Minutes - 09/02/2014 - Firefighter's Pension Fund BoardMINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OAK BROOK FIREFIGHTERS’ PENSION FUND
September 2, 2014
A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Oak Brook Firefighters’ Pension fund was held on
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. at the Butler Government Center, in the Samuel E. Dean
Board Room located at 1200 Oak Brook Road, Oak Brook, IL 60523, pursuant to notice of the
disability hearing for Lt. Mark Schoppe.
A verbatim transcript was taken by the Court Reporter.
CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER
President Michael Erickson called the meeting to order at 9:02 a.m.
ROLL CALL
Upon roll call the following answered:
Present: President Michael Erickson, Secretary John Fagan, Trustee Timothy Schlindwein and
Trustee Mark Fleishman
Absent: Trustee George Kouba (recused himself)
Also Present: Lt. Mark Schoppe and his Attorney David Figlioli, Esq. of Morici, Figlioli &
Associates; Cathy Doczekalski, Asst. Acting Village Manger; Richard Reimer of
Reimer & Karlson, LLC; Carrie Pique, Court Reporter; Becky Davis of Lauterbach &
Amen, LLP, Pension Services Administrator (Recording Secretary)
PUBLIC COMMENT – There were no public comments.
DELIBERATIONS
A motion was made by Trustee Schlindwein and seconded by Trustee Erickson to go into Closed
Session at 9:06 a.m., citing Section 2(c) (4) of the Open Meetings Act, for purposes of deliberations,
upon the completion of the evidentiary hearing for Lt. Mark Schoppe.
AYES: Trustees Fleishman, Schlindwein, Fagan and Erickson
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Trustee Kouba
MOTION CARRIED.
Mr.Schoppe, Mr. Figlioli, and Ms. Doczekalski left the room.
A motion was made by Trustee Erickson and seconded by Trustee Fagan to return to Open Session at
11:15 a.m. No action was taken during Closed Session.
AYES: Trustees Fleishman, Schlindwein, Fagan and Erickson
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Trustee Kouba
MOTION CARRIED.
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ROLL CALL
Upon roll call the following answered:
Present: President Michael Erickson, Secretary John Fagan, Trustee Timothy Schlindwein and
Trustee Mark Fleishman
Absent: Trustee George Kouba (recused himself)
Also Present: Lt. Mark Schoppe and his Attorney David Figlioli, Esq. of Morici, Figlioli &
Associates; Cathy Doczekalski, Asst. Acting Village Manger; Richard Reimer of
Reimer & Karlson, LLC; Carrie Pique, Court Reporter; Becky Davis of Lauterbach &
Amen, LLP, Pension Services Administrator (Recording Secretary)
A motion was made by Trustee Fagan and seconded by Trustee Fleishman to grant the Applicant
permission to amend his application to an Occupational Disease Disability pension.
AYES: Trustees Fleishman, Schlindwein, Fagan and Erickson
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Trustee Kouba
MOTION CARRIED.
A motion was made by Trustee Fagan and seconded by Trustee Erickson to grant the Applicant an
Occupational Disease Disability pension.
AYES: Trustees Fagan and Erickson
NAYS: Trustees Schlindwein and Fleishman
ABSENT: Trustee Kouba
MOTION FAILED.
A motion was made by Trustee Fagan and seconded by Trustee Erickson to grant the Applicant a Line
of Duty Disability pension.
AYES: Trustees Fagan and Erickson
NAYS: Trustees Schlindwein and Fleishman
ABSENT: Trustee Kouba
MOTION FAILED.
A motion was made by Trustee Fagan and seconded by Trustee Schlindwein to award the Applicant a
Non-Duty Disability pension.
AYES: Trustees Fleishman, Schlindwein, Fagan and Erickson
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Trustee Kouba
MOTION CARRIED.
A motion was made by Trustee Schlindwein and seconded by Trustee Fleishman to direct the Court
Reporter to prepare the 7/25/2014 public session, and the 09/02/2014 public session and closed session
transcripts.
AYES: Trustees Fagan, Schlindwein, Fleishman and Erickson
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NAYS: None
ABSENT: Trustee Kouba
MOTION CARRIED.
The Board directed Attorney Reimer to prepare the written Decision and Order to be adopted and
published at the next regular meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Trustee Schlindwein and seconded by Trustee Fagan to adjourn the meeting at
11:22 a.m. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote.
Respectfully submitted,
Michael Erickson, President
John Fagan, Secretary
Minutes prepared by Pension Services Administrator, Becky Davis.