Personnel & Pension Board
Regular MeetingNorwich, CT · April 16, 2019
Agenda
Personnel & Pension Board Agenda Page 1 of 2
April 16, 2019 Regular/Investment Meeting
Room 213, 2nd floor, 6:00 PM, City Hall Building
Norwich, Connecticut 06360
I. Roll Call
II. Minutes
A. Minutes of the March 27, 2019 Personnel & Pension Board Meeting.
III. Old Business
A. Status of the RFP for Investment Services with Hooker & Holcombe. Review of Hooker &
Holcombe invoice HIA002156 dated April 2, 2019 in the amount of $18,000 for completed
services.
IV. New Business
A. Presentation by Becky Sielman from Milliman regarding actuary transition and
recommended modifications to certain assumptions and methodologies for upcoming
valuations.
B. 2019 first quarter investment review with UBS.
C. Applications for Retirement:
1. George Gadue, Heavy Equipment Operator, for a deferred retirement effective March 27,
2019, payable September 4, 2024.
2. John Bilda, General Manager-NPU, for a retirement effective April 10, 2019.
D. Pension Calculations:
1. Donna DeGroff, retired March 8, 2019. Her annual pension is calculated for $7,531.99.
Her application was approved at the January 2019 meeting.
2. Angelo Yeitz Jr, retired March 13, 2019. His annual pension is calculated for $71,363.58.
His application was approved at the March 2019 meeting.
3. George Gadue, retired March 27, 2019. His annual pension is calculated for $32,483.71
payable September 4, 2024. His application is on the agenda at this meeting.
E. Application for refund/rollover of pension contributions:
1. Julie Torres, Paraeducator-BOE, who withdrew effective March 30, 2019. Refund of
$1,649.55 including interest.
F. Notifications of Death:
1. Nancy Bram-Mereen, DOD March 22, 2019, who retired from Planning on February 8,
2011. Survivor benefit immediately payable to her spouse, John Paul Mereen in the
amount of $25,020.29.
2. Ronald LePage, DOD March 23, 2019, who retired from the Fire Department on July 18,
1985. No further benefit due.
Personnel & Pension Board Agenda Page 2 of 2
April 16, 2019 Regular/Investment Meeting
Room 213, 2nd floor, 6:00 PM, City Hall Building
Norwich, Connecticut 06360
G. Employees 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
Edward Gookin Police Officer 10/4/2017 3/28/2018 3/27/2019 3/11/2019
Ashley Predmore CAR I-NPU 8/20/2018 n/a 3/21/2019 3/25/2019
Apprentice
Nathan Dimock 10/1/2018 n/a 3/31/2019 3/19/2019
Lineworker-NPU
Apprentice
Kramer Sullivan 10/1/2018 n/a 3/31/2019 3/19/2019
Lineworker-NPU
Tara Morell Paraeducator-BOE 10/3/2018 n/a 3/25/2019 4/3/2019
Ryan Danis Custodian-BOE 10/9/2018 n/a 4/9/2019 4/10/2019
Revenue Collections
Alba DeJesus 10/15/2018 n/a 4/14/2019 4/2/2019
Clerk-Bilingual
Program
Robert Dantzier 2/1/2019 n/a 3/1/2019 3/15/2019
Coordinator-BOE
V. Correspondence
Request from Attorney Richard Pascal, representing Donald Cilley Jr, to meet with the Board
at the May 2019 meeting.
VI. Adjournment
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