STATE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT COMMISSION
OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER
55 ELM STREET
HARTFORD, CT 06106
9:00 A.M.

MEETING AGENDA

  May 16, 2019

Call to Order

Chairman's Report

Division Director's Administrative and Subcommittee Reports

New Matters

1. Request Commission Approval of April 18, 2019 Minutes. (Attached)

2. Request Commission Approval of the State Employees Retirement Commission Chairman’s Per Diem Expenses. (Attached)

3. Request Commission Approval of the State Employees Retirement Commission Union Trustee Claude Poulin Per Diem and Travel Expenses Reimbursement. (Attached)

4. Request Commission Acceptance of the May 2019 Billing from Robinson & Cole for CMERS. (Executive Session Envelope)

5. Request Commission Acceptance of the May 2019 Billing from Robinson & Cole for CMERS. (Executive Session Envelope)

6. Request Commission Acceptance of Invoices from Rose Kallor rendered for the month of April. (Executive Session Envelope)

7. Request Commission Approval of the Connecticut State Employees Retirement System Service Retirements for the Month of April 2019. (Attached)

8. Request Commission Approval of the Connecticut State Employees System Voluntary Pending Retirements for the Month of April 2019. (Attached)

9. Request Commission Approval of the Connecticut State Employees System Disability Retirements for the Month of April 2019.  (Attached)

10.  Request Commission Approval of the Connecticut State Employees System Retroactive Retirements for the Month of April 2019.  (Attached)

11.  Request Commission Approval of the Connecticut State Employees System Pre-retirement Death Benefits for the Month of March 2019 (Attached) 

12.  Request Commission Approval of the Connecticut State Employees Retirement System Municipal Employees Retirements for the Month of April 2019. (Attached) 

13.  Request Commission Approval of the Municipal Retirement System Disability Retirements Approved by the Medical Examining Board. (Attached). 

14.  Request Commission Approval of the Municipal Retirement System Disability Retirements Tabled and Denied by the Medical Examining Board (Attached) 

15.  Request Commission Approval of the Retirement Services Division Request to Discontinue the Disability Applications Due to the One Year Deadline Associated with the Right to Ask for a Reconsideration of the Medical Examining Board Denial (Attached) 

16.  Request Commission Approval of the Connecticut Probate, Judges and Employees Retirement System. (Attached) 

17.  Request Commission Approval of the Probate Judges and Employees Retirement Fund Personnel Expenses for the Pay Period March 15, 2018 through April 11, 2019.  (Attached) 

18.  Claim Received from Robert Martineau that the Commission Review and Reconsider its April 19, 2018 Denial of his Untimely Request to Purchase his Period of Prior Military Service from June 18, 1974 to June 17, 1977 beyond One Year from his Date of Hire. (Appearance is scheduled at 9:30 a.m.)  

Executive Session - discussion and possible action

1. Sen. Frantz/waiver of participation - written legal opinion.
2. Overpayment of interest on contributions to CMERS - written legal opinion.
3. David Gulick, Tier IIA member request to purchase retirement credit for his prior non-CMERS service under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 5-192b(c) - written legal opinion.
4. Prior Military Service Credit - written legal opinion.
5. Ralph Tedesco appeal - written legal opinion.
6. Brian Comerford petition for declaratory ruling - written legal opinion.
7.  Marianna Grzeszczyk petition for declaratory ruling - written legal opinion.
8. David Carter/Richard Kay - pending litigation.
9. Catherine Crandle - pending litigation.
10. Town of Thompson - pending litigation.
11. Ronald Johnson - pending litigation.
12. James Rizzio - pending litigation.

Adjournment