May Retirement Board Meeting

AGENDA

I.  CONSENT CALENDAR

All agenda items on the Consent calendar will be approved in a single motion unless a Trustee, staff member or member of the public requests separate action on a specific item.

A.  Retirement Board Meeting Minutes - April 23, 2026

B.  Actuarial Retirement Board Meeting Minutes - May 7, 2026

C.  Active/Deferred Member Deaths - May 2026

Recommendation: Approve Consent Calendar Items A through C.

The Board of Retirement will move into Executive Session and close the meeting to all attendees who are not necessary for the determination of a disability retirement or consideration of a public employee performance evaluation. Those attendees will physically exit the Board room and/or will be placed in the virtual Zoom lobby by the host and will neither hear nor see the meeting. All meeting attendees will be re-admitted to the meeting when the Board returns to open session.

II.  EXECUTIVE SESSION

Executive Session. Meeting closed pursuant to Government Code section 54957(b) to consider the employment status and evaluation of performance of a SCERA member or members as concerns eligibility for a disability retirement.

Disability Committee Chair will report on recommendations made by the Committee at the May 21, 2026, meeting:

A.  Disability Applications:

1.  ALMA JIMENEZ, Correctional Deputy II filed 06/20/23 for a service connected disability retirement. The Board of Retirement denied her application on 02/22/24. The matter is returned with more information.

2.  MATTHEW REGAN, District Attorney Investigator II filed 11/26/25 for a service connected disability retirement.

3.  ARMANDO CARRANZA, safety member who retired effective 12/07/23 with a service retirement. On May 12, 2026, Mr. Carranza submitted a request that his retirement be suspended and that he be reinstated per Government Code section 31680.4. He has been offered the position of a Supervising Probation Corrections Officer with the County of Sonoma.

The Board of Retirement will move out of Executive Session and reopen the meeting to all attendees that were placed in the lobby during the closed session period.

III.  EXECUTIVE SESSION REPORT OUT

IV.  REGULAR CALENDAR

A.  Insurance Coverage Discussion

B.  Communications

1.  Service Retirements - May 2026

2.  SCERA Travel Expenses - Q1

3.  SACRS May 2026 Legislative Report

V.  Trustee/Staff Training & Conferences

Notify Julia Smith if you plan to attend any future event. Please note, if out of state travel to attend a conference is not approved in the Budget separate approval from the Board must be obtained prior to attending the conference.

1.  SACRS Spring Conference, May 12 to 15, 2026, The Everline Resort & Spa at Lake Tahoe, Olympic Valley, CA. Trustees Eaton, Walsh, Williamson, and Gonce attended and will report out.

2.  CALAPRS Trustee Roundtable (Topic: Good Governance), Virtual, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. May 29, 2026.

3.  SACRS UC Berkeley Program, July 19 to 22, 2026, Claremont Club & Spa, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

4.  NCPERS Public Pension Funding Forum, August 17 to 19, 2026, The Study Hotel with events occurring at the David Rubenstein Forum, Chicago, IL.

5.  CALAPRS Principles of Pension Governance for Trustees, August 24 to 27, 2026, Santa Barbara Inn, Santa Barbara, CA.

6.  Nossaman’s 2026 Pensions, Benefits & Investments Fiduciaries’ Forum, October 15 to 16, 2026, San Francisco, CA.

7.  CALAPRS General Assembly, March 8 to 10, 2027, Coronado Island Marriott, Coronado, CA.

VI.  GENERAL DISCUSSION ITEMS

Opportunity to advise the Board of new matters and for Trustees to ask questions for clarification, provide information to staff, request staff to report back on a matter or direct staff to place a matter on a subsequent agenda.

VII.  PUBLIC COMMENT

Opportunity for public comments on non-agenda items within the jurisdiction of the Retirement Board.

VIII.  NOTICE OF NEXT MEETINGS

All meetings are held at SCERA in the Board Room at 433 Aviation Boulevard, Suite 100, Santa Rosa, CA, and broadcast via Zoom unless otherwise noted.

Investment Committee Meeting, May 28, 2026, 8:30 a.m.

Audit Committee Meeting June 11, 2026, 9:00 a.m.

Disability Committee Meeting June 18, 2026, 8:30 a.m.

Retirement Board Meeting June 18, 2026, 9:00 a.m.

IX.  ADJOURNMENT