BOARD MEETING
TO BE HELD ON, AUGUST 3, 2015 AT 5:00 P.M.

Agenda Item #1-Minutes
Vote to consider approving the minutes of the meetings held on, July 1, 2015

Agenda Item #2-Superannuations
Vote to consider the acceptance of the following Superannuations:
1.Donna Asher, Community Development with 29 years and 4 months as of, 9/5/15
2.David Bello, Fire Department with 32 years and 4 months as of, 7/27/15
3.Daniel Downie, Water & Sewer Commission with 38 years and 1 month as of, 10/17/15
4.Gordon Fettes, Fire Department with 32 years as of, 7/24/15
5.Iris Garcia, Paraprofessional with 13 years and 1 month as of 8/1/15
6.Maurice Kearney, Police Lieutenant with 36 years and 5 months as of, 8/9/15
7.Leo Maheux, Water & Sewer Commission with 39 years and 10 months as of, 8/8/15
8.Edwin Perez, Springfield Housing Authority with 10 years and 6 months as of, 7/31/15
9.Christine Porcello, Buildings Dept. with 41 years as of, 8/15/15
10.Michael Rae, Facilities Mgmt. with 25 years and 5 months as of, 9/1/15

F.Y.I: Final disability approval for Rosemary Cotton-Coleman, Paraprofessional on, 7/15/15

Agenda Item #3-Warrants
Vote to consider the approval of the following warrants:
•Warrant #29-Refunds in the amount of $8,140.38
•Warrant #30-Expenses in the amount of $541.74
•Warrant #31-Refunds in the amount of $228,166.58
•Warrant #32-Expenses in the amount of $ 93,371.31
•Warrant #33-August Retiree Payments in the amount of $ 5,823,117.96

Agenda Item #4-Refunds
Vote to consider the 23 requests for refunds. The names have been submitted to their particular Department,
the Law Department and the Massachusetts Department of Revenue.

Agenda Item #5-Redeposit of Refunds and Makeup of Contributions
Vote to consider that Sonia Ruiz re-deposit a refund from MTRS and Robert Anderson redeposit
a refund from Chicopee and Gavin Clark redeposit a refund from MTRS & Chicopee.

Vote to consider the makeup of contributions for Springfield Summer Lifeguard position for Joseph Federico, New Aquatics Director

Agenda Item #6-Accidental Disability-Michael P. Thibeault-Water/Sewer Commission
Vote to consider the accidental disability application submitted by Michael P. Thibeault who is
represented by Attorney Michael J. Chernick.

Agenda Item #7-Involuntary Accidental or Ordinary Disability-Firefighter, Enrique Rosario
Vote to consider the involuntary application submitted by Fire Commissioner, Joseph A. Conant

Agenda Item #8-Survivor Benefits-Mrs. Nancy Wolos
Vote to consider the request for survivor benefits (section 9) to the surviving spouse of Thomas Wolos, retired Firefighter.

Agenda Item #9-Survivor Benefits-Mrs. Mary Gustafson
Vote to consider the request for survivor benefits (section 9 or section 101) to the surviving spouse of Bernard Gustafson, retired Firefighter.

Agenda Item #10-Chapter 32 section 20 (4) (g)
Vote to consider the request from the Springfield City Treasurer, Stephen Lonergan
(g) A city or town treasurer, may be compensated for services rendered as custodian of the funds of the retirement system; provided, that the compensation for such services shall be not more than fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and shall be payable from the expense fund of the system.

Agenda Item #11-Director’s Report
Requesting EXECUTIVE SESSION
Chapter 32, s.14 (2) Workers’ Compensation Benefits Offset. — (a) All sums of money payable under the provisions of sections thirty-one, thirty-four, thirty-four A, thirty-four B, thirty-five and thirty-five A of chapter one hundred and fifty-two directly to a retired member or to the legal representative or dependents of a deceased member on account of his death, including so much of the amount of any lump sum settlement payable under the provisions of such sections directly to any such person as is allocable to the period following the retirement or death of such member, but excluding any payments for or amounts allocable to any period prior to the date his retirement allowance became effective, shall be offset against and payable in lieu of any pension payable on his account under the provisions of section six, seven or nine by reason of the same injury, but not against his accumulated total deductions or any annuity derived therefrom. Whenever the amount of any such lump settlement is payable directly to a beneficiary, the period over which it is allocable for purposes of this section shall be determined by the actuary in a manner which is consistent with that set forth in paragraph (1)(c) of this section. If any such pension exceeds the compensation payable on account of such member under such provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-two when both are reduced to the same periodical basis, the excess only shall be paid as a pension so long as such compensation continues. If any such pension is less than or equal to such compensation, no pension shall be paid so long as such compensation continues to be equal to or greater than such pension.

Agenda Item #12-Attorney’s Report

Agenda Item #13- Old Business

Agenda Item #14- New Business

F. Y. I.
•Treasurer’s reconciliations for June 2015
•Trial Balance, General Ledger, Receipts, Disbursement and Adjusting entries for June 2015
•PRIT fund report for June 2015
•List of recent deaths
•P.E.R.A.C. memo #14 Mandatory Board Member Training-3rd Quarter 2015
•P.E.R.A.C. memo #15 Retroactive Changes to Cash Book Entries
•Budget balances
•Monthly transfers
•P.E.R.A.C. memo #16 COLA for dependent children
•P.E.R.A.C. memo #17 Updated Reinstatement to Service application