ABOUT LACERA

BOARD OF RETIREMENT AGENDA 4-1-09

1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. BOARD MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS (For Information Only)
4. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 4, 2009
5. CONSENT AGENDA
   1. Ratification of Service Retirement Application Approvals
   2. Ratification of Survivor Benefit Application Approvals
   3. Recommendation to dismiss pending cases and request retroactive benefits
6. NON-CONSENT AGENDA
   1. Recommendation as submitted by James P. Harris, Chair, Disability Procedures & Services Committee: That the Board approve the applications of Alexander Raskin, M.D. (Board Certified Orthopedist); Jeffrey T. Miller, M.D. (Board Certified Dentist); Jane Y. Chung, M.D. (Board Certified Psychiatrist); David Paul Taylor, M.D. (Board Certified Psychiatrist and Forensic Psychiatrist) to the LACERA Panel of Physicians for the purpose of examining disability retirement applicants. (Memo dated March 10, 2009.)
   2. Recommendation as submitted by James P. Harris, Chair, Disability Procedures & Services Committee: That the Board instruct staff to notify the attorneys that they will need to clearly state why they are asking the Board to request a transcript when they are presenting oral arguments, and staff will include a summary of that statement with the transcript when it is sent to the Board Members. (Memo dated March 23, 2009.)
7. PUBLIC COMMENT
8. GOOD OF THE ORDER (For discussion purposes only.)
9. DISABILITY RETIREMENT APPLICATIONS ON CONSENT CALENDAR
10. DISABILITY RETIREMENT CASES TO BE HELD IN CLOSED SESSION
    1. Applications for Disability
    2. Referee Reports (Closed Session)
    3. Recommendation to dismiss pending cases and request retroactive benefits
11. ADJOURNMENT

Documents subject to public disclosure that relate to an agenda item for an open session of the Board of Retirement that are distributed to members of the Board of Retirement less than 72 hours prior to the meeting will be available for public inspection at the time they are distributed to a majority of the Board of Retirement Members at LACERA’s offices at 300 N. Lake Avenue, Suite 820, Pasadena, CA 91101, during normal business hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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