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OFFICE OF CITY CLERK
OFFICE OF CITY CLERK
CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA
ARIZONA PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL RETIREMENT SYSTEM
LOCAL PENSION BOARD MEETING – FIRE/POLICE
JANUARY 29, 2009
A meeting of the Public Safety Local Fire and Police Pension Boards of Mesa, Arizona, was held in Conference Room 870, 20 E. Main, 8th Floor, on January 29, 2009 At 11:00 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT STAFF PRESENT
Marty Whalen, Chairman None Linda Crocker, City Clerk
Chris Brady, City Manager Dee Ann Mickelsen, Sr Program Asst
Charlie Cluff (Fire)
Kevin Kazmaier (Police) OTHERS PRESENT
Kathy Pace (Citizen Member)
Ty Perkins (Fire) David Niederdeppe, Local Board Atty
Floyd Smith (Police) Audrey Glemba, Applicant (Police)
1. Approval of the minutes of the Public Safety Local Fire and Police Pension Boards meeting of December 18, 2008.
It was moved by Boardmember Pace, seconded by Boardmember Smith, that the minutes of the Public Safety Local Fire and Police Pension Boards meeting of December 18, 2008 be approved.
Carried unanimously.
FIRE PENSION BOARD
2. Approve the following applicants’ elections to terminate participation in the DROP program and apply for Normal Retirement: Fire Captain Scott Koch and Fire Engineer Greg Whitaker.
It was moved by Boardmember Perkins, seconded by Boardmember Cluff, that the election of Fire Captain Scott Koch and Fire Engineer Greg Whitaker to terminate participation in the DROP Program and apply for Normal Retirement be approved.
Carried unanimously.
3. Acknowledge the termination of the Survivor’s Benefit of B. June Roepke (deceased on November 30, 2008), spouse of deceased member Lyle Otis Roepke.
Local Boardmembers acknowledged the termination of survivor benefits for B. June Roepke based on notification of her death.
Without objection, the meeting of the Local Fire Pension Board adjourned at 11:04 a.m.
POLICE PENSION BOARD
4. Discuss and consider the election of Police Officer Kathleen Ann Baker to terminate her participation in the DROP program and apply for Normal Retirement.
It was moved by Boardmember Kazmaier, seconded by Boardmember Smith, that the election of Police Officer Kathleen Ann Baker to terminate her participation in the DROP Program and apply for Normal Retirement be approved.
Carried unanimously.
5. Discuss and consider the Normal Retirement application of Police Officer Richard Milburn.
It was moved by Boardmember Smith, seconded by Boardmember Kazmaier, that the Normal Retirement application of Police Officer Richard Milburn be approved.
Carried unanimously.
(The Board recessed at 11:06 a.m. in order to convene an Executive Session and reconvened the Public Safety Local Police Pension Board meeting at 11:28 a.m.)
6. Discuss and consider the Accidental Disability Retirement application of Police Sergeant Audrey Glemba.
Boardmember Smith declared a potential conflict of interest and refrained from discussion/participation on this agenda item.
Chairman Whalen welcomed Police Sergeant Audrey Glemba to the meeting. Chairman Whalen advised Sergeant Glemba that the Local Board has reviewed the independent medical evaluation of Dr. Joseph Gimbel and noted that Dr. Gimbel is in agreement with the findings of Sergeant Glemba’s attending physician.
In response to questions posed by Boardmember Kazmaier, Sergeant Glemba indicated that she was seeking employment that could accommodate her disability. Boardmember Kazmaier requested that the record reflect that Sergeant Glemba was seeking employment in the same field for which she was seeking an Accidental Disability retirement.
Chairman Whalen stated the opinion that Dr. Gimbel's report supports Sergeant Glemba’s application for an Accidental Disability Retirement and that, in view of the absence of questions from the Board, he would entertain a motion relative to this case.
It was moved by Boardmember Kazmaier, seconded by Boardmember Pace, that the Accidental Disability Retirement application of Police Sergeant Audrey Glemba be approved, based on the fact that Sergeant Glemba has a physical condition which totally and permanently prevents her from performing a reasonable range of duties within her job classification of Police Sergeant and which was incurred during the performance of her duties.
Chairman Whalen declared the motion carried unanimously by those voting.
7. Adjournment.
Without objection, the meeting of the Local Police Pension Board adjourned at 11:31 a.m.
I hereby certify that the foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of the minutes of the Public Safety Local Fire and Police Pension Boards meeting of Mesa, Arizona, held on the 29th day of January 2009. I further certify that the meeting was duly called and held and that a quorum was present.
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LINDA CROCKER, CITY CLERK
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