REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
January 13, 2026
FROM
DEBORAH CHERNEY, Chief Executive Officer, San Bernardino County Employees' Retirement Association
SUBJECT
Title
Amended Board of Retirement By-Laws
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve and adopt amended Board of Retirement By-Laws as approved by the Board of Retirement on December 4, 2025.
(Presenter: Deborah Cherney, Chief Executive Officer, 885-7980)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost) as it is non-financial in nature.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
California Government Code Section 31525 requires the Board of Supervisors to approve the San Bernardino County Employees' Retirement Association (SBCERA) By-Laws.
The current SBCERA By-Laws were approved by the Board of Retirement on April 3, 2025, and by the Board of Supervisors on April 29, 2025 (Item No. 67). This item includes amendments to the current SBCERA By-Laws, which were approved by the Board of Retirement on December 4, 2025.
The amended language is contained in Article II, Section 4. It ties the required vote threshold to the number of trustees in attendance and eligible to vote at a meeting. Under this approach, Board of Retirement action requires a simple majority of eligible members present. For example, if all nine trustees are in attendance and eligible to vote, the requirement of a simple majority would require five affirmative votes. However, a safeguard provision has been added to require at least four affirmative votes when seven or fewer eligible trustees are present. This ensures that when only a quorum of five members is present, any action must receive at least four affirmative votes to pass.
This revision does not change the quorum r...
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