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Chicopee Retirement Board requires HIPAA authorization for new members, hears PRIT investments update
Summary
The board voted to require HIPAA authorization from all new retirement-system members and to ask police and fire chiefs to obtain authorizations from current members; it also received an investment update from PRIT Investments and approved conference attendance and a small office equipment purchase.
The Chicopee Retirement Board voted March 25 to require HIPAA authorization for all new members of the retirement system and directed the Executive Director to contact police and fire chiefs to obtain HIPAA authorization forms from current police and fire members.
The motion to require HIPAA authorization was made by Debra Boronski and seconded by David Ference; it passed unanimously. The board discussed whether HIPAA authorization should apply only to certain roles and whether it should be required of former employees; the motion requires the form for all new members and asks chiefs to secure forms for current police and fire members.
The board also received a presentation from Laura Strickland, Senior Client Services Officer, who provided a March 25, 2026 booklet on PRIT Investments (noting asset allocation targets, outlooks for asset classes and PRIM board and committee personnel updates). The board asked that Ms. Strickland continue to provide monthly performance updates.
Separately, the board authorized registration and payment for the Director, Assistant Executive Director and three board members to attend the MACRS Conference May 31–June 3, 2026, and approved replacing an office shredder. The board reviewed routine reports and adjourned at 9:39 a.m.
