Police Officer's & Firefighter's Retirement System
Regular MeetingSpringfield, MO · June 11, 2025
Minutes
Minutes
June 11, 2025
1. Call to Order
White called the meeting to order at 8:32 a.m. The meeting was held at the Busch Municipal Building, 840
Boonville Avenue. Minutes taken by White. McPherson made a motion to elect Stewart the President Pro-
Tem in Setser’s absence; 2nd by Munsey. Vote all: Yes.
Attendance
Members Representation Present Absent
Justin Setser President X
Charles Alexander Police X
Jamie Frieze Fire X
Ron Hoffman Retiree X
Chad Munsey Citizen X
Laura Robinson Citizen X
Andy Stewart Citizen X
Jonathan Winn Citizen X
Ann Young Citizen X
Andrew McPherson (NV) Retiree X
Bryan Welch (NV) Police X
David Holtmann (NV) Finance X
Tony Kelley (NV) Administrative Director X
Nikki White (NV) Secretary X
NV = non-voting
Lance Roskens was also present.
2. Approval of Meeting Minutes – May 8, 2025
Alexander made a motion to approve the May 8, 2025 minutes as presented; 2nd by Munsey. Vote all:
Yes.
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3. Approval of Financial Statement Ending April 30, 2025
• The cash and short-term investments balance at the end of April was $3,217,674. The cash – UMB
investments balance was $28,789,386.
• IRM increased $426,981. The fund returned 0.31% compared to the index return of 0.40%.
• Acadian Emerging Markets increased $50,733. The fund returned 0.27% compared to the index return
of 1.30%.
• Brandes increased $1,127,682. The fund returned 5.40% compared to the index of 5.80%.
• Entrust Capital Diversified increased $2,462. The fund returned 0.50% compared to the index of
0.20%.
• Entrust Global Recovery Fund decreased ($6,670). The fund returned -0.60% compared to the index
of 2.60%.
• Blue Ocean decreased ($625,385). The fund returned -2.55% compared to the index of 2.60%
• Marathon decreased ($1,207,424). The fund returned 0.62% compared to the index of 2.60%. There
was a distribution of $1.28M.
• Fidelity INTL Index had an increase of $2,847,386. The fund returned 3.91% compared to the index
of 4.60%.
• IFM had an increase of $143,190. The fund returned 0.58% compared to the index of 1.70%.
• Loomis Sayles had an increase of $143,423. The fund returned 0.21% compared to the index return of
0.40%.
• LGT had an increase of $374,087. The fund returned 2.01% compared to the index return of -0.70%.
• Black Rock Russell decreased ($1,551,678). The return was -0.65% compared to the index of -0.70%.
• Baird Core Plus had no change. The value at month end was $95,492,162.
• Prime Storage decreased ($1,215,545). The return was 5.07% compared to the index of 0.80%. There
was a distribution of $2.1M.
• Employee contributions for the month totaled $76,261 and employer contributions totaled $147,081.
The Public Safety Sales Tax totaled $3,477,581.
• Gain/Loss in market value, including managers’ fees, was $1,655,606 for the month. Total additions
were $5,357,529.
• Benefit payments totaled $3,257,777. Return of contributions totaled $469,449. Administrative
expenses totaled $45,235. Net increase to the Plan was $1,585,068.
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• Total Net Assets at the end of April were $722,604,906.
Young made a motion to approve the financials ending April 30, 2025; 2nd by Munsey. Vote all: Yes.
4. Review of Applications
Retiree’s Name Application Application Retirement Date Department
Type Date
Chad Immekus Age & Service 05/26/2025 07/28/2025 Police
Christopher Rasmussen Age & Service 05/06/2025 08/02/2025 Police
Cody Williams Age & Service 05/15/2025 07/28/2025 Police
Daniel Tscherny Age & Service 05/16/2025 07/22/2025 Fire
Eric Pinegar Age & Service 05/16/2025 08/01/2025 Police
Eric Schroeder Age & Service 05/19/2025 07/28/2025 Police
Jason Kitta Age & Service 05/19/2025 07/28/2025 Police
Joseph Doza Age & Service 05/05/2025 07/27/2025 Fire
Joshua Ludwig Age & Service 05/19/2025 07/15/2025 Police
Michael Karnes Age & Service 05/13/2025 06/26/2025 Police
Nicholas Mittag Age & Service 05/06/2025 07/18/2025 Police
Pam Gianopulos Age & Service 05/13/2025 07/26/2025 Police
McPherson made a motion to accept the applications as presented; 2nd by Young. Vote all: Yes.
5. Review of Calculations
Type Years of Monthly Pension Partial Pension
Name Service Amount Amount
Jason Marcum Age & Service 25.00 $6,129.83 $3,163.78
Jennifer Charleston Age & Service 25.05 $7,565.61 $7,077.50
Kenneth Browning Final Pay 20.00 $4,135.08 $275.67
McPherson made a motion to accept the calculations as presented above; 2nd by Young. Vote all: Yes.
6. Approval of Return of Contributions
Name Type Years of Service ROC
Jennifer Charleston Age & Service 25.00 $275,512.41
Jason Marcum Age & Service + buyback 23.40 + 1.60 $176,252.14
McPherson made a motion to accept the return of contribution as presented above; 2nd by Young. Vote all:
Yes.
7. Administrative Director’s Report
Kelley reported on the following items:
• MAPERS conference is next month. The board meeting will be held a week later on July 17th.
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• Legislative Update – passed language to keep investment documents closed under the Sunshine
Law.
• We will begin the process to elect the non-voting fire representative.
8. Legal Matters – Closed Session, pursuant to Section 610.021, RS MO.
McPherson made a motion to move to closed session at 8:46 a.m. pursuant to Section 610.021(1, 12 and
14) RSMo.; 2nd by Munsey. Vote Yes: Alexander, Frieze, McPherson, Munsey, Robinson, Stewart, Winn
and Young. Vote no: none. Open session resumed at 9:22 a.m.
9. Board Member Terms
Munsey made a motion to recommend to Council that the citizen board member term limits be changed
from two to four. 2nd by Frieze. Vote all: Yes.
10. Board Structure
Alexander made a motion to table the discussion of the active participants representation on the board; 2nd
by Munsey. Vote all: Yes.
11. Adjournment
Munsey made a motion to adjourn the meeting; 2nd by Alexander. Vote all: Yes. The meeting adjourned at
9:41 a.m. on June 11, 2025.
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Agenda
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
Springfield Police Officers' and
Firefighters' Retirement System
Board of Trustees Meeting
Justin Setser, President Charles Alexander James Frieze Ron Hoffman
Chad Munsey Laura Robinson Andy Stewart Jonathan Winn
Ann Young Andrew McPherson Bryan Welch
David Holtmann, Finance Tony Kelley, Nikki White, Secretary
Administrative Director
2nd Floor East Conference Room
June 11, 2025 8:30 AM
840 Boonville Avenue
1. ROLL CALL.
1.1. Election of President Pro-Tem.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
2.1. Approval of Minutes of May 8, 2025 Meeting.
3. APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
3.1. Approval of Financial Statement as of April 30, 2025.
4. REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS.
4.1. Approval of Retirement Applications.
5. REVIEW OF CALCULATIONS.
5.1. Approval of Retirement Calculations.
6. APPROVAL OF RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
6.1. Approval of Return of Contributions.
7. ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
7.1. MAPERS
7.2. Non-voting Fire Representative Election.
7.3. Legislative Update.
8. NEW BUSINESS.
8.1. Board Structure and Terms
9. OLD BUSINESS.
10. LEGAL MATTERS.
10.1. Closed session to discuss legal actions, causes of action, litigation, privileged and
confidential communications, information related to a negotiated contract until a
contract is executed, and records which are protected by law pursuant to Section
610.021 (1, 12 and 14) RSMo.
11. ADJOURNMENT.
If you are unable to attend, please notify Nikki White at (417) 569-6282 or via email at nwhite@springfieldmo.gov.
The Board meetings will be open to the public, but public discussion will be limited. Speakers may or may not be allowed to address
the Board.
In accordance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines, if you need special accommodations when attending any
Pension Board meeting, please notify Nikki White at 417-569-6282 as soon as possible to ensure our ability to accommodate your
needs.