NJSIG Board of Trustees Meeting September 20, 2023

Dates:

Wednesday, September 20, 2023 - 1:00pm

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0. Agenda

Public Attachments:

00.September 20, 2023 meeting agenda.pdf

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1. Call to Order

In accordance with the Sunshine Law and N.J.S.A. 10:4-10, due notice of all pending meetings was given to the Newark Star Ledger, www.NJ.com, and Trenton Times on July 7, 2023. Notice of this meeting was also filed with the New Jersey Secretary of State. Electronic notice of this meeting was also posted to NJSIG’s website at www.njsig.org.

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2. Roll Call

Stephanie Brown, Ed.D.	Damaris Gurowsky	Christopher Russo, Ed.D.
Richard J. Casey	Irene Le Febvre	Nicholas Bice
Christopher Carrubba	Jamie P. Moscony	Vacant

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3. Acceptance of the public session minutes for July 19, 2023

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4. Public Participation

Opportunity for public to address the NJSIG Trustees regarding specific agenda items. Each person will have five minutes to speak.

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5. Sub-fund Liaisons

Reports/Comments

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6. Reports

A. Executive Director Report	Jill Deitch
B. Accounting/Finance Report	Michele Carosi
C. Underwriting Report	Claire King
D. Claims Report	Sherwin Archibald
E. Information Technology Report	Jeff Cook
F. Member Services and Loss Control	Lauren Schilling

Public Attachments:

6.A.Executive Director report.pdf

6.B.Accounting report.pdf

6.C.Underwriting report.pdf

6.D.Claims report.pdf

6.E.Information Technology report.pdf

6.F.Member Services and Loss Control report.pdf

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7. Discussion Items

A. Trustee nomination - Jill Deitch
B. NJSIG’s Remote Work Pilot program - updated - Jill Deitch
C. NJSBA Workshop - Atlantic City Oct. 23-26, 2023 - Lauren Schilling
D. Vacant buildings, possible future policy changes - Jill Deitch

Public Attachments:

NJSIG Trustee Terms, Committees 6-21-2023.pdf

2023.09.08 - Remote Work Pilot Program Memo FINAL.pdf

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8. Action Items

A. Contracting:
     1. Reinsurance brokerage services
        (NJSIG No. 0923-1) - Jill Deitch
     2. Outside counsel - NEPHA hotline
        (NJSIG No. 0923-2) - Lauren Schilling
B. Procurements using electronic procurement process
        (NJSIG No. 0923-3) - Jill Deitch
C. Checking accounts and new claims ratification
        (NJSIG No. 0923-4) - Michele Carosi

Public Attachments:

08.A.1.Insurance brokerage services.pdf

08.A.2.Employment practices counseling hotline.pdf

08.B.Electronic procurement process.pdf

08.C.Checking accounts and new claims.pdf

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9. New Business

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10. Executive Session

EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et. seq., (“the Open Public Meetings Act”), authorizes public entities to meet in executive session under certain circumstances; and

WHEREAS, the Open Public Meetings Act requires that the Group adopt a resolution at a public meeting to go into private session; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Schools Insurance Group that it is necessary to meet in executive session to discuss certain items involving:

A. Litigation; and/or

B. Matters involving attorney client privilege; and/or

C. Matters involving pending contract negotiation; and/or

D. Matters involving terms and conditions of employment of current public employee

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any discussion held by the Board of Trustees which need not remain confidential will be made public as soon as feasible. The minutes of the executive session will not be disclosed until the need for confidentiality no longer exists.

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees will not return to open session to conduct business at the conclusion of the executive session.

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