Firefighters Pension Board Fund
Regular MeetingGeneva, IL · April 10, 2014
Minutes
Geneva Firefighters Pension Fund
Meeting Minutes – April 10, 2014
Present: Jerry Koster, Pat McQueeny, Tom Dahl, Steve Olson, Frank Johnson
Also Present: Craig Larsen, AHC Advisors
The meeting was called to order by President Koster at 9:00 am in the fire department
conference room.
1. Review minutes from previous meetings held January 23, 2014.
President Koster asked the Trustee’s to consider the meeting minutes for January 23, 2014.
They were previously distributed in electronic form to all board members.
Tom Dahl Moved to accept the minutes as presented
2nd by Pat McQueeny
Ayes 5 Nays 0
2. Canvass Ballots from April 8th Trustee election.
President Koster opened the ballot box and counted the ballots in the presence of the Board
members. The tally was:
Steve Olson 8
Fred Kriwanek 1
Steve Olson has been re-elected to a three-year term from May 1, 2014 through April 30, 2017.
3. Elect positions of Board President and Board Secretary.
President Koster opened the floor for nominations for the positions of Board president and Board
Secretary.
Frank Johnson nominated Jerry Koster for president and Steve Olson as secretary for the period
from May 1, 2014 through April 30, 2015.
2nd by Tom Dahl
Ayes 5 Nays 0
4. Consider extension of contract for accounting services with the firm of Lauterbach
& Amen.
President Koster reviewed a letter received from the firm of Lauterbach & Amen dated March 10,
2014 outlining the scope of services the firm will provide for the years ending April 30, 2015,
2016, and 2017 with a matrix of charges for each of those years.
Frank Johnson moved to accept the proposal from Lauterbach & Amen as outlined in the March
10, 2014 letter.
2nd by Pat McQueeny
Ayes 5 Nays 0
5. Review performance of pension fund and investment and recent transactions.
President Koster turned the floor over to Craig Larsen for an update on the Fund assets and
recent performance.
A. Craig the reviewed the recent performance of the Fund with the understanding that
restructuring of the investments is newly in place. The Market value of the Fund at this
time is $12,373,348 which is an increase of $156,192 since the last quarter.
6. Consider bills for payment.
Bills for payment total $6,331.67. (list attached)
Tom Dahl moved to approve the bills as presented.
2nd by Pat McQueeny
Ayes 5 Nays 0
5. Entertain comments from trustees.
Frank Johnson announced that he would not run for re-election to the Board at the end of his
term
6. Entertain comments from public attendees (five minutes limit per attendee).
None
President Koster noted the next scheduled meeting of the Board will be July 10, 2014 at 9:00
am.
Pat McQueeny moved to adjourn the meeting at 10:00 am
2nd by Tom Dahl
Ayes 4 Nays 0 Absent 1
Respectfully submitted
Steve Olson
Agenda
Geneva Firefighters Pension Fund
200 East Side Drive
Geneva, Illinois 60134
Ph.(630)232-2530 Fax.(630)208-9353
April 7, 2014
To: All Geneva Firefighters Pension Board Members and Pension Fund Members
From: President Koster
Re: Pension Board Meeting
Please be advised that a meeting of the Geneva Firefighter's Pension Board has been
scheduled for Thursday, April 10th, 2014 at 11:00 AM in the Geneva Fire Department
Conference Room at 200 East Side Drive, Geneva, Illinois. Agenda items include;
1. Review minutes from previous meeting.
2. Canvass Ballots from April 8th Trustee election.
3. Elect positions of Board President and Board Secretary.
4. Consider extension of contract for accounting services with the firm of Lauterbach &
Amen.
5. Review performance of pension fund and investment and recent transactions.
6. Consider bills for payment.
7. Entertain comments from trustees.
8. Entertain comments from public attendees (five minutes limit per attendee).
cc: Steve Olson
Frank Johnson
Tom Dahl
Patrick McQueeny
post Station 1
post Station 2
post City Hall
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