Personnel & Pension Board
Regular MeetingNorwich, CT · January 19, 2016
Minutes
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January 19, 2016 Combined Regular/Investment Meeting
Room 213, 2nd floor, 6:00 P.M., City Hall Building
Norwich, Connecticut 06360
I. Roll Call
Meeting called to order by Paul Schroder at 6:00 pm.
A. Members Present
1. Paul Schroder, Chair (voting member)
2. Scott Suplita, Vice Chair (voting member)
3. Peter Barber (voting member)
4. Andre Rosedale (alternate)
5. John John (voting member)
6. Sheila Hayes (voting member)
7. Zato Kadambaya (alternate)
B. Members Absent
1. Anthony Black (alternate)
C. Others Present
1. Michael Gualtieri, Treasurer, City of Norwich
2. Brigid Marks, HR Director, City of Norwich
3. Marc Shegoski, UBS
4. David Sears, UBS
5. Sandra Pimentel, P&P Board Secretary
II. Minutes
A. Minutes of the December 15, 2015 Regular Personnel & Pension Board Meeting.
Motion to approve the December 15, 2015 Regular Personnel & Pension Board
meeting minutes made by John John, seconded by Peter Barber, all in favor.
III. Old Business
A. Discussion of rollover or withdrawal of pension contributions (plus interest) upon
resignation or termination of employment. Kevin Emerson researching state
escheatment laws. Motion to table to the January 2016 meeting made at the December
15,2015 meeting.
Motion to table to the February 2016 meeting made by Paul Schroder, seconded by
John John, all in favor.
B. Discussion of former employee deferred retirement pension. Motion to contact Mike
Driscoll, Corporation Counsel, for an opinion made at the December 15, 2015 meeting.
Brigid Marks presented the opinion from Mike Driscoll; the former employee has
the option to move forward with the refund of contributions per the application on
file or apply for a deferred retirement.
Motion to advise the former employee of his two options based on the legal opinion
made by Peter Barber, seconded by Shiela Hayes, all in favor.
IV. New Business
A. 2015 fourth quarter review of the OPEB Fund and Retirement Fund with Marc Shegoski
and Ashley Martella of UBS.
Marc Shegoski gave a general market outlook. UBS reported the world economy is
down. In the US, the construction is going on in pockets and auto sales increased but
with a record number of leases. They forecast US GDP growth to remain at 2.8%
and inflation to remain below 2%. They are forecasting interest rates to rise four
times. 2016 oil prices to remain low and that is affecting the market. He reported
Agenda
Personnel & Pension Board Agenda Page 1 of 2
January 19, 2016 Combined Regular/Investment Meeting
Room 213, 2nd floor, 6:00 P.M., City Hall Building
Norwich, Connecticut 06360
I. Roll Call
II. Minutes
A. Minutes of the December 15, 2015 Regular Personnel & Pension Board Meeting.
III. Old Business
A. Discussion of rollover or withdrawal of pension contributions (plus interest) upon
resignation or termination of employment. Kevin Emerson researching state
escheatment laws. Motion to table to the January 2016 meeting made at the December
15, 2015 meeting.
B. Discussion of former employee deferred retirement pension. Motion to contact Mike
Driscoll, Corporation Counsel, for an opinion made at the December 15, 2015 meeting.
IV. New Business
A. 2015 fourth quarter review of the OPEB Fund and Retirement Fund with Marc Shegoski
and Ashley Martella of UBS.
B. Applications for retirement:
1. David Mykietyn, Head Custodian-BOE, for a normal retirement effective 12/19/15.
2. Lawrence LePage, Chief Field Service Technician-NPU, for a normal retirement
effective 01/05/2016.
3. Mary Bartlett, Human Services Case Worker, for a normal retirement effective
07/02/2016.
4. Kathryn Eyberse, Coordinator-Youth & Family Services, for a normal retirement
effective 07/02/2016.
5. Matthew Hinchey, Human Services Case Worker, for a normal retirement effective
07/02/2016.
6. Sheila Molocko, Assessment Data Entry Specialist, for a normal retirement effective
08/02/2016.
7. Anne Barriere, Senior Center Office Coordinator, for a normal retirement effective
September 7, 2016.
C. Pension calculations:
1. Joseph Hebert Jr, retired December 19, 2015. His pension is calculated for an annual
amount of $45,918.04. His application for retirement was approved at the
November 17, 2015 meeting.
2. David Mykietyn, retired December 19, 2015. His pension is calculated for an annual
amount of $31,622.35. His application for retirement to be approved at this meeting.
3. Gloria Lewis, retired January 1, 2016. Her pension is calculated in the amount of
$31,355.15. Her application for retirement was approved at the September 15, 2015
meeting.
D. Notification of pension benefit due to a Domestic Relations Order payable to Dawn
Spinney effective January 1, 2016. Her pension is calculated for an annual amount of
$5,742.24. Joseph Hebert’s will be reduced to $40,175.76 annually.
E. Refund of pension contributions withheld in error to Belle Wilson in the amount of
$42.37.
F. Discussion and review of new Non-Service Connected Disability Verification Form.
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January 19, 2016 Combined Regular/Investment Meeting
Room 213, 2nd floor, 6:00 P.M., City Hall Building
Norwich, Connecticut 06360
G. Employee(s) to be admitted into the City of Norwich Employees’ Retirement Fund:
ACADAMY REQUEST
DATE OF GRAD PROBATION /EVAL
NAME POSITION HIRE DATE PERIOD UP: RECEIVED:
Blight Control/
Housing Code
Daniel Coley 7/13/2015 n/a 1/12/2016 12/18/2015
Enforcement
Officer
Administrative
Donald Nickle III 8/19/2015 n/a 11/15/2015 11/16/2015
Assistant-BOE
Cafeteria
Linda Mather 8/21/2015 n/a 11/19/2015 11/18/2015
Manager-BOE
Computer Repair
Jonathan Perry 11/16/2015 n/a n/a 11/16/2015
Technician-BOE
H. New Employee(s):
DATE OF
NAME POSITION HIRE CITY/STATE
Brian Carroll Police Officer 12/29/2015 Deep River, CT
Brandon Wisniewski Police Officer 12/29/2015 Plainfield, CT
V. Correspondence
A. Letter from Marc Benjamin.
VI. Adjournment
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