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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. Oak Brook Firefighters’ Pension Fund Minutes of Hearing – September 2, 2014 Page 2 of 3 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 Oak Brook Firefighters’ Pension Fund Minutes of Hearing – September 2, 2014 Page 3 of 3 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.