PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM August 18, 2021 ORDER OF BUSINESS Notice of this meeting has been provided through the annual notice of the schedule of regular meetings of the Board filed with and prominently posted in the offices of the Secretary of State. The 2021 annual meeting schedule was mailed to the Secretary of State, Star Ledger and the Trenton Times on December 17, 2020. DISCLOSURE OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT (A) When necessary, the Board shall adopt Resolution A to go into closed session to consider individuals’ disability applications, which states: In accordance with the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-13, be it resolved that the Board of Trustees go into closed session for purposes of discussing matters pertaining to disability retirement which involves material involving personal medical and health records, data, reports and recommendations relating to specific individuals, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(3). Those matters are confidential unless expressly waived by the individual involved. The actions taken during closed session relating to a disability retirement are anticipated to become available to the public immediately at the conclusion of the meeting and will be posted on the Division of Pensions and Benefits’ website within a reasonable time; however, personal information pertaining to an individual shall be redacted from the minutes of such meeting and shall remain confidential until after such time as the Board determines that the need of confidentiality no longer exists under state and federal law, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and the matters discussed can be disclosed. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ (B) When necessary, the Board shall adopt Resolution B to go into executive session to request/receive attorney-client advice from legal counsel, which states: In accordance with the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-13, be it resolved that the Board of Trustees go into closed session to discuss matters falling within the attorney client privilege, and/or matters in which litigation is pending or anticipated, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(7). The minutes of such meeting shall remain confidential until after such time as the Board determines that the need of confidentiality no longer exists and the matters discussed can be disclosed and the Board waives the attorney-client privilege. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ OPEN SESSION ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Called to Order: 10:03 AM Adjourned: 1:07 PM Roll Call: Tom Bruno, William O’Brien, Tracy Smith, Ronald Winthers, Benjamin Hurst, Carey Brown, Fiona DeScala, Susanne Culliton (all of whom attended telephonically) Absent: None Also Present: Jon Klinkenborg, AT&T Teleconference Operator; DAG Robert Kelly; Jeff Ignatowitz; William Tedder; Kara Ansley; Christopher Prettyman; Christopher Milaszewski; Dawn Lewis; Jennifer Tylutki; Kristin Conover; DAG Brian Ragunan; Mike Salerno, NJEA; Mark McCarthy; Timothy J. Prol, Esq.; Melissa Masterson; Raymond J. Stine, Esq.; Gail Krzyzczuk; David J. DeFillippo. Esq.; Stephen Dollinger; William Strohkirch; William Schaffer; Angelo J. Genova, Esq.; Joseph Coronato; Steven Secare, Esq.; Kim Pascarella; Gabriel Santiago (all of whom attended telephonically) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ OPEN SESSION ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Minutes Minutes from the meeting of July 21, 2021 Approved ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ OPEN SESSION ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Retirement and Death Lists C-1 Active and Retired Death Lists Approved C-2 Retirement List Approved C-3 Chapter 221 Approved C-4 Return to Employment Approved ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ CLOSED SESSION ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ordinary Disability Member's Name: Employer: Effective Option: Decision: Date: D-1 Price, Kyle Somerset County 2/1/2021 A Denied Ordinary, Offer Deferred Finance Office D-2 Zelicskovics, Susan Monroe Twp BOE 2/1/2020 5 Denied Ordinary, Offer Service (Middlesex Co.) D-3 Giancaspro, Rina Hoboken City 4/1/2021 D Denied Ordinary, Offer Service D-4 Banks, Karrema Dept. of Children 12/1/2020 5 Tabled for re-examination in six and Families months D-5 Monthly OD Grid Approved (See list below.) PERS Ordinary Disability Grid August 18, 2021 Member's Name Effective Opt Employer Date Alwan, Leila 12/20 A Ancora Psychiatric Hospital Arguello, William 12/20 5 Kinnelon Borough BOE Ayodeji, Olufemi 02/21 C Passaic County Bryant, James K. 02/21 A Bayonne Housing Authority Cohen, William M. 07/20 A Judiciary Crews, Gwendolyn 03/20 5 Piscataway BOE Administration Davidson, Brian 12/21 5 DOC - Adult Diagnostic & Treat. Edwards, Janice M. 10/20 5 Dept. of Corrections Farrell, Geraldine M. 11/21 B Bergen Community College Ford, Shantel D. 05/21 5 Forensic Psychiatric Hospital Gomez, Jorge 06/21 A Middlesex County Liberta, Maureen 05/21 A Harrison Town (Hudson Co.) Mejias, Ricardo 10/21 D Jersey City Public Schools Michalak, Camille C. 07/21 5 Division of Aging Services Mitchell, John K. 09/20 5 Dept. of Community Affairs Muguerza, Wendy L. 03/20 5 Hoboken City Nixon, Harry Lee 03/21 5 Trenton City Remigio, Josefa A. 02/21 5 Middlesex County Improv Authority Roberto, Mark J. 07/21 2 Voorhees Twp BOE Smith, Robert E. 11/20 4 Pennsauken Twp BOE Stichter, Curt D. 04/21 5 Berkeley Twp Municipal Building Tondi, Michael T. 09/20 5 Monmouth Co. Health Department Williams, Dolores W. 03/21 5 Camden City Wolf, Diane E. 03/21 A Burlington County Bridge Comm Zoldi, John L. 04/21 D State Police Civilian Employees Total = 25 PERS Meeting - August 18, 2021 Page 3 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ CLOSED SESSION ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Accidental Disability Effective Accident Member's Name & No.: Employer: Date: Option: Date: Decision: E-1+ McCarthy, Mark Camden County 3/1/2021 5 10/16/2019 Approved Board of Chosen Freeholders E-2 Ruvio, Nunzio Morris School District 4/1/2021 D 2/18/2020 Approved E-3 Coyle, Shirley Treasury - Division of 11/1/2020 5 11/29/2019 Denied Accidental, Offer Deferred Purchase & Property 1/29/2020 3/18/2020 E-4+ Stanton-Grant, Tracey Camden County 10/1/2019 5 4/14/2019 Denied Accidental, Granted Board of Chosen Ordinary on the basis of the April 4/27/2019 Freeholders 14, 2019 incident; Tabled consideration of the April 27, 2019 incident for additional informaton E-5 White, Phillip Kean University 2/1/2020 1 12/4/2018 Denied Accidental, Granted Ordinary E-6+ Masterson, Melissa Toms River Twp 11/1/2020 5 10/6/2018 Denied Accidental, Granted Ordinary E-7 Pellicione, Harriet Matawan-Aberdeen 7/1/2021 5 2/12/2020 Tabled Accidental, Granted Interim Regional School Ordinary District E-8 Di Pasquale, Emanuel West New York BOE 1/1/2021 5 9/3/2019 Denied Accidental, Granted Ordinary PERS Meeting - August 18, 2021 Page 4 Effective Accident Member's Name & No.: Employer: Date: Option: Date: Decision: E-9 Harris, Debbie Jersey City 6/1/2021 5 1/9/2017 Denied Accidental, Offer Service E-10 Fletcher, Demetrias Ancora Psychiatric 4/1/2021 A 7/30/2015 Denied Accidental, Withdrawal Only Hospital 4/1/2019 7/2/2019 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ OPEN SESSION ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Retirement Issues F-1 Swan, Camiel - VA-Paramus - Honorable Service - Deferred retirement Denied (Dismissed for cause) (Retirement Bureau, Withdrawal Section) F-2 Daghlian, Robin - Cliffside Park Borough - Honorable Service - Deferred retirement Approved request to postpone matter F-3 Fuentes, Jose - Passaic City Housing Authority - Honorable Service Partial Forfeiture of service and salary credit; Forfeit final year of service and salary credit; Approved Service retirement effective February 1, 2021 under Option 1 (Retirement Bureau, Audit Section) F-4+ Krzyzczuk, Gail - Bradley Beach Borough - Appeals the salary used in the calculation of retirement benefit Denied appeal and affirmed the Division's calculation of retirement benefit F-5+ Dollinger, Stephen - Middletown Twp - Request to transfer withdrawn PERS service credit to retired PFRS membership account Denied F-6+ Strohkirch, William - Middletown Twp - Request to transfer withdrawn PERS service credit to retired PFRS membership account Denied ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ OPEN SESSION ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hearing Decision G-1 Crespo, Luis - Perth Amboy BOE - Request to reinstate appeal of Board's denial of Accidental Disability retirement benefits to the OAL Approved PERS Meeting - August 18, 2021 Page 5 G-2 Martinez, Midalia - Camden City BOE - Appellate Division