BOARD OF RETIREMENT AGENDA 1-7-09

I. ELECTION OF OFFICERS (Election of Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Audit Committee Member)

II. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 3, 2008

III. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Ratification of Service Retirement Application Approvals
B. Ratification of Survivor Benefit Application Approvals
C. Recommendation to dismiss pending cases and request retroactive benefits

IV. NON-CONSENT AGENDA
A. Recommendation as submitted by James P. Harris, Chair, Disability Procedures & Services Committee: Proposed procedure for cumulative traumas involving low back injury and deputy sheriff. (Memo dated December 9, 2008.)
B. Recommendation as submitted by James P. Harris, Chair, Disability Procedures & Services Committee: Proposed amendments to referee service provider agreement. (Memo dated December 9, 2008.)

V. PUBLIC COMMENT

VI. GOOD OF THE ORDER
(For discussion purposes only.)

VII. DISABILITY RETIREMENT APPLICATIONS ON CONSENT CALENDAR

VIII. DISABILITY RETIREMENT CASES TO BE HELD IN CLOSED SESSION
A. Applications for Disability
B. Referee Reports (Closed Session)
C. Staff Recommendations (Closed Session)
1. Recommendation regarding payment of invoices and pending appeals/cases.

IX. ADJOURNMENT

Assistive Listening Devices are available at the meeting upon request. American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreters are available with at least three business days notice before the meeting date. Persons requiring an alternative format of this public notice pursuant to Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 may request one by contacting Cynthia Guider at (626) 564-6000, x3327 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, but no later than 48 hours prior to the time the meeting is to commence.