Carbondale Reporter

City of Carbondale Police Pension Board met Dec. 19.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

1. Call to Order / Roll Call

The City of Carbondale Police Pension Board of Trustees held a meeting on December 19th, 2017, at the Carbondale Civic Center room 103. Mark Goddard called the meeting to order at about 1:30 p.m.

Roll Call

Present: Mark Goddard, Anthony Williams, Jeff Davis, Paul Echols, Don Priddy.

Absent:

Acknowledgement of Guests

Former Carbondale Police Officer Steve McBride was present. Dennis Orsey joined the meeting via phone.

2. Public Comments

None

3. Reading / Approval of Minutes

Minutes from October 17th, 2017.

MOTION: Priddy moved, Echols seconded, acceptance of minutes from October 17th. There were no minutes from November as the meeting was cancelled. All voted aye.

4. Correspondence

Memoranum from Becky Applegate indicating that she is retiring in January. Applegate will be replaced by Kaprice Whittington. The board thanks Ms. Applegate for her years of service.

5. Bills

Echols moved, Davis seconded, to pay $795 for annual IPPFA dues. Roll call vote: all voted yes.

6. Treasurer’s Report

Davis presented the treasurer’s report. Fund current approximate total stands at $26.2 million in securities, and the monthly payroll is about $201,000. There was an approximate $166,000 in food ad beverage taxes that was added to the account that month. Williams moved, Priddy seconded, motion to accept treasurer’s report. All voted aye.

7. Old Business

A) It was determined that, due to doctor reports for Trey Harris pending disability application not being made available to this point, the board would locate doctors to conduct 3 medical evaluations on Trey Harris, and provide them to Attorney Orsey, who would communicate with Harris’ attorney to arrange the appointments.

B) Ben Jones and Cody Schafer were issued paperwork from Murphysboro indicating the wrong contribution amount for both officers. As soon as Murphysboro provides correct numbers, the board can act on their requests to transfer funds into the Carbondale fund from Murphysboro.

C) Disability pensioner Christine Snyder is in the process of beginning an annual disability process.

D) Howard Baxter’s buy back from Carbondale to ISP has been completed.

E) (see item B)

8. New Business

A) Jeff Vaughn has hired an attorney who has filed an appeal to the board’s determination of creditable service at the last disability hearing. Attroeny Orsey will respond to the appeal and will file for a dismissal of the appeal in its current form, as it incorrectly cited him as a defendant.

B) Echols moved, Davis seconded to accept Steve McBride portability of 6 years of police service to be transferred to the Carbondale Firefighters Pension Fund pursuant to recent state legislation allowing him to do so within the city. The amount to be transferred out of the police pension fund is $61,565.43. Roll call vote: all voted yes.

C) Regarding a request to transfer time to O’Fallon Police pension fund for Cloee Frank, the issue has been tabled as not all requested paperwork from O’Fallon has been received.

9. Application for Membership

None.

10 Application for Benefits

None.

11) Next meeting date: January 16th, 2018.

MOTION: Davis moved and Echols seconded to adjourn the meeting. All present voted aye. Meeting adjourned.

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