December 11, 2024 – 10:00 a.m.
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Agenda
Open Session
Item 1 - Call to Order / Roll Call - No Materials
Item 2 - Public Comment – No Materials
Consent Matters
Item 3 – Minutes of the October 16, 2024 Regular
Meeting
Approve the minutes of the October 16, 2024 Regular
Meeting.
Item 4 – Minutes of the November 19, 2024 Audit
Committee Meeting
Recommendation to approve the minutes of the November 14,
2024 Audit Committee Meeting.
Item 5 – Minutes of the November 20, 2024 Regular
Meeting
Recommendation to approve the minutes of the November 15,
2024 Regular Meeting.
Item 6 - Disability Retirement
Applications
Adopt Staff’s recommendations for the following Disability
Retirement Applications:
Item 6A – BALLANTYNE, George (Collection Equipment Operator, Waste Management and Recycling): Grant a service-connected disability retirement.
Item 6B – CERVANTES, Irma (Custodian Level 2, Airports): Grant a service-connected disability retirement.
Item 6C – FUSILIER, Angela (Human Services Social Worker – Master’s Degree, Child, Family and Adult Services): Grant a service-connected disability retirement.
Item 6D – POWE, Dexter (Deputy Sheriff, Sheriff’s Department): Grant a service-connected disability retirement.
Item 6E – SLONEKER, Brad (Deputy Sheriff, Sheriff’s Department): Grant a service-connected disability retirement.
Item 6F – TELL, Lionel (Senior Highway Maintenance Worker, Airports): Grant a service-connected disability retirement.
Item 6G – VALIENTE, Ambar (Head Start Intervention Specialist, Sacramento Employment Training Agency): Grant a service-connected disability retirement.
Item 6H – WALSH, Malika (Mental Health Counselor, Department of Behavioral Health): Grant a service-connected disability retirement.
Item 7 – Ratification of Service Retirement
Application Approvals—October and November 2024
Ratify the Service Retirement Application Approvals for
October and November 2024.
Item 8 – Board Meeting Calendar
2025
Approve the Retirement Board Meeting Calendar for 2025.
Item 9 – Salary Resolution Amendment
Approve the following positional change for 2025-26: Reallocate
1.0 FTE Information Technology Systems Support Specialist to 1.0
FTE Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure Analyst II.
Item 10 – Monthly Report of Investment
Activity—October and November 2024
Receive and file the Monthly Report of Investment Activity
for October and November 2024.
Item 11 – Portfolio Allocation and Rebalancing
Report—Third Quarter 2024
Recommendation to receive and file the Portfolio Allocation
and Rebalancing Report for quarter ended September 30, 2024
Executive Reports
Item 12 - Chief Executive Officer’s Report – No Materials
Item 13 - Chief Investment Officer’s Report – No Materials
Item 14 - Chief Benefits Officer’s Report – No Materials
Administrative Matters
Item 15 - Actuarial Valuation and Review and
GASB 67 Report as of June 30, 2024
Adopt the 2025-26 fiscal year employer and member
contribution rates recommended by Segal; receive and file the
Actuarial Valuation and Review as of June 30, 2024; and receive
and file the Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement 68
Actuarial Valuation as of June 30, 2024.
Item 16 – Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2024
Receive and file the SCERS Annual Comprehensive Financial
Report (the ACFR) based on the audited financial statements and
auditor reports as of and for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2024, issued by SCERS’ independent auditor, Brown Armstrong
Accountancy Corporation (Brown Armstrong).
Investment Matters
Item 17 - ALM Study
Receive and file presentation regarding Asset Liability
Modeling study.
Item 18 - Total Fund Investment Performance
Report—Third Quarter 2024
Receive and file the performance report for the quarter ended
September 30, 2024, as presented by Verus.
Item 19 - Quarterly Investment Performance
Report—Alternative Assets
Receive and file the performance report for the periods
ending September 30, 2024 for the Absolute Return portfolio, and
the periods ending June 30, 2024 for the Private Equity, Private
Credit, and Real Assets portfolios, as presented by
Cliffwater.
Item 20 - Quarterly Investment Performance
Report—Real Estate
Receive and file the performance report on real estate
investments for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, as
presented by Townsend Group.
Other Matters
Item 21 - Comments from Members of the Board of Retirement - No Materials
Benefit Matters (Time Certain: 1:00 P.M.)
Item 22 - Administrative Appeal
Adopt Staff’s recommendation for the following matter:
Item 22A – Tidwell, Walter (former Criminal Investigator, District Attorney’s Office): Affirm the denial of Appellant’s request regarding community property.
Closed Session
Item 23 - CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—EXISTING
LITIGATION
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), this
session shall be closed for the Board to discuss formally
initiated litigation to which SCERS is a party: SCERS vs. Telus
Health (US) Ltd., United States District Court, Eastern District
of California, Case No. 2:24-cv-01431-JAM-DB
Item 24 - CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL—ANTICIPATED
LITIGATION
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4), this
session shall be closed for the Board to discuss potential
litigation to which SCERS may be a party (1 case)
Item 25 - PERSONNEL MATTERS—EMPLOYEE DISABILITY
RETIREMENT APPLICATIONS
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b), this session
shall be closed for the Board to discuss the employment of public
employees, specifically, the disability retirement applicants
referenced in Item 6 above. This item will be withdrawn in whole
or in part if approved on Consent as recommended by staff
Item 26 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE
EVALUATION—CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Public employee performance evaluation pursuant to Government
Code Section 54957(b)(1).