A Public meeting of the Corrections Officer Retirement Plan Local Board for the Department of Corrections was convened, Wednesday, December 21, 2005, at 9:00 a.m., in the Human Services Building, 1831 West Jefferson, Second Floor Conference Room, Phoenix, Arizona.

Present at the meeting were the following individuals:

I.   Call to Order - Local Board meeting called to order by P. Scherden, Chair, at 9:04 a.m., Wednesday, December 21, 2005.

II. Approval of Minutes - A Motion for approval of the Public and Emergency Meeting minutes was made by R. Burgher. Seconded by P. Christofferson. Minutes approved for the Public and Emergency meetings.

a. November 18, 2005, Public Meeting Minutes

b. December 16, 2005, Emergency Meeting Minutes

III. Approval/Denial of Job Classes (CORP) - The Local Board may consider and vote on the following Job Class Code 39021 in Public Meeting or defer decision to a later date.

a.  Job Class Code 39021 - Work Program Specialist (Industry Program Spct.) - A brief description of the duties of this job class and the rational for the establishment of this class was provided by Mr. Flanagan. He stated that the appropriate title of this class is Industry Program Specialist which replaces the Work Program Specialist currently listed on the CORP Job Class List and advised Board that one of the main reasons for the creation if this class was to help alleviate problems DOC is experiencing with recruitment and retention of corrections officers. Mr. Flanagan stated that this class would be used to attract retired experienced corrections officers and former employees to return to work in an effort to eliminate staff shortages in the corrections officer series. A motion to abolish Class Code 39021 (Corrections Work Program Spec) was made by R. Burgher. Seconded by P. Christofferson. Unanimously approved. A second motion was made by Ralph Burgher to approve to exclude the Work Program Specialist class from participation in CORP. Seconded by P. Christofferson. Approved.

IV. Normal Retirements - The Local Board may consider and vote on the following applications for Normal Retirement in public meeting or defer decision to a later date. A motion for approval of the following (13) Normal Retirement Applications (a -m) was made by R. Burgher. Seconded by P. Christofferson. Unanimously Approved.

1. Margaret A. Barlow
2. James A. Courtright
3. Charles F. Hadsell
4. Thomas M. Hinski
5. William E. Kangas
6. Edward J. Lavallee
7. Yolanda Martinez
8. William E. Pachnowski
9. Keith d. Ray
10. Noland J. Thompson
11. Stephen H. Whitney
12. James W. Wolfe
13. Paul Zenker

V. Survivor Benefit - The Local Board may consider and vote on the following applications for Survivor Benefits in public meeting or defer decision to a later date. A motion to approve the following (3) Survivor Benefits for applications (a - c) was made by R. Burgher. Seconded by P. Christofferson. Unanimously approved.

a. James A. Adams, Jr. (Marcia)

b. Jerry Booker (Marcella Barber guardian for minor child, Jordan)

c. Laura V. Espinoza, Jr. (Claudia Morales guardian for minor child, Alexsa)

VI. Request to Remain in ASRS/CORP - The Local Board may consider and vote on the following Requests to Remain in ASRS/CORP in the Public Meeting or defer decision to a later date.

a. Carrie McDade (ASRS) - Rehear - ASRS documents stipulating that applicant is a retiree who returned to employment with ASRS. As a result, she resume making contributions and was entitled to have her prior service credited to her current service which totals 9 plus years of service. As a result a motion to approve request to remain in ASRS was made by R. Burgher. Seconded by P. Christofferson. Approved.

b.  Clarence Mc Clenny (CORP) - Rehear - The Local Board re-affirmed prior decision to deny request to remain in CORP due to the fact that employee’s job assignment is due to medical reasons which renders him unable to return to a CORP position. Therefore, the Board determined that this placement is not deemed as temporary in accordance with A.R.S 38-891 (E). A motion for denial was made by R. Burgher. Seconded by P. Christofferson. Approved.

 

c.  Paul Hinojos (CORP) - The Board reviewed a letter of appointment to a temporary position. A motion for approval was made by P. Christofferson. Seconded by R. Burgher. Approved

 

d.  William A. Foster - Applicant has a prior waiver on file. He is requesting a waiver for his current position. A motion for approval was made by P. Christofferson. Seconded by R. Burgher. Approved.

 

e.  Patricia Thompson (CORP) - A motion for approval was made by R. Burgher. Seconded by P. Christofferson.

Meeting adjourned at 9:36 a.m.
 

Transcribed this 23rd day of January 2006.

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Lu Mc Lendon, Pension Benefit Coordinator