Town Pension and OPEB Trusts Oversight Committee
Regular MeetingLos Gatos, CA · March 3, 2020
Minutes
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PENSION AND OPEB TRUST MEETING DATE: 04/21/2020
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ITEM NO: 1
REPORT
Minutes of the Pension and OPEB Trust Oversight Committee Meeting
March 3, 2020
The Pension and OPEB Trust Oversight Committee of the Town of Los Gatos conducted a
regular Meeting on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at 6:00 p.m.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:04 P.M.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Marcia Jensen, Vice Mayor Barbara Spector, Council Member Rob Rennie,
Council Member Marico Sayoc.
Absent: None
CONSENT ITEMS (TO BE ACTED UPON BY A SINGLE MOTION)
1. Approve the Town Pension and OPEB Trusts Oversight Committee Meeting Minutes of
December 3, 2019.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Sayoc to approve the Consent Item.
Seconded by Council Member Rennie.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS
No one spoke.
OTHER BUSINESS
2. Adopt the Recommendation of the Council Finance Committee to Invest Additional
Discretionary Payment Assets in the California Employers’ Pension Prefunding Trust (CEPPT)
Strategy 2 and Provide Direction on an Asset Transfer Methodology.
Arn Andrews, Assistant Town Manager, presented the staff report and suggested an additional
recommendation.
Opened Public Comment.
Terry Duryea
- Commented on the two recommendations made by the Council Finance Committee and
suggested adding the following provision: “The intended use of the CEPPT Strategy 2 is a
temporary stop before transferring funds to CalPERS or another preferred fund, and no
funds should be held in the CEPPT for more than one year.”
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SUBJECT: Minutes of the March 3, 2020 Pension and OPEB Trust Oversight Committee
Meeting
DATE: April 13, 2020
Other Business Item #2 – continued
Closed Public Comment.
Council discussed the matter.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Sayoc to adopt the recommendation of the Council
Finance Committee to invest additional discretionary payment (ADP) assets in the
California Employers’ Pension Prefunding Trust (CEPPT) Strategy 2, implement the
strategy outlined on page 4 of the staff report to move $3.6M in April and the
remaining in July, and move future assets from monthly to quarterly. AMENDED: to
remove the movement of future allocations from the motion. Seconded by Mayor
Marcia Jensen.
VOTE: Motion passed 3/1. Council Member Rennie voting no.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Sayoc that the methodology for future allocations be
referred to the Finance Committee for its recommendation and guidance. Seconded
by Vice Mayor Spector.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 6:39 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted:
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/s/ Shelley Neis, Town Clerk
Agenda
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
TOWN PENSION AND OPEB TRUSTS OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE AGENDA
MARCH 03, 2020
110 EAST MAIN STREET
LOS GATOS, CA
Marcia Jensen, Mayor
Barbara Spector, Vice Mayor
Rob Rennie, Council Member
Marico Sayoc, Council Member PARTICIPATION IN THE PUBLIC PROCESS
Vacant, Council Member
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
TOWN PENSION AND OPEB TRUSTS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AGENDA
MARCH 03, 2020
6:00 PM
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
CONSENT ITEMS (Items appearing on the Consent Items are considered routine and may be
approved by one motion. Any member of the Council or public may request to have an item
removed from the Consent Items for comment and action. If an item is pulled, the Mayor has the
sole discretion to determine when the item will be hear. Unless there are separate discussions
and/or actions requested by Council, staff, or a member of the public, it is requested that items
under the Consent Items be acted on simultaneously.)
1. Approve the Town Pension and OPEB Trusts Oversight Committee Meeting Minutes of
December 3, 2019.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS (Members of the public are welcome to address the Town Council
on any matter that is not listed on the agenda. To ensure all agenda items are heard and unless
additional time is authorized by the Mayor, this portion of the agenda is limited to 30 minutes
and no more than three (3) minutes per speaker. In the event additional speakers were not able
to be heard during the initial Verbal Communications portion of the agenda, an additional Verbal
Communications will be opened prior to adjournment.)
OTHER BUSINESS (Up to three minutes may be allotted to each speaker on any of the following
items.)
2. Adopt the Recommendation of the Council Finance Committee to Invest Additional
Discretionary Payment Assets in the California Employers’ Pension Prefunding Trust
(CEPPT) Strategy 2, and Provide Direction on a Asset Transfer Methodology.
ADJOURNMENT (Council policy is to adjourn no later than midnight unless a majority of Council
votes for an extension of time)
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