A Public meeting of the Corrections Officer Retirement Plan Local Board for the Department of Corrections was convened, Thursday, June 23, 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:

Absent:

I. Call to order - Local Board meeting called to order by P. Scherden, Chair, at 9:35, Thursday, June 23, 2005.

II. Approval of Minutes

a. May 24, 2005, Public Session Minutes - P. Scherden called for the approval of the Minutes with correction to item 3 (Disability Retirement), Application #04-02, which requires the insertion of statement that “original motion is withdrawn.” R. Burgher made a motion for approval with the amendment. Seconded by P. Christofferson. Minutes Approved.

III. Disability Retirement - The Local Board may consider and vote on the following disability applications. The Board may defer decision to a later date. The Local Board may vote to discuss these applications in Executive Session pursuant to A.R.S 38-431.03 (A)(2) and obtain legal advice pursuant to A.R.S 38-431.03 (A) (3).

a. #04-02 - Approval of Benefits - R. Burgher made a motion for approval. Seconded by P. Christofferson. Approved.

b. Revisiting Disabilities for Re-Eval - The Local Board reviewed the following application scheduled for a re-evaluation of the current medical condition.

#99-04 - Based upon the current medical documentation on file which states that applicant is incapable of performing any gainful employment, a motion to continue disability benefits and suspend the requirement of medical evaluations was made by R. Burgher. Seconded by P. Christofferson. Unanimously approved.

#00-04 - Based upon the current medical documentation on file which states that applicants prognosis for improvement is poor and cannot be gainfully employed, a motion to continue disability benefits and suspend the requirement of future evaluations was made by R. Burgher. Seconded by P. Christofferson. Unanimously approved.

#03-04 - Based upon the current medical documentation on file of June 2004, P. Christofferson motioned to continue disability benefits and suspend the requirement of future medical evaluations. Seconded by R. Burgher. Unanimously 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 (17) Normal Retirement Applications (a - q) was made by R. Burgher. Seconded by P. Christofferson. Unanimously approved.

a. Cheryl D. Andre

b. Todd M. Ballard

c. Jimmy W. Carr

d. Antonio C. Cortez

e. Ronald Cuestas

f. Robert Duran

g. Eugene O. Freund

h. Laura A. Garrison

i. Stewart K. Horner

j. Richard P. Huff

k. Joseph D. Karl

l. Richard D. Kelly

m. Michael R. Lopez

n. Jerry D. McLain

o. Jerry O. O’Rear

p. Rodolfo D. Palma

q. Carmine C. Vincifora
 

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 Survivor Benefits for applications (a - c) was made by R. Burgher. Seconded by P. Christofferson. Unanimously approved.
 

a. Thomas Kacer (Lucille)

b. Patrick D. Poston (Burma Jo)

c. David Mignault (Joan E. Hopper, guardian for minor Denise Mignault)

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

a. Donna M. Anderson (ASRS) - A motion for approval was made by R. Burgher. Seconded by P. Christofferson. Unanimously approved.

b. Shawn O’Connor (CORP) - Tabled due to the fact that a response has not been received from the AG’s office regarding this case. Because a final decision cannot be made and the issue continues to be pending, the Board determined that Mr. O’Connor should be contacted and provided an explanation of why this issue is before the Board after receiving approval of his request to remain in CORP by the Board in August 2004. P. Christofferson stated that a meeting with Mr. O’Connor would be set prior to the next board meeting to provide him with an update of the issues which have surfaced after receiving approval.

c. Wayne R. Holdos (ASRS) - A motion for approval was made by R. Burgher. Seconded by P. Christofferson. Unanimously approved.

VII. Pending Board Assignments

a. Class Code 73115 - Program Proj. Specialist II - Pending at ADOA as of 03/17/05. A motion was made to remove from pending by R. Burgher. Seconded by P. Christofferson. Approved.

b. Definition of Temporary and what constitutes a “transfer” - P. Christofferson provided for review a summary of the definition of “temporary” for consideration by the Local Board. Also, the Board was asked to look over the statutes as to how they would make application of temporary and transfer in harmony with the statutes. R. Burgher moved that the Board tabled and agenda for next months meeting. Tabled.

c. Clarification of CORP Statutes - Pam will finalize and submit a summary, to the Board of CORP statutes which are in need of clarification, for review.

IX. Call to Public

A motion to adjourn was made by R. Burgher. Meeting adjourned.

Transcribed this 15th day of July 2005.

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Karen Ray, CORP Board Coordinator

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