Houston Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund Memorial Committee met Aug. 20

Houston Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund Memorial Committee met Aug. 20.

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

A meeting of the Memorial Committee of the Houston Firefighters’ Relief and Retirement Fund convened at the Fund offices at 4225 Interwood North Parkway, on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 9:46 a.m.

Committee members present were David O. Lantrip (Committee Chair), Lisa R. Slagle, and Edward Llewellyn. Also present were Trustees Brett R. Besselman, Gerard L. Daniels, Pete Ng, Albertino Mays, and staff members Timothy Schauer (Executive Director), Ajit Singh (Chief Investment Officer), Claudia McInnis (Director of Finance and Administration), Dalia De La Cruz (Director of Member Services), Andrea Sharayha (Director of Human Resources), John D. Moore II (Director of Technology and Building Services), and Adam Smith (General Counsel).

The Committee Chair called the meeting to order at 9:46 a.m. and invited comments from the public. No comments were received.

The Director of Finance and Administration provided a Memorial bench update noting that twenty-two (22) benches have been sold and installed in the Memorial Garden. There are two (2) benches sold and in the vendor’s possession waiting to be installed; two (2) bench applications are in inscription process; two (2) bench applications for approval by the Memorial Committee at this meeting, leaving two (2) benches available for sale after approval of today’s two (2) bench inscription applications.

The Committee reviewed the inscriptions. The Director of Finance and Administration explained that one of the inscriptions may be revised by the Fund member and brought back to the Committee for another approval at a future Memorial Committee meeting if the engraver is unable to engrave the current emblems due to their intricacies. After some discussion, there was a motion by Lisa R. Slagle, seconded by Edward Llewellyn, to approve the bench inscriptions, as presented. The motion carried.

The meeting adjourned at 9:49 a.m., on a motion by Lisa R. Slagle, seconded by Edward Llewellyn. The motion carried.

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