Location:  Sister Cities 1101

Chair:  James Ray or Janine Bosley (co-chairs)

1. Review and approval of proposed agenda 
2. Review and approval of the minutes of the September 8 meeting
3. Follow-up and Old Business
   
       i) Email from Virginia Retirement System (VRS) regarding  groups of employer pulling out of VRS and City
           paying same contributions for employees in each plan
   
      ii) Replacement Ratio:  shows retirement benefits and Social Security benefits for employee earning average
           salary
      iii) Average Salaries of Recent Retirees 
4. Comments by City Management
   
      ii-1 Memo from Acting City Manager Bruce Johnson dated September 19, 2011 to the Ad Hoc Retirement
             Advisory Group regarding a trigger mechanism
   
      ii-2 Current Contribution Rate Structure of Fire and Police Pension Plan which also illustrates cost sharing
             and risk sharing in funding retirement benefits
5. Discussion of work plan for developing report on findings and recommendations in response to mandates from City Council
   
      Report Draft #1A distributed at the September 8 meeting and referred to during this meeting
   
      Comments emailed from Group member Mr. Bailey
   
      Comments emailed from Group member Mr. Rubenstein
6. New Business
7. Future Meetings schedule
   
      a. Tuesday, September 27, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Chet and Sabra Avery Room, City Hall second floor
                 (Note:  This meeting was originally scheduled for September 28.)
   
      b. Tuesday, October 11, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Sister Cities 1101
   
      c. October 27, meeting with the Council Pension/Compensation Committee, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
          Sister Cities 1101 [date is still being confirmed]
8. Adjournment