HomeMy Public PortalAboutR3209RESOLUTION NO. 3209
WHEREAS, the adoption of Resolution No. 3209 will authorize the Secretary-
Treasurer of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District to liquidate assets held in the Penn Capital
Fund, Loomis Sayles Credit Asset Fund, and Pictet Emerging Local Currency Debt Fund, who
were appointed District pension fund managers by Resolution No. 3068, adopted January 10,
2013; and to allocate assets to the Prudential Core Plus Bond Fund as recommended by the
District’s pension investment consultant, Pavilion Advisory Group, Inc.
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has established an
Employee Pension Plan in accordance with the Charter Plan, as amended June 5, 2012, Section
3.020(22). Article 9 of the Pension Plan allows the Board of Trustees to appoint investment
managers and direct the Trustee of the Pension Plan to invest a specified portion of the Pension
Fund in a particular asset or assets, and
WHEREAS, in the form of a Pension Plan, Ordinance No. 4641, as amended,
provides for the pensioning and other retirement benefits of employees of the MSD and spouses
and minor children of deceased employees, and provides for the payment of public funds for
such purposes, in accordance with the MO Constitution of 1945, as amended, and t he MO
Statutes enacted authorizing said Pension Plan, and
WHEREAS, specifically, Article 9.2 of the Pension Plan provides that the Board
of Trustees of the District, may from time to time, appoint one or more investment managers
direct any Trustee or Trustees of the Pension Plan with respect to all or a specified portion of the
assets of the Pension Fund held by said Trustee. Such investment managers must meet the
requirements of section 3(38) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, P.L. 93-
406, as amended, and
WHEREAS, specifically, Section 9.3 of the Pension Plan provides that the Board
of Trustees of the District may, from time to time, direct the Trustee of the Pension Plan to invest
a specified portion of the Pension Fund in a particular asset or assets, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
presently receives services from Pavilion Advisory Group, Inc., per Ordinance No.13719,
adopted September 12, 2013 to act as the employee pension fund investment consultant and
provide investment advisory services, and
WHEREAS, Pavilion Advisory Group, Inc. has conducted a review and
evaluation of the Employee Pension Fund investment activities, and has made certain pension
fund investment recommendations to the Board of Trustees,
WHEREAS, Resolution 3138 set new asset allocation targets and allowable
ranges and allows for the Board of Trustees, from time to time, to alter the asset mix, the various
investment instruments, and portfolio managers of the pension investment plan in response to
changing investment market conditions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Secretary-Treasurer of the
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is hereby authorized to liquidate assets held in the Penn Capital
Funds, Loomis Sayles Credit Asset Fund, and Pictet Emerging Local Currency Debt Fund, who were
appointed District pension fund managers by Resolution 3068, adopted January 10, 2013, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary-Treasurer
of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is hereby authorized to allocate assets to the Prudential
Core Plus Bond Fund as recommended by the District's Investment consultant, Pavilion Advisory
Group, Inc.
The foregoing Ordinance was adopted on May 14, 2015 by the following vote –
Ayes – A. Mandel, M. Yates, J. Faul, R. Berry, and V. Patton.
Nays – None
Secretary-Treasurer