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Mendocino County retirement board elects officers, adopts 2026 calendar and policy updates; approves pension-pay correction
Summary
At its December 2025 meeting, the Mendocino County Employees' Retirement Association elected its 2026 officers, approved the fiscal-year 2025 audit and financial statements, adopted updates to conflict-of-interest and remote-attendance policies tied to new state law, and approved resolutions removing a resident deputy bonus pay from pensionable compensation.
The Mendocino County Employees' Retirement Association on its December 2025 agenda elected Alex Land as chair, Lenore Swope as vice chair and Catherine Cavness as secretary, and approved a slate of administrative and policy actions affecting pension pay and board governance.
Why it matters: Trustees adopted the board calendar and several governance changes that implement new state requirements for official disclosures and remote attendance, and the board adopted two resolutions to correct the pensionable status of a county resident deputy bonus pay, including retroactive refunds where required for PEPRA members. Those actions affect a small number of members and change how MCERA and some outside vendors must file financial-disclosure forms.
The vote and motions: After nominations, a trustee moved to elect the slate of officers; the motion passed on a roll-call vote in which all trustees present recorded 'Aye.' The board adopted the 2026 calendar after discussing conference conflicts and scheduled the first audit-committee meeting for April 22 at 1 p.m. The audit committee reported no findings for FY2025 and the board approved the financial statements and independent audit by roll-call vote.
Pensionable-pay correction: Executive Director Doris Rentschler recommended two resolutions related to a county "resident deputy" bonus pay created circa…
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