Gloucester Retirement Board
- Where
- Gloucester Retirement Board, 127 Eastern Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930
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How to take part
- Attend in person at Gloucester Retirement Board, 127 Eastern Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930.
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What's on the agenda
The agenda covers votes on the September 2026 warrant, a PRIM wire transfer, new board members, refund/rollover and superannuation requests, and transfer requests. It also includes reports on light duty, an involuntary disability application, PRIT fund authorization, PERAC correspondence, and two deaths, followed by an executive session on office security and disability retirements.
Agenda items
- Vote on the September 2026 warrant
- Vote on the PRIM wire transfer for September 2026; review of the August 2026 PRIM statement and performance summary
- Treasurer's reconciliation report
- Review of the August 2026 trial balance and cash books
- Director's report on retirement office supplies, board procedures, and staff stipends and salary
- Vote on light duty and creditable service
- Review of an involuntary disability application received
- Review of Roselli Clark correspondence
- Emerging issues report
- Discussion of city pre-employment physicals (non-group 4)
- Vote on PRIT fund authorization
- Vote on proposed chair and vice chair roles
- Vote on new members: Christine Ciluffo, Isabella DeOliveira Valarese, Richelle Destasio, Verity Elder, Amy George, Beenu Karnane, Aguila Lever, Molly Mae McGillivray, Meaghan McLaughlin, Maria Moceri, William Nixon, Emily Provost, Stephen Raymond, Amy Sheetz, Jayden Silva-Delima, Emily Taormina, Lucia Viviano
- Vote on refund/rollover request for Christina Parisi
- Vote on superannuation requests for Julie Amaral, Dominic Barbagallo, Debbi Biondo, John George, Ann Moynahan, Ronald Nilsson, Marianne Peters, Kathryn Scola
- Vote on transfer requests for Maryann Aiello, Conor MacCorkle, Michael Stuart
- Review of PERAC 91A correspondence
- Review of PERAC 2025 Annual Report
- Review of PERAC memos on the COLA Reserve Fund, Enhanced COLA, and Tobacco Company List
- Report on the deaths of Heather A. Goolsby and James E. Griffin
- Executive session to discuss office security and disability retirements
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Terms used here
- executive session
- A part of a public meeting closed to the public. State law allows it only for specific reasons, such as lawsuits, negotiations, or personnel matters.
- PERAC
- Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission, the state agency that oversees Massachusetts public retirement systems.
- PRIT
- Pension Reserves Investment Trust, the state-run investment fund that local retirement systems can invest in.
- PRIM
- Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, which manages the PRIT fund.
- warrant
- The list of payments, such as pension checks and bills, that the board approves.
- superannuation
- Retirement based on age and years of service, rather than disability.
- creditable service
- Time worked that counts toward a pension.
- COLA
- Cost-of-living adjustment: an increase to retirees' pensions.
Source
This meeting on the City of Gloucester calendar (opens in new tab). First recorded by Gloucester Publick on .