New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits

Notice of this meeting has been provided through the annual notice of the schedule of regular meetings of the Board filed with and prominently posted in the offices of the Secretary of State. The 2008 annual meeting schedule was mailed to the Secretary of State, Star Ledger and the Trenton Times on November 28, 2007.

(A) When necessary, the Board shall adopt Resolution A to go into closed session to consider individuals’ disability applications, which states:

In accordance with the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-13, be it resolved that the Board of Trustees go into closed session for purposes of discussing matters pertaining to disability retirement which involves material involving personal medical and health records, data, reports and recommendations relating to specific individuals, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(3). Those matters are confidential unless expressly waived by the individual involved.

D-3 Monthly OD Grid

The Board of Trustees, on the basis of the medical examination and other documentation presented, approved the following Ordinary Disability retirements. Future examinations were waived with the exceptions of those noted with *. The Board waived the 30-day waiting period with an effective date of May 1, 2008 and earlier.

Member's Name	Effective Date	P/F	Employer
Ackerman, Joseph Alan Jr	02/08	F	HackensackCity
Costello, John	04/08	F	Bayonne City
Green, Ronald J	04/08	P	East Jersey State Prison
Halloran, Michael J Jr	02/08	P	Union County
Johnson, Lavita E	05/08	P	Newark City
Kenney, Francis I	12/07	P	Middlesex County
Marcinczyk, Steven V	02/08	P	Middlesex County
Muhammad, Ibrahim	03/08	P	Essex County
Phillips, Michael J	05/08	P	Southern State Crrtnl Facility
Pitt, Louis Anthony	09/07	P	Mountainview Youth Corr. Fac.

Total = 10

CLOSED SESSION

Accidental Disability

Item No.	MEMBER'S NAME NO.	EMPLOYER	EFFECTIVE DATE	ACCIDENT DATE	BOARD’S DECISION
E-1 +	Velez, Roberto	Newark Police Department	2/1/2005	12/10/2004	a) Honorable Service - Partial Forfeiture of final year service and salary b) Accidental Disability - Approved Accidental Disability
E-2 +	DelleChiaie, Vincent	Passaic County	2/1/2008	4/25/2007	Reconsidered and approved Accidental Disability (Trustees Loccke and Foti recused)
E-3 +	Cepeda, Luis	Northern State Prison	6/1/2007	3/2/2007	Denied Accidental Disability, granted Ordinary Disability effective
E-4 +	Sette, Joseph	South Orange Village	3/1/2008	6/29/2005	(A motion to adopt Resolution B was made by Trustee Beaver and seconded by Trustee Mikutsky. A subsequent motion to return to Closed Session was made by Trustee Beaver and seconded by Trustee Mikutsky) Approved Accidental Disability
E-5	Ranton, Leroy	Boro. of Paulsboro	7/1/2007	4/30/2006	Tabled for clarification from employer regarding usage of shotguns.
E-6	Goodman, Pamela	Dept. of Corrections	12/1/2007	10/11/2005	Tabled for clarification from IME.
E-7	Zielinski, Mark	NJ Transit	7/1/2007	10/4/2005	Approved Accidental Disability (Trustee Loccke recused)
E-8	Riley, John	Red Bank Borough	5/1/2008	8/3/2007	Approved Accidental Disability
E-9	Salarno, Vincent	NJ State Parole Board	10/1/2007	1/24/2006	Denied Accidental Disability, granted Ordinary Disability
E-10	Santiago, Mark	Newark City	3/1/2008	9/25/2006	Denied Accidental Disability, granted Chapter 428 Ordinary Disability
E-11	Gross, Blanche	South Woods Prison	9/1/2007	6/11/2006	Approved Accidental Disability effective
E-12	Valenzuela, Diomedes	Township of Irvington	10/1/2006	11/27/2001	Reconsidered and reaffirmed previous decision denying Accidental Disability, continue collecting Ordinary Disability
E-13 +	Guadagno, Joseph	Albert C. Wagner Youth Corr. Facility	8/1/2003	10/28/2002	(A motion to adopt Resolution B made by Trustee Beaver and seconded by Trustee Mikutsky. A subsequent motion to return to Closed Session made by Trustee Mikutsky and seconded by Trustee Foti) Tabled for additional information
Item No.	MEMBERS NAME NO.	EMPLOYER	EFFECTIVE DATE	ACCIDENT DATE	BOARD’S DECISION
E-14	Caminiti, Frank	Essex County	1/1/2004	1/20/2000	Reconsidered and denied Accidental Disability, continue Ordinary Disability (Trustee Loccke recused)
E-15 +	Corbacho, Juan	Newark City	5/1/2003	9/1/2000	Reconsidered and denied Accidental Disability, continue collecting Ordinary Disability
E-16	Miller, Stephen	Essex County	7/1/2002	7/7/2000	Reconsidered and denied Accidental Disability, continue collecting Ordinary Disability (Trustee Loccke recused)
E-17 +	Seider, Jeffrey	Franklin Township	6/1/2003	11/9/1998	Reconsidered and denied Accidental Disability, continue collecting Ordinary Disability
E-18	Delvalle, Mariano	Lakewood Township	4/1/2006	3/24/2002	Reconsidered and denied Accidental Disability, continue Ordinary Disability (Trustee Loccke recused)
E-19	Hargrove, Samuel	Burlington County	6/1/2006	11/30/2005	Reconsidered and denied Accidental Disability, continue Ordinary Disability
E-20	Evans, James	Bridgeton City	4/1/2008	2/23/2003	Reconsidered and denied Accidental Disability, continue Ordinary Disability. (Vote: 4:3: Trustees Sierchio; Hall and Leake: Nae)
E-21	Hodavance, John	Hillside Township	12/1/2007	3/24/2001	Denied Accidental Disability, continue Ordinary Disability
E-22	Hornung, Francis	Union County	7/1/2007	11/14/2006	Reconsidered and denied Accidental Disability, continue Ordinary Disability
E-23	Naylor, David	Livingston Township	7/1/2007	2/13/2007	Reconsidered and denied Accidental Disability, continue Ordinary Disability
E-24	Madama, Joshua	Allentown Borough	2/1/2007	3/31/2004	Reconsidered and denied Accidental Disability, continue Ordinary Disability
E-25 +	Rodrigues, Rui	City of Newark	6/1/2006	12/26/1999 7/6/2000	Reconsidered and denied Accidental Disability, continue Ordinary Disability
E-26 +	Snyder, Frank	Essex County	1/1/2007	9/7/2006	(A motion to adopt Resolution B was made by Trustee Leake and seconded by Trustee Beaver. A subsequent motion to return to Closed Session made by Trustee Beaver, seconded by Trustee Foti) Reconsidered and denied Accidental Disability, continue Ordinary Disability (Trustee Loccke recused)
E-27	Thau, Michael	Middlesex County	12/1/2007	12/11/2006	Reconsidered and denied Accidental Disability, continue Ordinary Disability
E-28 +	Gleisberg, Robert	Egg Harbor Township	5/1/2007	12/2/1997	Reconsidered and denied Accidental Disability, continue Ordinary Disability Vote: 5:2; Trustees Hall and Murphy: Nae; Trustee Loccke recused
E-29	Walder, Lorna	Dept. of Environmental Protection	11/2/2007	4/1/2006	Tabled for submission of additional medical documentation per member’s request.
E-30	Acevedo, Fernando	City of Newark	2/1/2007	3/29/2005	Tabled to allow member to file amended application w/more MVA incidents, per supplemental request. Granted Interim Ordinary Disability (DAG Pushko recused)
E-31 +	Gachetti, Joseph	City of Trenton	5/1/2008	1/5/2007	Approved Accidental Disability effective (Trustees Foti and Murphy recused)
E-32	Register, Michael	Dept. of Corrections	9/1/2007	11/16/2006	Tabled on TP to provide IME with additional documents.
E-33	Hayes, Shonda	City of Trenton	10/1/2007	3/28/1998 12/31/2001	Denied Accidental Disability, granted Ordinary Disability (Trustees Foti and Murphy recused)
E-34	Wolf, Edward	Wayne Twp.	4/1/2008	11/16/2005	Approved Accidental Disability (Trustee Loccke recused)
E-35 +	Grier, Karen	Essex County	2/1/2007	11/15/2003	Denied Accidental Disability, Offered Deferred retirement. (Trustee Loccke recused)
E-36 +	Martinez, Alexander	North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue	2/1/2007	9/11/2001	(A motion to adopt Resolution B made by Trustee Sierchio and seconded by Trustee Beaver. A subsequent motion to return to Closed Session made by Trustee Sierchio and seconded by Trustee Foti) Approved request to file for Accidental Disability

OPEN SESSION

Retirement Issues

F-1	Ceres, Lawrence - Somers Point City - Request for Dependency due to incarceration - Denied

OPEN SESSION

Hearing Decisions

G-1	Benbrook, Daniel - Middletown Twp. - Initial Decision - ALJ reversed Board's Decision and granted Accidental Disability. DAG requests additional time to file exceptions. - Tabled for exceptions and reply to exceptions.
G-2	Beauregard, Tamara - Camden City - Initial Decision - ALJ reversed Board's decision and granted Accidental Disability - Adopted (Trustee Loccke recused) (Retirement Bureau)
G-3	Moved to L-4
G-4	Mottola, Anthony - Union City - Hearing Withdrawals - Noted
G-5	Bartholomew, Kevin - Garden St Recp & Youth Corrr CTR - Initial Decision - ALJ reversed Board's decision and granted Accidental Disability retirement benefits - Adopted (Retirement Bureau)
G-6	Doran, Anthony - Greenwich Twp. - Initial Decision - ALJ upheld Board's decision and denied Accidental Disability retirement benefits - Adopted

OPEN SESSION

Hearing Requests

H-1	Muccigrossi, Gary - South Plainfield Borough - Appellate Division Decision - Appeals the denial of Accidental Disability retirement benefits - Approved
H-2	Narducci, Robert - Bellmawr Borough - Appeals the Board's approval of Involuntary Ordinary Disability retirement - Approved

OPEN SESSION

Active Membership Issues

J-1-1

None

OPEN SESSION

Death Claim Issues

None

OPEN SESSION

Informational Issues

L-1	Wire Transfers Non-Contributory Group Insurance Policy #14800 Benefit Claims for the month of March 2008 - Noted
L-2	Nicole Fava's Resignation Letter - Noted
L-3	PFRS Mortgage Statements/Memos – Noted
L-4	Appellate Division decision regarding Steven J. Kaflowitz vs PERS - Noted

"+" Indicates personal appearance
"=" Indicates items not mailed

The next meeting of the Board will be held on June 9, 2008 at 9:30 a.m.