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Minutes of the February 27, 2020 Retirement Board meeting: Present: Bob Cunha, Joe Foley, Fred Weiss, Carolyn Kosnoff, Marguerite Oliva and Jim Condon Absent: Alan Fields The Board accepted the 022820 Warrant and the February payroll. The January minutes were reviewed and approved, as well as the cashbooks for December 2019. Bob Cunha reviewed the February agenda with the Board members and staff in attendance. He noted Vanguard received a transfer from the Town for $187,500.00. There was no new information regarding Ryan Bugler and Joseph O'Leary to report. The medical panel results for Donald LaConte were reviewed prior to the Board meeting. PERAC has approved the Accidental Disability Retirement case based on the results. Bob Cunha made a motion to approve Mr. LaConte for Accidental Disability benefits, which was seconded by Joe Foley, and approved by Fred Weiss. The Board discussed voting on the Cost of Living Adjustment(COLA) effective 07/01/2020. The COLA would remain at 3% of the first $14,000.00 for all retirees. Bob Cunha motioned to approve this 3% increase, which was seconded by Joe Foley, and approved by Fred Weiss. Board members were reminded of upcoming trainings for Q1 in 2020. Each were advised of how many credits are required by a certain date. Steve McLellan and Tom Dunleavy presented the Meketa update. The portfolio balance as of January 31, 2020 was $185,480,226.00. YTD is down slightly at-0.2%. Most equity markets are performing flat. The Coronavirus is starting to create jitters within the market. Outlook for futures could create major selloffs and a downward spiral in the market performance. Matthews Asia has been down, but the damage was limited. Wellington is holding their own, posting a positive 1.5% for January. Fidelity and KAR were also positive for the month. Tom Dunleavy gave a brief overview on the Non-Core Infrastructure Search and Respondent review. The portfolio currently has no private infrastructure investments. Our Wellington EA's are primarily public infrastructure companies. He reviewed the four respondents. One was rated as highly advantageous, while the other three were rated as advantageous. BlackRock Global was rated highly advantageous based on their organization structure, investment process, fees, and the investment management teams experience with renewable power projects. Sarah Duncan and Alex Ryer presented the RhumbLine review. RhumbLine currently holds $67.1B in assets under management. Domestic Equity, Domestic Fixed income, and International Equity are the three major classes of investing. Some of their top 10 holdings include Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon. The new product highlights are RhumbLine are focusing on MSCI US and World markets. Alex stated that our portfolio with RhumbLine is up 12.88% since inception 2013. Market value on the portfolio was $20.9M as of January 31, 2020.