Town Pension and OPEB Trusts Oversight Committee
Regular MeetingLos Gatos, CA · April 21, 2020
Minutes
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PENSION AND OPEB TRUST MEETING DATE: 08/04/2020
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
REPORT
Minutes of the Pension and OPEB Trust Oversight Committee Meeting
April 21, 2020
The Pension and OPEB Trust Oversight Committee of the Town of Los Gatos conducted a
regular meeting via Teleconference, due to COVID-19 Shelter in Place guidelines on Tuesday,
April 21, 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
March 3, 2019.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Sayoc to approve the Consent Item. Seconded by Vice
Mayor Spector.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS
No one spoke.
OTHER BUSINESS
2. Provide Modified Direction to Staff Not to Make a Payment to CalPERS Prior to May 1, 2020
Given the CalPERS Methodology Explained in this Report and Instead, Direct Staff to Make a
Payment After July 1, 2020 to Receive a Unique Market Exposure for the Additional
Amortization Base Payment.
Arn Andrews, Assistant Town Manager, presented the staff report.
The Mayor acknowledged written communication from Mr. Jak Van Nada and asked Mr.
Andrews to comment. Mr. Andrews described the correlation between additional discretionary
payments (ADPs), Actuarial Assets, Actuarial Liabilities, and Unfunded Actuarial Liability.
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SUBJECT: Minutes of the April 21, 2020 Pension and OPEB Trust Oversight Committee
Meeting
DATE: July 23, 2020
Councilmembers asked questions regarding public communications, actuarial savings
associated with ADPs, asset allocation market risk, CalPERS allocation methodology, difference
of unique market exposures between years, and diversification of market exposures.
Opened Public Comment.
No one spoke.
Closed Public Comment.
MOTION: Motion by Mayor Jensen to adopt the recommendation of staff to delay the
payment of the 2015 amortization base until after July 1, 2020 and asked the
Finance Committee to make a recommendation on a methodology going forward,
including a recommendation of the appropriate vehicle for assets prior to transfer to
CalPERS. Seconded by Council Member Rennie.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 6:57 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted:
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Jenna De Long, Deputy Clerk
Agenda
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
TOWN PENSION AND OPEB TRUSTS OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE AGENDA
APRIL 21, 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
APRIL 21, 2020
6:00 PM
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING APRIL 21, 2020 TOWN PENSION AND OPEB TRUSTS
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING
This meeting is being conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with
State of California Executive Order N-29- 20 dated March 17, 2020, regarding the COVID- 19
pandemic. The live stream of the meeting may be viewed on television and/or online at
https://meetings.municode.com/PublishPage/index?cid=LOSGATOS&ppid=4bc370fb-3064-
458e-a11a-78e0c0e5d161&p=0. In accordance with Executive Order N-29- 20, the public may
only view the meeting on television and/or online and not in the Council Chamber.
Submission of Public Comments in addition to the Town’s typical practice described on prior
page: For those wishing to make public comments at the Council meeting, please submit your
comments by email to be read aloud at the meeting using a time limit set by the Mayor
consistent with Council Policy. Email comments must be submitted to the Town Clerk at
PublicComment@losgatosca.gov for all agenda items by 5:45 p.m. the day of the meeting.
This includes requests to pull an item from the Consent Calendar or to make a comment under
Verbal Communications. All email comments shall be subject to the same rules as would
otherwise govern speaker comments at the Council meeting. Electronic comments may only be
submitted via email and comments via text and social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) are not
accepted.
Consideration of Public Comments: All email comments submitted after 11 a.m. and before
5:45 p.m. on the day of the meeting shall be provided to the Council for its consideration,
included in the record of the Council meeting, read at the meeting, and placed on the screen
for viewing during the broadcast. The reading of each comment shall not exceed three (3)
minutes, or such other time as the Mayor may decide, consistent with the time limit for
speakers at a Council meeting.
REMOTE LOCATION PARTICIPANTS
VICE MAYOR BARBARA SPECTOR, COUNCIL MEMBER ROB RENNIE, COUNCIL MEMBER MARICO
SAYOC. All votes during the teleconferencing session will be conducted by roll call vote.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
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CONSENT ITEMS (Items appearing on the Consent Items are considered routine and may be
approved by one motion. Any member of the Committee or public may request to have an item
removed from the Consent Items for comment and action. A member of the public may request
to pull an item from Consent by sending an email with the reason(s) for the request to
PublicComment@losgatosca.gov by 5:45 p.m. on the day of the meeting. If an item is pulled,
the Chair has the sole discretion to determine when the item will be heard. Unless there are
separate discussions and/or actions requested by the Committee, staff, or a member of the
public, it is requested that items under the Consent Items be acted on simultaneously.)
1. Approve the Minutes of the March 3, 2020 Pension and OPEB Trust Oversight Committee
Meeting.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS (Members of the public are welcome to address the Town Council
on any matter that is not listed on the agenda consistent with the ”submission of public
comments” guidance contained on page 2 of this 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 comment. In the event additional comments
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. Provide Modified Direction to Staff Not to Make a Payment to CalPERS Prior to May 1, 2020
Given the CalPERS Methodology Explained in this Report and Instead, Direct Staff to Make a
Payment After July 1, 2020 to Receive a Unique Market Exposure for the Additional
Amortization Base Payment.
ADJOURNMENT
Writings related to an item on the meeting agenda distributed to members of the Committee within 72 hours of the
meeting are available for public inspection on the official Town of Los Gatos website.
Note: The Town of Los Gatos has adopted the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure §1094.6; litigation challenging a
decision of the Town Council must be brought within 90 days after the decision is announced unless a shorter time is
required by State or Federal law.
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