Minutes - 01/30/2008 - Police Pension Fund BoardVILLAGE OF OAK BROOK
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE POLICE PENSION FUND - Minutes
January 30 2008
UNOFFICIAL UNTIL APPROVED AS WRITTEN
OR AS AMENDED BY BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
POLICE PENSION FUND ON April 30, 2008
1 CALL TO ORDER
The Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Oak Brook Police Pension Fund was called to order
by President Birdsall at 7 05 p m in the Upper Level Conference Room of the Butler Government Center,
1200 Oak Brook Road, Oak Brook, Illinois
2 ROLL CALL
The roll was called with the following persons
PRESENT Vice - President Michael Hall, Secretary Alan Feldman, Trustee Susan Templeton, Trustee
Richard Badowski, President Robert Birdsall
ABSENT None
IN ATTENDANCE Darrell Langlois, Finance Director, Timothy W Sharpe, Actuary, MB Financial Bank
Representatives Richard Block, Douglas G Madigan, Loren Miller
3 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a Approval of Board of Trustees Regular Meeting Minutes of October 24, 2007
Motion by Trustee Templeton, seconded by Trustee Badowski, to approve the Minutes of the October 24,
2007 Regular Board Meeting as presented
VOICE VOTE Motion carried
4 CONSENT AGENDA
All items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine in nature and will be enacted in one motion
Motion by Secretary Feldman, seconded by Trustee Badowski, to approve the Consent Agenda
ROLL CALL
Ayes 5 — Secretary Feldman, Trustee Badowski, Trustee Templeton, President Birdsall, Vice President
Hall
Nays 0 — None
Absent 0 — None Motion carried
a Approval of October 1 -31, 2007 checks in the total amount of $128,039 46
b Approval of November 1 -30, 2007 checks in the total amount of $119,401 04
c Approval of Attorney Richard Reimer's invoices in the total amount of $2,698 80
d Approval of INSPE Associates, Ltd invoices in the total amount of $2,105 00
e Approval of Illinois Public Pension Fund Association (IPPFA) annual
membership dues in the amount of $625 00
f Approval of Pension Clerk Gonnella's invoice in the amount of $102 48 for
the months of September through October, 2007
5 ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA— None presented
6 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
a Discussion of 2008 Actuarial Study
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Mr Sharpe gave what he referred to as a "very textbook" presentation He explained by saying that if
everything goes according to calculations, last year Village contribution requirements should go up at the
same rate as salaries do This did occur in that payroll increased by 1%, Village contribution increased by
1% 7 '/2% was earned and there was one retirement and one disability The staff is down two people, but
two new officers were hired He stated that everything almost went as planned, no surprises, so a good
year Mr Sharpe passed out a hand -out he refers to as the 1 -88 Comparison" and it showed averages of
other Police Pension Funds in this area and Oak Brook compares favorably Mr Sharpe felt that next
year's meeting probably will not follow the "textbook" Secretary Feldman requested some sort of
benchmark standing comparing Oak Brook to other municipalities and Trustee Badowski and President
Birdsall suggested that the Minutes could simply state that Oak Brook's Police Pension Fund is funded at
86% and other municipalities in the area have an average funding of 70% Secretary Feldman requested a
letter from Mr Sharpe to state this
Mr Langlois stated that the Investment data in the actuarial study needs to be finalized after the audit
Motion by Trustee Templeton, seconded by Vice President Hall, to give Mr Sharpe direction to complete
the actuarial study using the same assumptions as last year
ROLL CALL VOTE
Ayes 5 - Trustee Badowski, Trustee Templeton, President Birdsall, Vice President Hail, Trustee Feldman
Nays 0 - None
Absent 0 - None Motion carried
Mr Langlois asked about an Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Service Credit about which a
member has Inquired Mr Sharpe stated that a member would have had to make the application before
the end of 2007 and has until the end of February, 2008 to finish up their payments to transfer IMRF
Service Credits -- employer match and employee's contribution would be added to the Police Pension, and,
for example, twenty years of Police Pension would increase to twenty -eight years of service
7 NEW BUSINESS
a Legislative Update On Public Act 95 -0521
Mr Langlois referred to the Board being contacted by Speaker Madigan's office within the last two years
regarding a certification request for people involved with the Pension Fund funds in relation to participation
in high risk loans He stated that now there is a law requiring Illinois finance entities to provide certification
annually MB Financial provided certification this week stating that they are not an Illinois Finance entity
as defined in the Illinois State Statutes The Fund has one Certificate of Deposit (CD) with a bank which
may fall under this category and that bank is working on obtaining certification MB Financial stated that
this bank is an Illinois Charter Bank, not engaged in any predatory lending practices, rather, they make
small business loans MB Financial provided this bank with a copy of the certification to complete If
certification for the bank is not received in a timely manner, the CD will be sold, it is a four -month PAR
Bond As of now, The Fund is 99 5% compliant with the law
b MB Financial Presentation
Mr Madigan stated that the Fund's portfolio performed well, beginning the year with twenty -six million, with
two million added However, he stated that the fourth quarter did not perform as well as other quarters
The value added from investments for the fourth quarter was $178,021 and year to date $2,038,915 The
money market return for the fourth quarter was 1 03 %, fixed income return was 3 73 %, equity return was -
3 32% with a total account return of 0 60%
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The current portfolio allocation of The Fund for money market was 1%, fixed Income securities were 57%
and the equity securities was 42% The equity sector allocation for large capitalization US stocks was
62 %, small capitalization US stocks was 17 %, International stocks was 17% and REIT Fund was 4%
Since Inception the annual long -term portfolio performance was 7 26 %, stocks 5 90 %, bonds 5 90% and T-
bills 3 77%
Mr Langlois brought up that there was a different kind of calculating from MB Financial figures and the
actuarial study, which possibly explained why the numbers were different, but looking at them over time,
there was not as much difference
Mr Langlois further pointed out that the report passed out at this meeting shows a significantly higher
market value and questioned whether accrued income is part of it MB Financial stated they use two
different systems, but will look into it The report passed out at this meeting is called the Greenhill,
performance based They stated that this report contains the more accurate figures
Approval of Investment Transactions
Motion by Secretary Feldman, seconded by Vice President Hall, to approve the investment transactions
Indicated on Tab 5 of MB Financial's Investment Performance Report from October 1, 2007 to December 31,
2007, as presented
ROLL CALL VOTE
Ayes 5 — Trustee Templeton, President Birdsall, Vice President Hall, Secretary Feldman and Trustee
Badowski
Nays 0 -- None
Absent 0 -- None Motion carried
d Approval of 2008 Police Pension Increases
Motion by Trustee Templeton, seconded by Trustee Badowski, to approve the 2008 Police Pension Increases
ROLL CALL VOTE
Ayes 5 — President Birdsall, Vice President Hall, Secretary Feldman, Trustee Badowski and Trustee
Templeton
Nays 0 -- None
Absent 0 -- None Motion carried
e Discussion and Approval of Lauterbach & Amen, LLP 2008 Contract for Services
Motion Vice President Hall, seconded by Secretary Feldman, to approve the Lauterbach & Amen, LLP 2008
Contract for Services
ROLL CALL VOTE
Ayes 5 — Vice President Hall, Secretary Feldman, Trustee Badowski, Trustee Templeton and President
Birdsall
Nays 0 -- None
Absent 0 -- None Motion carried
Approval of Adrian Caldera's Application for Admission to the Oak Brook Pension Fund
Motion by Trustee Templeton, seconded by Vice President Hall, to approve Adrian Caldera's admission to the
Oak Brook Police Pension Fund
ROLL CALL VOTE
Ayes 5 — Secretary Feldman, Trustee Badowski, Trustee Templeton, President Birdsall, Vice President
Hall
Nays 0 -- None
Absent 0 -- None Motion carried
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g Discussion regarding Request for Proposal (RFP) for Investment Manager
Mr Langlois stated that the RFP process Is almost complete and that Trustee Templeton made some
changes to the original RFP to clear up redundancies He handed out copies of the RFP and the proposed
vendor list President Birdsall stated he had reviewed it and affirmed that he had no changes to make to it
It was stated that a meeting should be held with Mr Langlois, Secretary Feldman and Trustee Templeton
when the proposals are received Discussion ensued regarding potential conflicts of interest with
Investment managers
8 INFORMATION AND UPDATES
A hand -out regarding the upcoming election process was distributed to all members
The Board discussed the next meeting date of April 30, 2008 to be held at 7 00 p m in the Upper Level
Conference Room Pension Clerk Kane will contact all the Board members to confirm the date
9 ADJOURNMENT
Motion by Trustee Badowski, seconded by Vice President Hall, to adjourn the meeting at 9 05 p m
VOICE VOTE Motion carried
ATTEST
/s/ Alan Feldman
Alan Feldman, Secretary
/s/ Rosemary A Kane
Rosemary A Kane, Recording Secretary
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