Town Pension and OPEB Trusts Oversight Committee
Regular MeetingLos Gatos, CA · November 16, 2021
Minutes
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PENSION AND OPEB TRUST MEETING DATE: 03/01/2022
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ITEM NO: 1
REPORT
Minutes of the Pension and OPEB Trust Oversight Committee Meeting
November 16, 2021
The Pension and OPEB Trust Oversight Committee of the Town of Los Gatos conducted a
regular meeting utilizing teleconference and electronic means consistent with Government
Code Section 54953, as Amended by Assembly Bill 361, in response to the state of emergency
relating to COVID-19 and enabling teleconferencing accommodations by suspending or waiving
specified provisions in the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code § 54950 et seq.) and Town of
Los Gatos Resolution 2021-044 on Tuesday, November 16, 201, at 6:30 p.m.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:30 P.M.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Marico Sayoc, Vice Mayor Rob Rennie, Council Member Mary Badame, Council
Member Matthew Hudes, Council Member Maria Ristow (all participating remotely).
Absent: None
CONSENT ITEMS (TO BE ACTED UPON BY A SINGLE MOTION)
1. Approve Draft Minutes of the Pension and OPEB Trusts Oversight Committee Meeting of
August 3, 2021.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Ristow to approve the Consent Item. Seconded by
Council Member Badame.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS
No one spoke.
OTHER BUSINESS
2. Receive OPEB Trust Account Update Summary Quarterly Report for the Period Ending June
30, 2021 (Attachment 1) and September 30, 2021 (Attachment 2).
Arn Andrews, Assistant Town Manager, presented the staff report.
Opened Public Comment.
No one spoke.
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SUBJECT: Minutes of the Pension and OPEB Trust Oversight Committee Meeting of
November 16, 2021
DATE: November 17, 2021
Other Business Item #2 – continued
Closed Public Comment.
Council discussed the matter.
MOTION: Motion by Council Member Badame to receive OPEB Trust Account Update
Summary Quarterly Report for the period ending June 30, 2021 (Attachment 1) and
September 30, 2021 (Attachment 2). Seconded by Council Member Hudes.
VOTE: Motion passed unanimously.
3. Receive the Town of Los Gatos IRS Section 115 Pension Trust Statement.
Arn Andrews, Assistant Town Manager, presented the staff report.
Opened Public Comment.
No one spoke.
Closed Public Comment.
Council received the report.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 6:38 p.m.
Attest:
_____________________________________
/s/ Shelley Neis, Town Clerk
Agenda
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
TOWN PENSION AND OPEB TRUSTS OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE AGENDA
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
110 EAST MAIN STREET
TELECONFERENCE
LOS GATOS, CA
Marico Sayoc, Mayor
Rob Rennie, Vice Mayor
Mary Badame, Council Member
Matthew Hudes, Council Member PARTICIPATION IN THE PUBLIC PROCESS
Maria Ristow, Council Member
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
TOWN PENSION AND OPEB TRUSTS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AGENDA
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
6:30 PM
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE NOVEMBER 16, 2021 OPEB MEETING
This meeting is being conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with
Government Code Section 54953, as Amended by Assembly Bill 361, in response to the state of
emergency relating to COVID-19 and enabling teleconferencing accommodations by suspending
or waiving specified provisions in the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code § 54950 et seq.).
Consistent with AB 361 and Town of Los Gatos Resolution 2021-044, this meeting will not be
physically open to the public and the Council will be teleconferencing from remote locations.
Members of the public can only participate in the meeting by joining the Zoom webinar (log in
information provided below).
PARTICIPATION
Public comments can be made live during the Town Council meeting via Zoom. If you are not
interested in providing oral comments in real-time during the meeting, you can view the live
stream of the meeting on television (Comcast Channel 15) and/or online at
www.LosGatosCA.gov/TownYouTube.
To provide oral comments in real-time during the meeting:
Zoom webinar: Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: click this link
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Password: 164629. You can also type in 863 9063 0422 in the “Join a Meeting” page on
the Zoom website at https://zoom.us/join.
When the Chair announces the item for which you wish to speak, click the “raise
hand” feature in Zoom. If you are participating by phone on the Zoom app, press *9
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press #2 on your telephone keypad to raise your hand.
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TOWN OF LOS GATOS
TOWN PENSION AND OPEB TRUSTS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AGENDA
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
6:30 PM
If you are interested in providing oral comments in real-time during the meeting, you must join
the Zoom webinar:
Zoom webinar: Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: click this link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86390630422?pwd=Z3lXeC9wZXlaZXM2TXlmbDg2S0ttZz09.
Password: 164629. You can also type in 863 9063 0422 in the “Join a Meeting” page on
the Zoom website at https://zoom.us/join.
When the Chair announces the item for which you wish to speak, click the “raise
hand” feature in Zoom. If you are participating by phone on the Zoom app, press *9
on your telephone keypad to raise your hand. If you are participating by calling in,
press #2 on your telephone keypad to raise your hand.
Join by telephone: Dial: 877-336-1839. Conference code: 969184
MEETING CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
CONSENT ITEMS (Items appearing on the Consent Items are considered routine Town business
and may be approved by one motion. Any member of the Council may request to have an item
removed from the Consent Items for comment and action. Members of the public may provide
input on any or multiple Consent Item(s) when the Mayor asks for public comments on the
Consent Items. If you wish to comment, please follow the Participation Instructions contained on
Page 2 of this agenda. If an item is removed, the Mayor has the sole discretion to determine when
the item will be heard.)
1. Approve Draft Minutes of the Pension and OPEB Trusts Oversight Committee Meeting of
August 3, 2021.
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. Receive OPEB Trust Account Update Summary Quarterly Report for the Period Ending
June 30, 2021 (Attachment 1) and September 30, 2021 (Attachment 2).
3. Receive the Town of Los Gatos IRS Section 115 Pension Trust Statement.
ADJOURNMENT
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Writings related to an item on the Town Council meeting agenda distributed to members of the Council within 72
hours of the meeting are available for review on the official Town of Los Gatos website. Copies of desk items
distributed to members of the Council at the meeting are available for review in the Town Council Chambers.
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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