ABOUT LACERA

BOARD OF RETIREMENT AGENDA 9-2-09

LACERA

300 N. Lake Ave., Suite 810
Pasadena, CA 91101

9:00 AM

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 AUGUST 5, 2009
5. CONSENT AGENDA
   1. Ratification of Service Retirement Application Approval
   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, Ad Hoc Hearing Officers Interview Committee: That the Board approve contracting with the following 22 Hearing Officer applicants effective January 1, 2010: Nancy T. Beardsley, Ornah Becker, Duane E. Bennett, Stephen M. Biersmith, Jacqueline S. Drucker, Humberto Flores, Claudia J. Garcia, Ernest S. Gould, Catherine Harris, Dixon Holston, John O. Kent, Barbara Kong-Brown, Bruce D. Kordic, Elizabeth A. Moreno, David Rosenman, John L. Rosenthal, Pamela C. Sellers, Jan Stiglitz, Joseph L. Stine, Terri A. Tucker, Michael E. Wine, Deborah Wissley. (Memo dated August 25, 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 (Attachment #2)
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.

Listening Devices are available at 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.

8/7/09