Author Archives: Dale Kowacki

Ballots for the 2010 election have been mailed to members and retirees and are due back to the retirement office by 4:00 pm on Tuesday, November 30, 2010. The retirement system does not offer opinion or information regarding the candidates, … Continue reading →

The board has voted the budget for 2011.  Click here to view it: CY2011 Budget

Hot off the press and direct to you – the third quarter report from our small-cap manager, Daruma, has just been uploaded to the “Investments” page of our website.  It is a great read – you have to see it.

It is official – we have two candidates running for the position of “Fourth Member” on the board.  On Thursday of this week, signatures on the nomination papers of David R. Gendron, and Kevin P. Fox were verified and certified, … Continue reading →

Every two years the board updates its actuarial valuation, which determines future retirement liability, the balance of assets to meet that liability, and the amount we are funded/unfunded.  The process also presents the board with an opportunity to revise the funding … Continue reading →

NOTICE  FRANKLIN REGIONAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM ADVISORY COUNCIL (treasurers) MEETING 278 Main Street, Greenfield Massachusetts Conference Room, Suite 311  Thursday, September 23, 2010 9:00 am   Agenda  Call to Order Review and Acceptance of Meeting Minutes Visitors and . . . … Continue reading →

September 1, 2010 – The various positions on our retirement board are filled by both election and appointment.  It is now time to conduct a regular, three-year election for the “fourth member” of the board.  As of this writing, the … Continue reading →

Each year PERAC publishes a report of statistics of each retirement system in Massachusetts. The main focus of the report is on the financial health of the system(s) with a page for each system that shows current status and historical … Continue reading →