MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
October 9, 2019
CALL TO ORDER
President Bob Steinbacher called the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Firemen’s Relief Association to order at 10:22 a.m.
ROLL CALL
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Bob Steinbacher, President
Jeff Cawdrey, Vice President
Trustee Frank Aguirre
Trustee Henry Gasbarri
Trustee Rick Godinez
Trustee Jim Duffy
Trustee John Jacobsen
Trustee Tyler Tomich
Trustee Chris Stine
Trustee Mike Sailhamer
Trustee David Peters
Trustee Joe Vigil
Trustee Juan Albarran – Pension
Trustee Doak Smith – Pension
Liberty Unciano – Controller-Treasurer
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Trustee Steve Berkery
Trustee Danny Wu
Trustee Tim Larson – Pension
Trustee Gene Bednarchik
Trustee Kenneth Breskin
Trustee Gayle Sonoda
Trustee Craig White
Trustee Tim Freeman
Todd Layfer – Executive Director
GUESTS:
Steve Ruda, Community Liaison
INVOCATION & Flag Salute
Rick Godinez led the invocation. Joe Vigil led the flag salute.
RATIFICATION OF MINUTES
Bob Steinbacher entertained a motion to ratify the September 4, 2019 Board Meeting Minutes. Frank Aguirre so moved. Rick Godinez seconded. There was no discussion or objections.
Motion carried to ratify the September 4, 2019 Board Meeting Minutes and all actions taken.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
1) Bob Steinbacher provided a Pension Board meeting update. He indicated that there was discussion on the 115 Trust Fund and what would be done with it.
2) Bob Steinbacher referred to the Board Offsite meeting and indicated that they will not be taking any actions today on what was discussed at the meeting. He indicated that David Jones will be reviewing the L & A Benefit to purchase cemetery plots and will report back to the Board.
3) Bob Steinbacher referred to the LAFRA Dinner Dance on December 7th. He asked that they get with Juliet Brandolino for reservations.
4) Bob Steinbacher referred to the Medal of Valor dinner and asked that those interested in attending to let him know.
5) Bob Steinbacher asked David Peters to pull names for the Presidential Compensation Committee. Those names pulled were Henry Gasbarri, Gayle Sonoda, Tim Freeman, Tyler Tomich, and David Peters. The longest serving member on the Board being David Peters would be Chairman of the committee.
VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT
1) Jeff Cawdrey referred to the Annual IFEBP Conference in San Diego and indicated that all hotel reservations have been made for those registered for the conference. He indicated that the Bradawn dinner event will be on Monday evening and the Kaiser dinner will be Tuesday evening.
2) Jeff Cawdrey referred to the Sacramento Memorial and indicated that Diane Vigil attended and suggested that they have LAFRA Trustee representation at future memorials.
3) Jeff Cawdrey referred to the Group 2 Trustee elections and indicated that they must receive their intents to run by October 15th along with their bios. He mentioned that other members not current Trustees are running for Trustee positions.
4) Jeff Cawdrey referred to Trustee Richard Moody and indicated that he has decided to resign as Trustee for personal reasons.
Jeff Cawdrey entertained a motion to accept Richard Moody’s resignation as LAFRA Trustee. David Peters so moved. Frank Aguirre seconded. There was no discussion or objections.
Motion carried to accept Richard Moody’s resignation as LAFRA Trustee.
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE REPORT
John Jacobsen informed the committee that he visited managers of the Venture Capital Group at their limited partners event.
ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE REPORT
Frank Aguirre presented the following motions.
The committee recommends and I so move to pay the usual and customary bills in the amount of $815,095.48. There was no discussion or objections.
Motion carried to pay the usual and customary bills in the amount of $815,095.48.
The committee recommends and I so move to approve $795 for a foursome of golf and tee sign for the Firefighter’s Quest Golf Tournament. There was no discussion or objections.
Motion carried to approve $795 for a foursome of golf and tee sign for the Firefighter’s Quest Gold Tournament.
The committee recommends and I so move to approve $650 for the UFLAC Foundation Golf Tournament Putting Contest. There was no discussion or objections.
Motion carried to approve $650 for the UFLAC Foundation Golf Tournament Putting Contest.
MEDICAL COMMITTEE REPORT
Frank Aguirre presented the following motion.
The committee recommends and I so move to approve the Express Scripts Commercial & EGWP claims, Admin fees and Vision Service Plan claims totaling $1,278,749.49. There was no discussion or objections.
Motion carried to approve the Express Scripts Commercial & EGWP claims, Admin fees and the Vision Service Plan claims totaling $1,278,749.49.
Frank Aguirre informed that the new TPA implementation is moving forward and HealthComp will be in the LAFRA building by November 4th.
RELIEF COMMITTEE REPORT
Mike Sailhamer presented the following motion.
The committee recommends and I so move to pay:
The Sick & Injury benefits in the amount of $85,655.23
The Estate Planning benefit in the amount of $5,300
The Life & Accident Death Benefits in the amount of $24,000
The Relief Death Benefits in the amount of $50,000
There was no discussion or objections.
Motion carried to pay the above Relief benefits.
Mike Sailhamer read the names of members who recently passed and asked for a moment of silence from the Board.
MEMORIALS
William F. Hammel
Eugene E. Tolman
Donald D. Pierson
Jack D. Chell
Richard H. Van Daele
Robert G. Gabel
Kenneth Evanoff
Charles J. Callaway
Michael K. Mc Osker
Glen R. Phillips
ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE
Mike Sailhamer presented the following motions.
The committee recommends and I so move to accept the donations in the amount of $6,977.21 to the Widows, Orphans & Disabled Firemen’s Fund. There was no discussion or objections.
Motion carried to accept the donations in the amount of $6,977.21 to the Widows, Orphans & Disabled Firemen’s Fund.
The committee recommends and I so move to approve the financial assistance applications for surviving spouses, active and retired members. There was no discussion or objections.
Motion carried to approve the financial assistance applications for surviving spouses, active and retired members.
ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT
The committee recommends and I so move to advance funds for both active and retired members. There was no discussion or objections.
Motion carried to advance funds for both active and retired members.
MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT REPORT
Rick Godinez referred to golf tournament and reported that we secured over $138K in sponsorships and had 117 golfers on the course that day. He indicated that the Marketing Dept. are currently sending thank you letters and closing the online silent auction.
SETTING OF DATES
1) LAFD Memorial – October 12th
2) IFEBP Annual Conference – Oct. 20th – 23rd
3) LAFRA Open House – November 2nd
4) LAFRA Dinner Dance – December 7th
RETIREMENT DINNERS
1) John B. Hicks – Saturday, October 26th C @ FS 114 (Steinbacher)
2) Ray Hoffman – Saturday, November 2nd C @ Castaway (Albarran)
EXECUTIVE SESSION
The Board entered into Executive Session at 11:43 a.m.
The Board adjourned from Executive Session at 1:00 p.m.
Member updates and personnel issue discussed during Executive Session. Actions were taken.
ADJOURNMENT
Bob Steinbacher entertained a motion to adjourn. Juan Albarran so moved. Henry Gasbarri seconded. There was no discussion and no objections.
Motion carried to adjourn. The Board of Trustees meeting adjourned at 1:02 p.m.
Bob Steinbacher, President
