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TEQUESTA GENERAL EMPLOYEES' PENSIQN
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TRUST FUND �
SPECIAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
. JULY 7, 2005
I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
T'he Tequesta General Employees' Pension Trust Fund Boazd of Trustees held a regulaz
quarterly meeting in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) of the Tequesta Public
Safety Facility, 357 Tequesta. Drive, Tequesta, Florida, on July 7, 2005. The meeting was
called to order at 8:14 a.m. A roll call was taken by Betty Laur, Recording Secretary.
Boardmembers in attendance at the meeting were: Chair Jeff Newell, Secretary Tom
Paterno, and Boazdmember Bob Garlo. Also in attendance were proposed new
� boazdmember Anne Koch, Consultant Joe Bogdahn, Pension Coordinator Gwen Carlisle,
and Finance Director JoAnn Forsythe. Boazdmember Carl Hansen was absent from the
meeting.
II. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION:
Boardmember Garlo made a motion to approve the agenda as submitted. Paterno.
Boardmember Paterno seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 3-0 vote.
III. APPROVAL OF NEW MEMBER OF THE BOARD
MOTION
Boardmember Garlo made a motion to accept Anne Koch as new employee
representative to fill the vacancy which was created by Carol Lux leaving the
Village. Motion was seconded by Boardmember Paterno and carried by unanimous
3-0 vote.
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
MOTION:
Boardmember Garlo made a motion to approve the minutes of the May 10, 2005
regular quarterly meeting as submitted. Boardmember Paterno seconded the
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motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0 vote.
Boardmember Garlo made a motion to approve the minutes of the May 17, 2005
special meeting as submitted. Boardmember Paterno seconded the motion, which
carried by unanimous 4-0 vote.
REORDER AGENDA
Boardmember Paterno made a motion to reorder the agenda to place New Business Item V(b)
before Item V(a). Boardmember Garlo seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 4-0
vote.
V. NEW BUSINESS
(b) CONSIDERATION OF AVAILABLE OPTIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OF A
CUSTODIAN AND INVESTMENT OF THE PLAN ASSETS �
Boardmember Paterno indicated he wished to have a discussion before hearing the
scheduled presentations. He wanted to find out what Ms. Forsythe had learned in
the last week and wanted to discuss the backup plan the board had had when they
chose Rockwood, that they would go with Dana as second choice if Rockwood would
not get rid of Hal Chappel as their representative for Tequesta. Ms. Forsythe
provided a handout which indicated there was an unearned loss. Ms. Forsythe
advised that she had spoken with Andy Holtgrieve at Rockwood and with Karen
Russo with Salem Trust and learned that the amount of assets was so small that it
must be pooled in order make any profits. Ms. Forsythe commented Mr. Holtgrieve
had stated Rockwood was not the custodian, and Attorney Jensen had stated the
fund was required by State law and by their own plan to have a custodian, so now
the fund was in a non-compliance situation. Chair Newell commented at the last
meeting the board had selected Salem Trust as custodian and authorized opening a
checking account at Independent Community Bank, and asked if that had been
done. Ms. Forsythe responded an attempt had been made, but Karen Russo with
Salem Trust stated they could not be the custodian since they did not hold the pooled
assets. They would have to get their legal counsel to change the custodian agreement
to say this is what you have according to what Rockwood or A. G. Edwards is telling
us. Ms. Forsythe stated the bills could be paid through A. G. Edwards. Joe
Bogdahn commented the assets were in a commingted fund held at a trust company,
so that requirement was met. Salem Trust did not have the custody of the
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underlying securities just a statement from Rockwood that Tequesta had a certain
amount, so could only enter an amount on their form and Salem Trust's accounting
would always be a month behind—it was the same as a mutual fund. �
Boardmember Paterno commented the other companies making presentations would
all handle funds the same wa�►. Mr. Bogdahn commented the funds were held at a
qualified depository or frust company, so that requirement was met; Ms. Forsythe
advised the funds were not in the name of the Village so therefore Rockwood failed
the tests to be qualified under the State of Florida. Mr. Bogdahn advised he had
talked �o Attorney Jensen and she had advised if the Village had an account at
Salem Trust and the commingled funds were at a trust company, the requirements
were met. Ms. Forsythe explained that the audit company asked if the account was
in our name, were they responsible to us, and Rockwood was not. Salem Trust had
� said no way would they be custodian. Mr. Bogdahn commented that Salem Trust
could not verify those shares were ours, but over 100 of the 200 pension funds in the
State used commingled funds and they were all held that way. Ms. Forsythe stated
the funds must be in a qualified trust company or a qualified depository, which
Rockwood was not. Boardmember Paterno discussed the fact that they were doing
it the same way as others, but they were not qualified—Rockwood only had one
company so could not transfer funds into their other investment side. If Rockwood
had a separate trust company as a doorway to hand the investments off, they would
qualify, and could also be the custodian.
Mr. Bogdahn advised he only recommended investments and reviewed the
investments, and was not aware of custody issues with other plans. Boardmember
Garlo asked if the Village could be in a commingled fund and establish a custodial
relationship that would satisfy the government's auditing requirements. Ms.
• Forsythe explained that was what the Village had tried to do. Ms. Forsythe
explained that A. G. Edwards would not even talk to her because this was not the
Village's account—it was in Rockwood's name. Mr. Paterno summarized that A. G.
Edwards had a relationship with Rockwood and by law could not disclose anything
to us, but if Rockwood could establish sub accounts for each entity that had parts of
the commingled fund and A. G. Edwards could tell the Village yes, you have this
amount represented by this stock, that would do it.
Boardmember Paterno advised that of the 12 investors in the Rockwood commingled
fund, only two were in Florida, so they had not been pushed to make any changes.
Mr. Bogdahn clarified that now there were seven in Florida. Mr. Bogdahn
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commented the only hiccup in other accounts had been that State statutes for Police
and Fire funds stated a commingled fund shall be administered by a state or national
bank, so the local law ordinances had been changed to read "a commingled fund as
selected by the board", and quite a few around the state had done that. The issue of
a qualified depository or trust company had never come up ezcept here. Chair
Newell asked what the solution was to fix the problem. 1VIr. Bogdahn responded the
attorney should be reviewing this, and Attorney Jensen felt her hands had been tied
because the board told her not to review it. Mr. Garlo commented that Mr.
Bogdahn did not feel there was a problem; but Ms. Forsythe felt there was a
problem.
Mr. Bogdahn commented that a lot of other auditors and attorneys around the state
had reviewed this and had not felt there was a problem. The issue as he understood
it was that a qualified public depository requirement and the trust department
requirement did not pertain to the custody of the pension fund, but was pertaining �
to operating reserves and other areas, and that was what he had understood from
others, but he was not an attorney. They had other commingled funds with
SunTrust, Westwood Trust, and others that had been in place for some time, and
were all reported the same way—like a mutual fund, and they only showed you own
units, and there was no sub-level accounting.
Boardmember Garlo asked if it would help if Rockwood came here. Ms. Forsythe
commented she could pull out the statutes and her information, and that. Mr.
Bogdahn was indicating the other funds he was talking about fell outside the
requirements for some reason. Mr. Bogdahn commented from what he understood,
the reference to a qualified public depository and trust company was referring to
municipal funds and not pension funds, and pensioa funds were a separate entity
from the municipality. Ms. Forsythe responded she knew the bureau chief at the
state who reviewed everything for the police and fire pension, and she would call to
see whether pension funds were required to be in a qualified public depository.
Boardmember Garlo commented that was only one aspect of the issue. Ms. Forsythe
agreed, stating right now we are still not getting statements that are set up well. Mr.
Bogdahn commented his office also had ongoing issues about that, but his office
absorbed those issues because Rockwood was still the best investment vehicle for the
Village, but their administrative function was not good. Ms. Forsytlie eacplained that
reconciliation could not be done satisfactorily—the Finance Department had to back
into information. Boardmember�Paterno commented he understood the issue about
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the not-so-great administration, but what Ms. Forsythe wanted—none of the people ;
were doing it that way—they would all have commingled funds, they would be the
people reporting, and the fund would be in the same boat. Ms. Forsythe stated, she
did not know that. Mr. Bogdahn commented they were wrapped programs, which
did not have a place in public pension funds. Ms. Forsythe requested these
presenters be asked that question, and anyt�iing else Mr. Bogdahn was aware of.
Mr. Bogdahn stated, he would ask any manager he would bring to the board, will
they accept fiduciary responsibility to the board for this fund and accept full
discretion, so that they were the investment manager, not the board. From a custody
standpoint and getting checks written, etc., those things were usually not in Mr.
Bogdahn's realm because those things were administrative functions.
Boardmember Paterno suggested making Ms. Forsythe the custodian; she responded
she could not do that. Boardmember Garlo asked if the board was going to listen to
these presenters on their administration rather than on what their returns were.
Mr. Paterno commented fnd that out without telling them what the issues were, and
see if they were the same as Rockwood. Ms. Forsythe commented there were a lot of
issues with Rockwood, and when she spoke with Mr. Holtgrieve, his ezplanation was
Mr. Bogdahn and some other people had gone to them and asked them to set this
fund up, because they wanted something to offer to small plans. So, based on Mr.
Bogdahn's requirement, they had set this up. Mr. Holtgrieve said that where they
were located there were more requirements, and when he asked whether he should
add those also, Mr. Bogdahn said the other requirements were not necessary in the
State of Florida. When she said she had to know additional items, Mr. Holtgrieve
said he could try to do that, but he had failed to accomplish what was needed.
Chair Newell commented he wanted to hear the administrative side from the
presenters regarding how they did business, and it was the same on the returns with
everyone. During ensuing discussion, Boardmember Garlo stated he thought the
retarn was a critical component in what the board was doing. Boardmember
Paterno responded the numbers spoke for themselves—the board needed to pick the
best combination. Boardmem6er Garlo asked what the administrative criteria was
that the board was looking for---could they be in the commingled fund—and still
have that comfort factor. Ms. Forsythe responded t6e presenters could be asked if
they have other municipalities in the State of Florida, and she could then call the
State and ask them specifically, and if Rockwood had not failed to supply the
statements the Village needed to feel comfortable, if there had not been all the
problems with the custodian, and if A. G. Edwards had given a subsidiary account,
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everyone would not be here today. Mr. Bogdahn agreed with Ms. Forsythe, but
explained there was a little disconnect in working with Rockwood that he would like
to explain, and there were other custodians his company would rather deal with but
they would make a custodian work for the Village. Mr. Bogdahn drew an ezample
on the board of the process used by different companies. Ms. Forsythe asked why
Mr. Bogdahn had not recommended a company Gke John Hancock; he responded
that he had never recommended an insurance company. Mr. Bogdahn ezplained
there were two things Rockwood had, asset allocation adjustment and investment, ,
and combining those two things, Rockwood did better than anyone else in that
environment. Ms. Forsythe asked why create a new fund—why not use an existing
one. Mr. Bogdahn responded their investment process for their new commingled
fund was the same as they had been doing. Mr. Bogdahn explained the difference
between Suntrust's process and Rockwood's process was that Suntrust's shares were
valued by a company they owned and they told themselves the value because they
owned the custody component; Rockwood's shares were valued by an outside
auditing company hired by Rockwood and not under control of A. G. Edwards. The
number of shares the Village had was reported based on what the auditing firm
determined. It should not make a difference, and other than administrative
reporting, Mr. Bogda6n commented he thought the Village was covered this way.
There was another company, Westwood, that now had a commingled fund, but they
owned a trust company instead of the trust company owning the investment
manager. Because they were doing the values themselves and because Santrust was
also doing that, they could provide statements real time, while A. G. Edwards was
always a month behind. .
Ms. Carlisle asked if in these examples the shares were in the client's name; Mr.
� Bogdahn explained they were all the same—the underlying investments were never
in your name--you owned ��x" number of shares just like a mutual fund. Mr.
Bogdahn gave examples of other funds, and Boardmember Paterno gave an egample
of his Merrill Lynch account. They were all the same. Mr. Paterno commented he
would like to see who the auditors were for Rockwood. Ms. Forsythe commented
they were only getting the value at trade. Mr. Paterno gave another example of
Pu61ix stock he owned and how they reported _the value, and that everyone was
relying on the same system. Mr. Bogdahn commented the situation this fund was in
with A. G. Edwards, the auditors, and Rockwood, was far superior to Wachovia,
and he had never heard an auditor raise the questions being raised here. . Ms.
Forsythe commented the problem was whether the custodian was a qualified public
depository—that was where Rockwood was failing, and A. G. Edwards was
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somebody's custodian, but not ours. Mr. Bogdahn stated A. G. Edwards was a hvst
company, so the funds were being held by a trust company just not in the name of
the Village: Ms. Forsythe stated, it was not in our name and we have no
relationsl�ip with them. If the stocks were in our name we would be getting
confirmations and buy and sell orders, etc. If now we had a third party custodian,
they would say they were financially responsible, and we do not have that.
Chair Newell requested that the presentations be heard at this point. It was decided
to limit the presentations to 15 minutes with questions and answers to follow.
(a) PRESENTATIONS
Treasure Coast Financial and John Hancock
Mr. Steve Scalici with Treasure Coast Financial made a presentation offering two
options—a group annuity or a regular investment advisory option. A one-page handout
summarized managed assets and individual funds of John Hancock lifestyle models as of
3/31/O5. Mr. Bogdahn asked who selected the funds. Mr. Scalici responded it could be
him; for managed assets it would be done by John Hancock; if a group annuity contract
was chosen, both could pick. Mr. Bogdahn asked if he would accept full discretion to
pick, to which Mr. Scalici responded he could if the board gave it to him. Mr. Bogdahn
explained the board did not want to be the investment manager, and asked who would be
the person with full discretion. Mr. Scalici responded it would be him. Mr. Patemo
asked who was custodian for the funds shown on the handout the answer was John
Hancock. Mr. Paterno asked if Mr. Scalici was aware the best return shown for the last
five years was less than the 8% this fund needed to make. Mr. Scalici responded he was
aware now. Mr. Bogdahn asked who the custodian of the managed assets was the
answer was Wachovia Trust. Mr. Scalici indicated he could provide referrals from other
clients and explained he would pick different stocks by having some in large cap, mid cap,
and small cap, plus bonds and real estate. They used Morningstar and Value Line for
research, and were not working with any other governments
Nationwide Retirement Services
Peter Lucia, an independent advisor, explained he felt Nationwide would be the best fit
for the Village. Once a solid plan was determined they would look for levels of support
and a company to help the Village manage. There would be four levels of ongoing
support Mr. Lucia locally, Nationwide, Wilshire, and the money managers who were
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running the accounf. Peter Crow, Nationwide representa.tive, made a presentation, and
explained the part of Nationwide he worked for worked with plans like this. Trustees �
were responsible for managing groups like Tequesta's and provided access to investments '
usually available only to lazge companies. The big plans had a 3-step process (1) esta.blish
parameters for managing assets (2) create a model for diversifying, and (3) research
investment managers to determine the 2 or 3 best and split the investments between them.
They would use the same investment managers as large companies and work with
Wilshire to retain those managers. Sample portfolios were reviewed. Wilshire would
monitor and change investment managers if not perfornung well. A very solid foundation
would provide protection from a fiduciary standpoint. Nationwide plans had a very
defendable process, and everything would be accessible online. Investments were re-
balanced quarterly. The type of reporting that could be expected was reviewed. At least
once a year they would provide an annual review to the board. Mellon Bank would be the
custodian. T'he Village would have an account with Nationwide, but underlying assets
would be held at Mellon Bank. Discussion ensued. Mr. Bogdahn asked if they would
accept full discretion; Mr. Crow responded they would work with the Village to help the
boazd identify the right asset model and then they would implement it; the board would
. have fiduciary responsibility. Boardmember Paterno asked regarding the fixed income
guaranteed portion, if the only way to mal�e that work was to stay with it long term, so in a
sense if the board went with Nationwide they would have to stay long term—Mr. Crow
verified the fund could lose money if they took those funds out before seven years. Ms.
Carlisle asked if the fixed income interest rate changed over the seven years, to which the
response was that once a year it could go up or down, and there would probably only be
10% of the fund in the guaranteed account. Discussion ensued. Mr. Crow indicated
performance was only one component of an investment manager, and described the
history of how their plan had developed. Ms. Koch asked what the fees were. Mr. Crow
responded the allocation chosen would determine the total charge, and there would be no
other fees. Ms. Koch asked if an employee could go online to see their information. Mr.
Crow commented employees did not have an account so normally did not have access.
The account would be in the name of the Village and it would be up to the Village to say
who would have access. Boardmember Gazlo asked if they had a cash management
account to pay expenses from. Mr. Crow commented the Village would sign off on a
form and send it in; they would write the check, and there were no per check fees and no
wire transfer fees. Information would be needed from the actuary to pick the right model
for this fund. Mr. Lucia noted all activity would be available on line so could be reviewed
before the statement came out.
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Boardmember Paterno made a motion to adjourn for five minutes. Boardmember
Koch seconded the motion which carried by unanimous 5-0 vote.
� The meeting was reconvened at 10:14 a.m.
Comparison of Investment Managers bv Joe Bogdahn
Mr. Bogdahn presented a comparison of perfarmance for Dana, Rockwood, Nationwide,
Treasure Coast Financial, Trustco and Westwood for their equity portions only.
Highlights included the correlation among the companies, beta measurement of risk, up
and down capture ratio, and standazd deviation,. All of the plans had gone up more than
they went down. All of the plans were taking less risk than the benchmazk index, S&P
500; all were less volatile than the benchmazk index for 3-yeaz and 5-year terms. All risk
parameters were similar. Nationwide had the lowest return for the past 5 years—all others
were more opportunistic for a fund of this size. Rockwood had the highest returns over 5-
� year, 3-year and 1-year periods, but were the worst for the past quarter. Dana's returns
were second highest.
Ms. Carlisle asked what had happened from January to n4w with Tequesta.'s funds at
Rockwood. Mr. Bogdahn responded that from January through June they had a positive
return and the index was negative.
Mr. Bogdahn advised that the only criteria that could be.used to predict how a money
manager would perform was to look at their past history, which would be the same for a
commingled or any type of fund. Mr. Bogdahn expressed concern that Treasure Coast
Financial was in a retail environment and did not belong to the auditing group that was the
standard, so there was no way to confirm or verify their figures, no way to confirm they
held the same stocks 5 yeazs ago, so no way to predict their performance.
Ms. Forsythe asked why Rockwood's returns were so bad for the past quarter. Mr.
Bogdahn explained they only traded once a month, so lagged behind, which had been to
their favor in the past but because the market changed this quarter, they were down. Mr.
Garlo noted their investment process did not address the problems. Ms. Forsythe stated
she only had two problems—Rockwood's statements were terrible and she had been
unable to work with them, and the custodian problem, but if the attorriey would just write
a letter saying if we do not have a custodian or if the custodian is this, that we are in
compliance with Florida statutes and our own plan documents, then Ms. Forsythe would
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be comfortable. Boardmember Garlo stated she had said it verbally. Ms. Forsythe
commented that now it was still in limbo--when the board made a final decision then
Attorney Jensen could write a letter. As soon as the statements were received with a11 of
the information and the board received that letter, she would be happy.
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Boardmember Paterno asked IVIs. Forsythe's opinion: Did she think Rockwood operated
differently than everyone heard from today. Ms. Forsythe responded from what they were
, saying, no, she was sure Rockwood previously had the organiza.tion to put the records
together to give the Village what they needed, but was not sure all that got transferred to
this new account. Boardmember Paterno commented these presenters were all in the
same positions as faz as custodians but their reporting was mueh better and fees were
higher. The Village was cutting out the middlemen by dealing directly with Rockwood.
Mr. Paterno indicated if the investment manager were changed, the Village would still be
in the same boat. Ms. Forsythe commented it was up to Attorney Jensen to tell us-
because otherwise there could be a bigger problem, on one hand the fund would have its
own portfolio but fees would kill us. On the ather hand, if investing in an insurance type
• fund was not allowed, the attorney should write the board a letter saying it was not
allowed. Ms. Forsythe commented she would like that letter to be in the files, because
when they talked to the attorney on the phone she said we had to have a custodian—that
was in the plan document that we had to have a custodian. Mr. Bogdahn commented the
plan documents might be changed. Ms. Forsythe responded the board just paid the
attorney to change the plan documents to be in compliance with Florida statutes, and that
was one of the changes--to be in compliance with Florida statutes, and if she wanted to
write a letter giving her opinion that we aze in compliance, she was certainly a specialist
in her field and able to do that.
Boardmember Paterno commented what would make it easy was if Rockwood would just
set up a custodian company—that would solve everything. Mr. Garlo asked the difference
between Dana and Rockwood—not just the returns because those had been looked at
but as far as the issues. Mr. Bogdahn responded that Dana would manage an individually
managed portfolio. The difference would be in the fees; however he had seen some Dana
accounts where Salem Trust was custodian and the fees were all included for $3,000.
Ms. Forsythe advised they agreed to do it for $1,500 so long as they were able to also keep
the Public Safety fund, but when they looked at it they said they could not do it because
they did not hold the funds. Boardmember Paterno asked why not just jump on with
Public Safety. Mr. Bogdahn explained that Public Safety was being managed on an
individual account basis. Ms. Forsythe commented that Public Safety had said they did
not want to be in a pooled fund. Mr. Paterno said they would not be in a pooled fund, this �
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fund would just take advantage of the trades at the same time. Ms. Forsythe responded
there would be the same fee problem then. Mr. Paterno commented they were doing it for
Dana, to which Mr. Bogdahn responded the difference there was that the folks at
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Rockwood would not manage an account of $500,000, but Dana would. The downside to
Dana would be they would not be able to diversify bonds with such a small fund so it
would be a drag on the total returns. This was the whole idea of using the commingled
fund. Mr. Paterno commented if going with another fund, even Nationwide, they.would
have to get into a risk area way above their norm to make 8% return. Mr. Bogdahn
responded they would make it work but their risk would go up, and he was concerned
with the fiduciary and discretion responses—you don't want someone to give you
information so you can properly manage your assets or give you the tools to implement ;
the investment process; the whole idea is you are trying to hire someone to do it for you. ;
The only way to eliminate your fiduciary responsibility is to eliminate the plan. Then you
can have other people act as fiduciaries—Mr. Bogdahn, Attorney Jensen, your actuary,
and your investment manager—and you aze supposed to invest money as a prudent expert
would. Maybe we are not prudent experts, so you are going to hire a prudent expert who
will be the main fiduciary to our fund so if we do something incorrect because they did
something incorrect, all fingers are pointed at them and the money comes from them
instead of out of the board's pockets. Boardmember Paterno commented we would have
to tell Attorney Jensen to find out what we can do—here is what we want, and we want .
you to take care of it. Mr. Bogdahn advised that would be a motion to direct Bonni to
review the current situation and alternatives, to be able to give the board back a letter that
what they aze doing or if the alternatives would make it work to satisfy whatever the
requirements are. Mr. Gazlo commented Rockwood was still not going to provide
information. Mr. Bogdahn responded that his company was able to filter through the
information that Rockwood was providing in order to do a reconciliation. Everyone was
getting statement copies timely. Mr. Paterno commented if they could also get the copy
of A. G. Edwards' statement they could see the individual stocks. Ms. Forsythe
explained she was having trouble recording the activity in the pension fund. Mr. Bogdahn
commented by Salem reporting the individual fund shazes they would then be showing the
gain and loss reports. Ms. Forsythe advised Salem was saying in order to do that they had
to have their legal counsel change the custodial agreement, but the pension boazd had to
understand what they got from Rockwood was a month behind, so they would then be a
month behind. Mr. Bogdahn stated that would be true—the cash would be current and
the securities would be a month behind. Ms. Forsythe commented she did not know why
• we would pay someone $1,500 who was not a custodian, because they were saying they
were only reporting what Rockwood was telling them that the fund had. Mr. Patemo .
commented the same thing would happen with Nationwide. Ms. Forsythe stated she had
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to know the unrecognized gains and losses because she had to know what came in when
verifying. Ms. Paterno explained the gains and losses were based on the number of shares
the Village had in that fund, the same as Nationwide—you could not have the underlying
and never would. Ms. Forsythe commented it was not the underlying—when they backed
out of it they had to verify contributions that were sent to them and those were not being
seen, They were not recording things timelya Mr. Bogdahn commented it would always
be a month behind. Ms. Forsythe commented she was not going to cook the books, she
was not going to record anything unless she know what we actually had. The sheet she
had passed out was what she believed was there and it was up to March at this point. A
lot of things were in transit and they could not back into a beginning number and an
ending number unless there were no trades and no contributions. They could say this is
appreciation of the underlying investments, when in fact, the change might not be that.
Boardmember Paterno asked Ms. Forsythe to forget about Rockwood for a minute�-just
say Salem said you started out with $467,000, made contributions of $77,000, checks
written totaled $48,000, etc., and this is your bottom portfolio, and Ms. Forsythe could .
utilize that at the end of the yeaz. T'he only difference would be the equities would be
behind one month. The worst that could happen would be you would have to wait until
January 31 St to reconcile that other side. Ms. Forsythe commented she never knew month-
to-month what the unrealized gain was. If we used Salem, it would be their problem to
try to get the information out of Rockwood and we would be paying $1,500 or $3,000 for
a custodian that would not really be a custodian. Boardmember Paterno commented the
problem was that in order to do what Ms. Forsythe wanted, a fee would have to be paid,
but Salem would not hold the underlying assets. If Rockwood would open a subsidiary
account with Salem then they would know what was happening with the underlying
assets.
Boardmember Paterno commented A. G. Edwazds was holding the actual Rockwood
account, they should provide the Village with a subsidiary account, and everything would
work out.. Discussion ensued. The custodian had to be able to say what was in the fund,
not what they were told was in the fund. If you hired a custodian who said they knew
what was in the fund but you really knew they only knew what they were being told, then
your fiduciary responsibility was really not passed to them you were really still
responsible. Ms. Forsythe commented unless like Mr. Bogdahn said, it was really not
required, or if A. E. Edwards would give a subsidiary account and be the custodian that
would solve the problem. Unless Salem would agree to a flat rate to be custodian with
Dana, but returns would be less, and the actuary might have to change from 8% to 6%
with the Village paying more, so the Village Council would probably not a11ow the fund
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to continue.
Chair Newell commented he did not want to change anybody until the fund reached a
million dollazs. Chair Newell sta.ted he liked Rockwood and was comfortable with them
but acknowledged there were administrative problems that must be resolved.
Boardmember Patemo recommended telling Attorney Jensen this is what we want, you
are our lawyer, and you make it work. Mr. Paterno did not want to heaz what could or
could not be done, but state what was wanted and ask if she could make it work.
Ms. Forsythe asked if there was some reason A. G. Edwazds was not working with the
� Village. Mr. Bogdahn advised that he had never tried calling anyone at A. G. Edwazds;
but had someone at Rockwood—Andy or Tony—set it up to have them call him.
Sometimes they did not respond until the next afternoon, but he had never called directly
because they had no reason to talk to him since they didn't know him. However, if Andy
or Tony called, and said we need to have a conference call with Joe Bogdahn in Florida,
they would call. They were looking it not only as a privacy issue but also a fly in the
ointment issue, and would talk to their client, which was Rockwood. Ms, Forsythe
commented the Village was trying to be a client.
Mr. Bogdahn summarized that as he saw it there were two questions, one, to have Bonni
review the situation as it stands now using Salem to do check writing and pay bills and
custody the cash account, and track the Rockwood investrnent, although it was understood
it would be 30 days later that the gain and loss report would come out, and to find out if
that would meet the statutory requirements; or to do something through A. G. Edwards
Trust that would do the same thing for the fund. Ms. Forsythe suggested, or to go with an
insurance company if that met State requirements. Mr. Bogdahn stated he did not
recommend going with any of today's presenters just based on the risk/reward pazameters.
Ms. Forsythe suggested then just putting the effort into trying to get A. G. Edwards to do
this.
Boazdmember Garlo recommended having Bonni work something out. Discussion
ensued. Mr. Paterno commented third parties still had some responsibility. The situation
was reviewed again for the benefit of new board member Koch. Ms. Carlisle suggested
walking into an A. G. Edwards office to get something done instead of trying to do it over
the phone. Mr. Bogdahn explained we were dealing with A. G. Edwazds Trust, and they
were in St. Louis. We could not work with A. G. Edwards brokerage to accomplish this.
Ms. Forsythe stated if Attorney Jensen wrote it in and we were happy with the reporting,
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that time to get their money when it was sitting there earning no interest. �
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Mr. Bogdahn commented that most boards did it when it was administratively feasible ;
and then approved it at the next meeting, Chair Newell noted that was what had been
done previously, but what had happened was that an employee had been paid from the
' wrong fund. Mr. Paterno reminded the boazd that it had been voted on by the wrong
board. Chair NewelI commented that had been what triggered this, so he was asking the
pleasure of the boazd if they wanted to change it. Boardmember Koch commented she
would hate to have to wait three months, and asked if it wasn't usually six weeks.
Boardmember Paterno commented that if someone left two weeks after a quarterly
meeting then they would be within the six weeks. Boazdmember Gazlo stated he had no
problem with paying out in advance and did not see where there would be a problem with
that; Chair Newell stated he had no problem but there should be some kind of check and
balance, and if payment was going to be made from the wrong fund there should be some
kind of check. Ms. Cazlisle commented that was an error in coordination and just an error
, done at one point that was costing the board now. Ms. Carlisle stated she did not see a
problem with getting it from the right account and paying it out ahead of time, and this
had just been one time in a hundred. Mr. Garlo commented it had been the nature of
being a police department employee which was why it slipped by. Ms. Cazlisle advised
if there was any question we could ask Mr. Garlo where their contributions had been paid.
Boaxdmember Paterno asked if Jody would have a problem giving it out without the
approval of the board. Ms. Forsythe stated she had no problem so long as the board voted
to do that. Ms. Carlisle commented it could still come at a quarterly meeting and if it was
going to be a mistake, it was going to be a mistake. Ms. Forsythe stated that risk was very
low. Mr. Bogdahn noted it had not been a disadvantage to this boazd because it was paid
from the other pension fund and the money was out of their account for awhile. Mr.
Paterno commented it would be bad for Bob in his relationship as HR Director because as
soon as they put that paper in they wanted it, and the good thing for him administratively
was he could say this is the process and you have to wait. Mr. Garlo explained that would
not happen because there was already a process in place through payroll and they had to
wait until the very last contribution was made and then the following paycheck was the
one when they could expect payment. Ms. Forsythe commented the board could just set a
policy that it would be 30 days. Mr. Paterno stated the board had set this policy, and it
cleaned everything up and took the pressure off Bob, while under the old plan the pressure
was on payroll. Boardmember Koch suggested it just be continued the way it was. It was
clarified no motion would be needed to leave it the way it was. Chair Newell asked if it
was also going to remain that paperwork must be submitted 15 days prior to a quarterly
meeting. Discussion ensued. Consensus was that it could be any scheduled meeting and
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it did not have to be a quarterly meeting. Chair Newell commented that on the synopsis
for May 14, 2005, item 8 spelled it out. Ms. Cazlisle pointed out if was not the same
because item 8 stated a regulaz meeting. Boardmember Paterno advised that at any special
meeting if there was someone to be paid out that the boazd could make a motion at that
time, and the boazd could a�ways make a motion to change the policy.
d) REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CAROL LUX
Chair Newell announced that withdrawal of contributions by Carol Lux into the pension
fund had been requested. Ms. Lux had left the Village's employment on 6/17/O5. The
total amount of contributions were $4,329.21. The net amount to Ms. Lux after withheld
taxes was $3,463.37.
MOTION
Boardmember Paterno made a motion to pay out contributions for Carol Lux. .
Boardmember Garlo seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous 5-0 vote.
VI. ANY OTHER MATTERS
Boardmember Koch asked if there were any upcoming classes for members of the pension
board. Boardmember Gazlo responded that the local one had been held last week. Ms.
Koch was advised that she would be notified regazding the FPTTA schedule.
VII COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITIZENS .
There were no comments from the public.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
Boardmember Paterrio made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Boardmember Garlo, and
unanimously approved. Therefore, the meeting was adjourned at 11:13 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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� Betty Laur
Recording Secretary