Board Meeting Agenda 01-22-2010

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STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

January 22, 2010
8:30 a.m. Continuing CLOSED SESSION

12:30 p.m. OPEN SESSION
Or Upon Adjournment or Recess
of the Closed Session, Whichever is Later

Auditorium, Milton Marks Conference Center
455 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102

BOARD MEMBERS
Jeanne L. Cain, Chair
Sheryl A. Chalupa
Daniel M. Curtin
Donald E. Garcia
Sen. Michael J. Machado (Ret.)
Lawrence E. Mulryan
Francis E. Quinlan
Steven L. Rank
Thomas E. Rankin
James S. Richardson
William M. Zachry

(Ex-officio)
John Duncan

AGENDA

CLOSED SESSION   8:30 a.m. (Continued from January 21, 2010 CLOSED SESSION)
Information/Jim Neary,
Carol Newman
10. Update on Independent Valuation of Surplus
[Government Code sections 11126(e), (j)(4)]
   
Information/Andreas Acker 11. Personnel Matters
[Government Code sections 11126(a), (j)(4)]
   
Information/ Carol Newman, Suzanne Ah-Tye 12. Pending and Potential Litigation
[Government Code sections 11126(e), (j)(4)]
   
    a. Poizner v. Genest, Lockyer, et al. Sacramento Superior Court No. 34-2009-80000310 (Update)
   
    b. CASE et al. v. Schwarzenegger et al., San Francisco Superior Court No. CPF-09-509205 (Update)
 
    SEIU v. Schwarzenegger et al., San Francisco Superior Court No. CPF-09-509580 (Update
 
    CAPS v. Schwarzenegger et al., San Francisco Superior Court No. CPF-09-509695 (Update)
 
Information/John Duncan, Suzanne Ah-Tye   b. Almaraz v. State Compensation Insurance Fund, ADJ1078163
 
    Ogilvie v. City and County of San Francisco, ADJ1177048
 
Information/Nanci Clarence 13. Task Force Update
[Government Code section 11126(j)(2), (4)]
 
OPEN SESSION   12:30 p.m.
Action/Jeanne Cain 14. Call to Order and Roll Call
     
Action/Jeanne Cain 15. Consent Calendar1
     
    a. Approval of November 12-13, 2009 Open Meeting Minutes
     
    Attachment
     
    Approval of January 7, 2010 Open Meeting Minutes
     
    Attachment
     
    b. Board Member Training Opportunities and Approval of Planned Board Member Training
     
    Attachment
     
    c. Report on Board Member Travel Expense Reimbursement—October through December 2009
     
    Attachment
     
    d. Approval of Retirement Resolutions Nos. 895 – 906 (Mabale, Mapa, Schmidt, Hartshorn, Gadd, Dunlap, Pantangco, Clabough, Katanian, Kuhn, Vollmer, White)
     
    Attachment (originals available for signature at meeting)
     
Information/Peter Guastamachio 16. Market Outlook and Economic Update
     
Information/Doug Stewart 17. President’s Report
     
    a. Status Update on State Fund
     
Information/Alex Swedlow   b. Current Issues in Pain Management and Opioid Use in the California Workers’ Compensation System
     
    Attachment
     
  18. Committee Reports
     
Action/Jeanne Cain   a. Governance Committee Update
     
    (i) Ratification of Executive Search Firm Selection
     
    (ii) Approval of CEO and Exempts 2009 Performance Bonuses
     
    (iii) Board Evaluation Update
     
Information/Frank Quinlan   b. Audit Committee Update
     
    (i) Closed Audit Report
     
Information/Mike Machado   c. Investment Committee Update
     
Action/Peter Guastamachio,
Leslie Dawe
19. Ratification of Investment Transactions
    a. Bond Transactions
     
    Attachment
     
    b. Short-Term Investment Transactions
     
    Attachment
     
    c. Compliance Report
     
    Attachment
     
Information/Jeanne Cain 20. Chair’s Report
     
Information 21. Board Member Reports
     
Information 22. Proposals and Suggestions for March, 2010 Agenda
     
Information 23. Public Comment
     
    Next Board of Directors Meetings: March 18-19, 2010
     
Note: Items designated for information are appropriate for Board/Committee action if the Board/Committee wishes to take action. Any agenda item from a properly noticed Committee meeting held immediately prior to this Board meeting may be considered by the Board. Agenda items may be taken out of order with the approval of the Chairperson. Public comment will be limited to three (3) minutes per speaker and ten (10) minutes per subject item.

 

1 Items on the Consent Calendar include routine actions or matters already considered by a committee of the Board and will be enacted by one motion and one vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board Member or the public so requests. It is in the Board’s discretion to remove items already considered by a committee of the Board from the Consent Calendar. Any item removed from the Consent Calendar will be considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. If you wish to have an item removed from the Consent Calendar, please submit a speaker card or make your request at the time the Board Chairperson asks if any member of the public wishes to remove an item from consent. After an item, if any, removed from the Consent Calendar has been discussed, the Board will vote to approve all items remaining on the Consent Calendar.
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