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Minutes of the December 18, 2025 Retirement Board meeting:
Present: Robert Cunha, Joseph Foley, Frederick Weiss, Carolyn Kosno?, Alan Fields,
Michelle Malone and Jim Condon
Absent: None
The Lexington Retirement Board met remotely through Zoom tele-conferencing and in person.
The Town Clerks O?ice posted the meeting, which included the information for any interested
party to join the call. Robert Cunha, Joseph Foley, Carolyn Kosno?, Frederick Weiss, Alan Fields,
James Condon and Michelle Malone were present. Robert Cunha called the meeting to order at
8:30 am.
The Board accepted the 123125 Warrant and the December payroll. The November minutes
were reviewed and approved, as well as the October cashbooks.
Robert Cunha reviewed the December agenda with all Board members and sta? in attendance.
He mentioned we would be heading to Executive Session at 9:30 am.
It was noted a Monroe Capital Fund IV distribution of $60,845.00 was received on 11/20/25
A distribution from Neuberger Berman Fund V for $95,376.00 was received on 11/21/2025
The Cybersecurity insurance research is still under review. Bob and Michelle are working
with the I.T. Department in Lexington, as well as Carolyn.
The RFP for legal representation has reached a conclusion. After a brief overview of the
finalists, Robert Cunha made a motion to retain Sacco & Collins, P.C as the legal provider
of the Retirement Board. This motion was seconded by Joseph Foley, and unanimously
approved by Fred Weiss, Carolyn Kosno?, and Alan Fields. The Lexington Retirement Board
will retain Sacco & Collins, P.C. for the next seven (7) years.
The RFP for a consultant is still under review with Meketa. Steve MacLellan will report back
to the Board at our January 29, 2026 meeting.
The RFP regarding our banking is in the final stages. The Town Treasurer will inform our
o?ice of the decision in the coming weeks.
A service liability request was made by the Cambridge Retirement System regarding former
employee, Nilofar Jhalodwala. Robert Cunha made a motion to deny liability due to fact
Ms. Jhalodwala was less than part-time and did not qualify for membership under the
Board’s discretionary authority as set forth in G.L. c. 32, s.3 (2)(d). Mr. Cunha’s motion to
deny was seconded by Fred Weiss, and unanimously denied by Carolyn Kosno?, Alan
Fields and Joseph Foley.
Stephen MacLellan and Henry Juang presented the Meketa update at 8:40 am. Due to an
early Board meeting, not too much to print for review as the market figures for November
have not been reported. However, Steve mentioned early figures show November was a
positive month, and the QTD is still on track as doing well. Our allocations in the portfolio
remain unchanged.
The overall performance as of November 30, 2025 was $296,962,238.00, up $1.9m from
last month. The portfolio is up 16.1% for the year. Other than Kayne Anderson, all assets in
the portfolio were positive for the year. Steve will provide updated figures at the next
meeting. Once the December figures are reported, it should show the portfolio as having a
very strong year. Steve did caution that 2026 could be a tricky year in the market. Once the
Global Equity search is complete, we should consider moving some funds to play defense
on our portfolio. His presentation wrapped up at 8:55 am.
At 8:57am, David Gurtz from PRIM presented the yearly performance update. As of
09/30/25, PRIM has $121.1b in AUM. Forty One percent of their holdings are in Global
Equities, followed by fifteen percent in Core Fixed Income. Their RE is 9%, which equates
to roughly $10.8b invested. David mentioned there are signs of improvement in RE lately
due to interest rates being lowered. However, the supply of property available has
weakened. He then reviewed the Hedge Fund portfolio. This portfolio holds $10.0b, which
is 8.2% of the PRIT Fund. This fund has returned 11.5% over the past 12 months. He
mentioned they continue to research on public & value infrastructure opportunities, as well
as non-US distressed investing. David then fielded a few questions before his presentation
wrapped up at 9:20 am.
Robert Cunha made a motion at 9:25 am to leave open session and enter executive
session. This motion was seconded by Joseph Foley, and unanimously approved by
Carolyn Kosno?, Fred Weiss, and Alan Fields.
At 10:22 am, Robert Cunha made a motion to leave executive session, which was
seconded by Fred Weiss, and unanimously approved by Joseph Foley, Alan Fields, and
Carolyn Kosno?.
Robert Cunha then made a motion to adjourn open session of the Board meeting at 10:24
am, which was seconded by Joseph Foley, and unanimously approved by Carolyn Kosno?,
Alan Fields and Fred Weiss.
The next Retirement Board meeting will be held on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 8:30 am.
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Future Board meetings: February 26, March 26, April 23rd
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Robert Cunha, Chairman Alan Fields, Appointed Member
Carolyn Kosnoff, Ex Officio Member Joseph Foley, Elected Member
Frederick Weiss, Appointed Member