Firefighter’s Pension Board Agendas &

ELGIN FIRE PENSION July 16, 2025 City of Elgin 150 Dexter Ct. Elgin, IL. 1stFloor Conference Room Roll Call: Present: D. Nawrocki, A. Bialek, T. Quigley, D. Olkowski Absent: M. Przybylski Council: T. Radja Guests: Mike May Minutes: Minutes of the April 16,2025 minutes were reviewed and approved on a motion from D. Olkowski, seconded by D. Nawrocki. Carried. Treasurer Report -IPIF report delayed until August 2025. -Actuarial Funding Evaluation was reviewed, along with the HB5088 Municipal Compliance Report. The recommendation for funding to meet requirements was $9,493,060. A motion was made to accept the report and recommendation by D. Nawrocki, seconded by A. Bialek. Carried. -Liability coverage for Board members was presented to the Board for the 25-26 year at $6,453.00. A motion was made to approved this by D. Nawrocki, seconded by A. Bialek. Carried 4yes -0- no. -2- invoices were received from T. Radja. #1813 3rd Quarter $ 975.00 #1818 Court items concerning Schneider. $ 750.00 A motion was made to accept this by D. Nawrocki, seconded by A. Bialek. Carried. 4yes -0- no. Secretary Report Annual report has been completed and submitted to the State of Illinois. Election results for New Retired member, Tim Ryan were submitted. He ran unopposed and his term will be 4/1/2025 to 3/31/26. Anthony Bialek will now take the Mayoral appointment as of 4/1/2025. An appointment letter was received from the Mayor and filed with the Board. A motion was made to accept the results by A. Bialek, Seconded by D. Olkwoski. Carried. Court proceedings are progressing on Disabled Member Schneider. T. Radja, waiting for response. All members were reminded to complete training. Some examples were discussed that members can do to complete the required time. Membership with the IPPFA and cost was discussed. It was mentioned that the Police Pension Board are members. T. Ryan asked about the -16- requirement. This could be done online or with the IPPFA toward the end of the year. Seminars are also available with the PFFA in Addison or Eastern Illinois University. FF M. Halterman has not responded to receiving his refund. Several calls and e-mails have been sent by the Secretary. No Tier 2 actions with the State. Old Business Schneider, Terry, and Rinenbach physicals pending. New Business The L&A proposal, presented at the April meeting, was discussed. M. May provided answers to a few questions, and the original transfer of records cost was reduced to $5,000. This was agreeable to the Board members, and an agreement will be placed and discussed on the October 2025, with a recommended start date of 1/1/26. Affidavits will continue to be recorded, for 2026, by the Secretary. All members will be informed that after the year 2026, Affidavits will be done by L&A, from then on. A rule concerning repayment to the Pension fund, of members that have been suspended, was discussed. It was decided to leave the option open for any member that wanted to repay the amount missed, including interest, coinciding with the rules in the State Statue. Miscellaneous The Secretary brought up an issue with the passing of retired member R. Konen. He passed away on 3/8/26 and the Board Secretary was not notified until after the April Board meeting. He left a widow, Judith Konen, and she passed away 4/7/26. The son did not know who to contact at the time. Lauterbach and Amen was notified about the situation and was able to send the correct amount concerning their pensions. However, the Widow pension for Judith had not been approved. A motion was made to approve the pension for Judith Pension by A. Bialek, seconded by T. Ryan. Carried. Adjournment A motion was made to adjourn by D. Olkowski, seconded by D. Nawrocki. Carried. 11:40am