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03-31-2005 Joint MeetingC: Minutes • City of Clermont, Florida Police OfficerslFirefighters Pension Board of Trustees Joint Meeting March 31, 2005 Meeting started at 9:15 A.M. in the Clermont City Hall Conference Room No. 332 Police Officers trustees present were Keith Mullins, Mike Blackmon, Mike Scheller and Oakley Seaver. Firefighters trustees present were Paul Anderson, Keith Mullins, Tom Jones and Steve D' Amico. Administrative Services Director Joe Van Zile was also present. Minutes of the December 16, 2004 Firefighters Pension Board Meeting were approved. Motion by Keith Mullins and seconded by Steve D'Amico. Approved. Minutes of the December 16, 2004 Police Officers Pension Board Meeting were approved. Motion by Mike Blackmon and seconded by Mike Scheller. Approved. Trustees discussed how pension benefit enhancements should be handled since most pension members are now represented by unions and the benefit enhancements would be considered in the collective bargaining process. Administrative Services Director Van Zile stated he had recently received the proposed collective bargaining agreement for the Police Officers. Mr. Van Zile also stated the proposed agreement just included a section that pension information will be added later. Mr. Van Zile stated that he anticipated receiving the proposed agreements for the other unions in the next couple of weeks. It was the consensus of the trustees that no benefit enhancements should be considered by the boards at the present time due to the commencement of the collective bargaining process. It was suggested that the boards could consider future enhancements after the collective bargaining agreements have been approved and than pass the recommended enhancements on to the unions for consideration in future collective bargaining. Trustees also discussed the flexibility of the local boards in directing the fund's investments. Paul Shamoun, Florida League of Cities was contacted by telephone to discuss this issue with the trustees. Mr. Shamoun indicated the only flexibility the boards has in respect to changing the allocation percentage tied to equities. Currently, the maximum equities percentage is 60°l0, however, this could be raised to 70% if the boards desired. Mr. Shamoun also indicated the annual return rates for the pension funds for last 5 years. Based on the historical return rates, it was the consensus of the trustees to maintain the current allocation percentage. Meeting adjourned at 10:10 A.M. I Chairman, Paul Anders cretary, Tom Jone