A Public meeting of the Corrections Officer Retirement Plan Local Board for the Department of Corrections was convened, Tuesday, November 23, 2004, at 9:00 a.m., in the Occupational Licensing Building, 1645 West Jefferson, Fourth Floor Conference Room, Phoenix, Arizona.

Present at the meeting were the following individuals:

Also Present: Brian Luse & Erin Mc Carthy, Assistant Attorney General Office

Absent: Jeff Hood, Board Member

I.  Call to Order - The meeting of the Corrections Officer Retirement Plan Local Board was called to order by Chair, N. Thompson, at 9:08 a.m. Meeting was convened with the absence of Board Member B. Rollins. Due to a conflict in scheduling, B. Rollins will be arriving later.

a. Approval of the October 21, 2004, Public Meeting Minutes. - A motion for approval was made by P. Scherden. Seconded by M. Smarik. 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).

The Chair stated that after his review of 04-03 and 04-04, in his opinion several documents appeared to be missing from both application, i.e., the emergency Room report is missing from 04-03 and other medical reports which should be included. The Chair stated that 04-04 does not contain enough medical information to warrant discussion. P. Scherden, voiced disagreement with this assessment stating that in his determination there appeared to be adequate documentation available to make a determination for both 04-03 and 04-04. A motion for approval of 04-03 was made by P. Scherden. Seconded by M. Smarik. N. Thompson abstained. Due to the fact that a quorum was not met, motion does not pass. The Chair made the decision to defer action on these cases until Mr. Rollins arrives.

lV. 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 (16) Normal Retirement Applications (a - p) was made by P. Scherden. Seconded by M. Smarik. Unanimously approved.

a. Floyd E. Adams

b. Jose E. Aguayo

c. Robert Fontes, Jr.

d. William S. Gaspar

e. Dennis E. Laplander

f.  Dennis E. McDermott

g. Joseph J. Medina

h. Dave C. Moore

i.  Wayne D. Morrison

j.  Ronald L. Nale

k. Gerald J. Wallace

l.  Peggy S. Warner

m. Joseph R. Waskiewicz

n.  Mary L. Wester

o.  Jerry S. Winfrey

p.  Dennis L. Zane

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. Juan G. Castro (Gloria) - A motion for approval was made by M. Smarik. Seconded by P. Schreden. Unanimously approved.

Melissa L. Weisbrod (Matthew) - Noted.

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

a.  Maxine C. Bazan (ASRS) - A motion for approval to remain in ASRS was made by M. Smarik. Seconded by P. Scherden. Unanimously approved.
 

b. Shelia Fay (CORP) - A motion to deny was made by M. Smarik due to the applicant not meeting the criteria of having five years of credited service in CORP. Seconded by P. Scherden. Request denied.
 

c.  Charles Flanagan (CORP) - A motion for approval to remain in CORP was made by M. Smarik. Seconded by P. Scherden. Unanimously approved.

9:22 a.m. - Board Member B. Rollins is present at meeting.

d. Chris B. Moody (CORP) - A motion for approval to remain in CORP was made by M. Smarik. Seconded by P. Scherden. Unanimously approved.

Upon the arrival of Board Member B. Rollins, the Chair moved to continue consideration of Section III of the Agenda, Disability Retirement prior to General Discussion

1. 04-03 - Application - After consideration of the Applicants’ medical documentation, DOC Institution Incident Reports, and the Independent Medical Evaluation conducted by the Local Board’s designated physician, Dennis Thrasher dated September 29, 2004, B. Rollins stated, in his opinion, sufficient evidence relating to the degree of impairment of disability was not present. However, due the fact that there were no signed "Waivers of Confidentiality" for either 04-03 or 04-04, the chair called for a motion to adjourn to Executive Session for discussion of these cases. A motion to go into Executive Session was made by B. Rollins. Seconded by M. Smarik. EXECUTIVE SESSION:

   PUBLIC SESSION RESUMED 9:41 a.m.:

   a. 04-03 - Application (continued) - A motion was made by P. Scherden to send applicant to a Board designated physician for a Neurological evaluation. Seconded by B. Rollins. After motion was made and seconded, discussion was opened by M. Smarik regarding obtaining information relating to the employee’s work history and amending the motion. Motion amended by M. Smarik to include a detail work history, emergency room records and any information that can be obtained regarding the injury.

2. 04-04 - Application - A motion was made by M. Smarik that the Board require that applicant be scheduled for an Independent Medical (psychological) Evaluation by a Board designated physician. Seconded by P. Scherden. Approved.

a. Class Code AVN07017 - DC Divisional Support Administrator - M. Smarik made a motion to deny approval of this job class participation in CORP. Seconded by B. Rollins. Approval denied.

b. Class Code AVN07055 - DC Correctional Major - M. Smarik made a motion to approve this job class for participation in CORP. Seconded by B. Rollins. Approved.

CORP Election Vote - M. Smarik asked to have CORP Election procedures added to next month’s meeting agenda for discussion.

A motion to adjourn at 10:05 a.m. was made by M. Smarik. Seconded by P. Scherden. Approved.

Transcribed this 17th day of December 2004.

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Lu Mc Lendon, CORP Board Coordinator

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