Personnel & Pension Board
Regular MeetingNorwich, CT · November 21, 2017
Minutes
Personnel & Pension Board Meeting Page 1 of 4
November 21,2017 Regular Meeting
Room 213, 2"^ floor,6:00 PM,City Hall Building
Norwich, Connecticut 06360
L 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 (voting member)
3. Peter Barber (voting member)
4. Shiela Hayes (voting member)
5. John John (voting member - left after Item IV.A)
6. Andre Rosedale (alternate)
7. Richard Morelli (alternate - seated as a voting member at Item IV.B)
B. Members Absent
None
C. Others Present
1. Brigid Marks,Human Resources Director
2. Mike Gualtieri, City Treasurer
3. Sandra Pimentel,P&P Board Secretary
4. Marc Shegoski, UBS
5. David Sears, UBS
6. Ashley Martella, UBS
7. Bayley Davis, ClearBridge Investments
II. Minutes
A. Minutes of the October 17, 2017 Combined Regular/Investment Personnel & Pension
Board Meeting.
Motion to approve the October 17, 2017 Personnel & Pension Board meeting
minutes made by John John, seconded by Peter Barber, all in favor.
III. Old Business
A. Review of procedure for unclaimed pension refunds. Corporation Counsel Mike
Driscoll to advise on disposition of funds. Table to the November 2017 meeting.
Mike Driscoll is still reviewing. Motion to table procedure for unclaimed funds to
the next meeting made by Peter Barber, seconded by Shiela Hayes,all in favor.
IV. New Business
A. Portfolio review, transition status and manager presentation with UBS.
Marc Shegoski introduced Bayley Davis, Senior Portfolio Specialist from
ClearBridge Investments, an active manager in the pension and OPEB fund
portfolios.
Bayley Davis presented an overview of ClearBridge and the Large Cap Growth
investment portfolio. This portfolio focuses on US domestic large-company stocks
Agenda
Personnel & Pension Board Agenda Page 1 of 2
November 21, 2017 Regular Meeting
Room 213, 2nd floor, 6:00 PM, City Hall Building
Norwich, Connecticut 06360
I. Roll Call
II. Minutes
A. Minutes of the October 17, 2017 Combined Regular/Investment Personnel & Pension
Board Meeting.
III. Old Business
A. Review of procedure for unclaimed pension refunds. Corporation Counsel Mike
Driscoll to advise on disposition of funds. Table to the November 2017 meeting.
IV. New Business
A. Portfolio review, transition status and manager presentation with UBS.
B. Applications for retirement:
1. Lisa Foster, Paraeducator-BOE, for a deferred retirement effective October 8, 2016
(payable March 29, 2027).
2. Joseph Pellegrini, Water Field Service-NPU, for a normal retirement effective
November 16, 2017.
3. Lauren Casady, Deputy Fire Chief, for a normal retirement effective December 8,
2017.
C. Pension calculations:
1. Lisa Foster, retired October 8, 2016. Her pension is calculated for $3,028.78 annually
payable March 29, 2027. Her application for a deferred retirement is on this agenda
for approval.
2. Deborah Fertman, retired October 11, 2017. Her pension is calculated for $13,679.62.
Her application for retirement was approved at the October 2017 meeting.
3. Deborah Ouellette, retired October 21, 2017. Her pension is calculated for $86,553.72
annually. Her application for retirement was approved at the April 2017 meeting.
4. Darren Powers, retired November 5, 2017. His pension is calculated for $62,432.96
annually. His application for retirement was approved at the October 2017 meeting.
5. Joseph Pellegrini, retired November 16, 2017. His pension is calculated for
$72,016.27 annually. His application for retirement is on this agenda for approval.
D. Application for refund/rollover of pension contributions:
1. Philvie LaGuerre, LPN-BOE, who terminated June 13, 2016. Refund of $1,065.42
with interest (thru 07/31/2017).
2. Stephanie Swindell, Paraeducator-BOE, who terminated February 9, 2016. Refund
of $1,761.89 with interest (thru 07/31/2017).
3. Susan Topping, Coordinated School Health Director, who terminated June 30, 2015.
Refund of $3,265.51 with interest (thru 07/31/2017)
E. Notification of death:
1. Lucy Cilley, DOD October 18, 2017, who retired from the BOE on November 2, 1996
and surviving spouse of Monroe Cilley who retired from NPU on July 6, 1996. No
further benefit due.
Personnel & Pension Board Agenda Page 2 of 2
November 21, 2017 Regular Meeting
Room 213, 2nd floor, 6:00 PM, City Hall Building
Norwich, Connecticut 06360
2. Antoinette Gwiazdowski, DOD October 29, 2017, who retired from Public Works on
January 3, 1986. No further benefit due.
F. Notification of 2018 P&P Board meeting schedule.
G. Employee(s) to be admitted into the City of Norwich Employees’ Retirement Fund:
ACADAMY REQUEST
DATE OF GRADUATION LAST DAY ON /EVAL
NAME POSITION HIRE DATE PROBATION RECEIVED
Auguste Lead Program
4/13/2017 n/a 10/12/2017 10/13/2017
Desrouilleres Community Liaison
Kyle Shanaberger Custodian-BOE 4/17/2017 n/a 10/17/2017 10/2/2017
Zoning Enforcement
Richard Shuck 5/1/2017 n/a 10/31/2017 11/02/2017
Officer
Administrative
Sandra Van Lew 8/16/2017 n/a 11/13/2017 11/15/2017
Assistant
H. New Employees:
NAME POSITION DATE OF HIRE CITY/STATE
Apprentice Maintenance
Dylan LaBrec 10/23/2017 Mansfield, CT
Mechanic-Electric-NPU
Employment Case
Marie Vargo Worker-Human 10/31/2017 Norwich, CT
Services
V. Correspondence
VI. Adjournment
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