MINUTES OF PUBLIC MEETING
FOR CORRECTIONS OFFICER RETIREMENT PLAN
LOCAL BOARD
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
A Public meeting of the
Corrections Officer Retirement Plan Local Board for the Department of
Corrections was convened Wednesday, November 21, 2007, at 9:00 a.m.,
in the Human Services
Building, 1831 West Jefferson, Second
Floor Training Room, in Phoenix,
Arizona.
Present at the meeting were the
following individuals:
Patrick Scherden, Chair Member Dan
Gannon, Board Secretary
Ralph Burgher,
Board Member Mary
Turner, Benefits Coordinator
Bennie Rollins,
Board Member
Absent: Matthew Proto, Board
Member
I. Call to Order –
Local Board meeting called to order by P. Scherden,
Chair, at 9:02
a.m.,
Wednesday,
November 21, 2007.
II. Approval of Minutes –
A motion for approval of Thursday, September 25, 2007
Executive Session and Thursday, October 25, 2007 Public Meeting Minutes
was made by R. Burgher and seconded by B. Rollins. Approved unanimously. At 9:03 a.m.,
Board went into Executive Session. At 9:28 a.m., Board resumed Public Session.
III. Disability Retirement –
a.
#07-01 – Application was approved October 25,
2007. Benefits are effective November 1, 2007. On November 15, 2007, CORP received a letter from the Administrative
Office of the Fund Manager requesting a rehearing of the case due to
intermittent service of the applicant. Motion to reverse the decision for
approval of #07-01 made by R. Burgher and
seconded by B. Rollins. Approved unanimously.
b.
#03-04 – The Attorney General’s (A/G) office has
completed a preliminary investigation in this case. The Board will determine
the next course of action. R. Burgher stated for the record, based on the A/G’s advice, that the Board should continue to make payments to
the applicant. The Chair concurred that
no further action was required.
c.
#04-03 – A certified letter to the recipient
requesting an annual reevaluation was returned to CORP on November 4, 2007. Motion to suspend
payments for #04-03 until the recipient contacts, and
complies with directions of, the Board was made by R.
Burgher and seconded by B. Rollins. Approved unanimously.
IV. Normal Retirements –
The following applications were presented for consideration of retirements
effective as stipulated below. Item 10
was tabled until December due to the applicant’s failure to submit the C12
form. A motion to approve items 1-9 was made by R. Burgher and seconded by B. Rollins.
Discussion: Items 4 and 7 had
deferred their pensions until termination of Long Term Disability benefits. Approved unanimously.
a. November 1,
2007.
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November 21, 2007
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1.
Lavonne M. Ackley
2.
Nicholas M. Aspiotis
3.
Archie A. Bazan
4.
Richard A. Hardan
5.
Terry L. Johnson
6. Judith
M. Ledsworth
7. Jacquelynn B.
Pershing
8.
Sarah Schaumloeffel
9.
Duane A. Tuttle
10. Manuel
F. Velasquez
V.
Survivor Benefits - The following applications were presented
for consideration. Item a was
tabled until December due to the applicant’s failure to submit the C12
form. A motion to approve item b was made by R.
Burgher and seconded by B. Rollins. Discussion:
B. Rollins noted the absence of the death certificate. Secretary indicated that
the date of death was recent enough to process the application using the
confirmation letter from the mortuary. Approved
unanimously.
a.
Dennis Jurado (Yolanda)
b. Armando D. Reyes (Jennie)
VI. Death
Benefits - None
VII. Request to
Remain in ASRS/CORP – The following applications were presented
for consideration. A motion to approve
item a was made by
B. Rollins and seconded by R.
Burgher. Approved unanimously. R. Burgher made a motion to remove item b from the Table. Seconded by B. Rollins.
Approved unanimously. Discussion: Secretary noted
that Mr. Sessoms was seriously injured in a
maintenance mishap. Though he is eligible for normal retirement next year, he
indicated he desires to continue working for the three years permitted by a
waiver. B. Rollins’
motion to approve item b
seconded by R. Burgher. Approved
unanimously.
a. John
E. Peterson (ASRS)
b. Troy E. Sessoms,
Jr (CORP)
VIII. General Discussion – The following items were discussed. A
motion to approve item a
was made by R. Burgher and seconded by B. Rollins. Approved unanimously. A motion to approve item b.1 was made by R. Burgher and
seconded by B. Rollins to continue presenting
for Board approval those situations in which survivor benefits terminate and no
remaining survivor or death benefit is payable . Approved
unanimously.
a.
Termination
of survivor benefits – Ken Scott (Robert Scott, Guardian) Kenneth Scott, sole
surviving eligible child, turned 23 on 10/25/07. There are no monies remaining on this member’s
account.
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b.
Establishment
of rules in accordance with A.R.S. 38-893.F.
1.
Termination
of survivor benefits. Secretary briefed the
Board on current policy involving administration of the deceased member/retiree
account when there is no longer an eligible survivor. If there are no monies on
account after the final survivor is no longer eligible, the Board is still
asked to vote for termination of payments that will discontinue in the final
eligible month, anyway. A motion to approve continued presentation of these
matters for Board action was made by R. Burgher and
seconded by B. Rollins. Approved unanimously.
2.
Notification
of pre-existing conditions. Discussion: Presently, no notification is given to
COTA cadets when a potential pre-existing condition is discovered in a medical
examination. The purpose of notification to all other CORP eligible
participants has been to inform them of statutory policies under A.R.S. 38-884
that waives eligibility to apply for Accidental or Total
and Permanent Disability if they do not submit to a medical exam. Subsequently,
notification of pre-existing conditions will create a record for the Board
Secretary. B. Rollins said he will discuss
these matters with the appropriate administrators.
IX. Call to Public – No items.
Meeting adjourned at 10:01 a.m.
Transcribed this
26th day of November 2007.
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Dan Gannon, Board Secretary
