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Minutes of the October 25, 2018 Retirement Board meeting: Present: Robert Cunha, Alan Fields, Frederick Weiss,Joseph Foley, Marguerite Oliva, and Jim Condon Absent: Carolyn Kosnoff NEW MEMBERS: (9) Michael Fleet, Laborer; Katherine Luczai, Dept. Asst.; Jillian Peura, SSI; Bradley Carlson, Meghan Brenna, Kimberly Lagadinos, Amanda Bursztynsky, Madeline Levesque, LA's; Michael DeLuca, Police Officer; DEATHS: (2) Sandra Finn, School Dept., 9/26/18; Wallace Wesinger, Highway Laborer, 10/6/18 RETIREMENTS: Diane Gillis, Police Admin. Asst., 11/1/18; Charlotte Rodgers, Human Services Director, 11/30/18 The Board accepted the 103118 Warrant and the October payroll. The September minutes were reviewed and approved, as well as the cashbooks for August 2018. Bob Cunha reviewed the October agenda with the Board members and staff. Michelle DeChristoforo's request to purchase two (2)years of creditable service was approved by the Board members present. A motion was made by Bob to approve the new funding schedule through 2024. It was seconded by Fred Weiss, unanimously approved by Alan Fields and Joe Foley. The Board members spoke briefly regarding the matter of renewing the contract for Meketa Investment Group. The consensus was that all feel comfortable with the way Meketa has managed the fund for the Retirement Board over the years. Bob made a motion to renew the Meketa contract,which was seconded by Fred, and unanimously approved. The Board voted on Angelo Gordon as the new Senior Private Debt manager. The motion was made by Alan, seconded by Bob, and unanimously approved. A second motion was made by Alan to take 5,000,000.00 from the Loomis account to fund Angelo Gordon. Funding would be 1.5m the first year, then 2.Om second year, and 1.5m in the third year. That motion was seconded by Bob, and unanimously approved by Fred and Joe. Francesco Daniele and David Gurtz presented the PRIM Board review. They began with a brief overview of their mission. PRIM is a $73.813 investment fund that invests public employee pension benefits. The main goal is to relieve the funding burden on the Massachusetts taxpayer. In the last 5 years alone, the returns have contributed over$17.213 in pension funding. Some of the success stems from de-risking the portfolio over recent years. PRIM feels the market is almost at its peak acceleration point, leading to a slow down with the economy. One more interest rate hike could occur at the end of this year, and up to three more in 2019. David mentioned our allocations are doing well. Our hedge funds allocation is 9%out of 13%within the Portfolio Completion Strategies. PRIT uses a direct investing approach, and all their managed assets are 100%controlled in house to avoid paying management fees. The Real Estate portfolio is comprised of 80% in the Core Fixed Income bracket strategy. They have$6.913 within this portfolio,which is 9%of the PRIT Fund. There is a lot of exposure with investment properties, mainly in the middle of the country with warehouses, and in the south with apartments and condominiums.