Minutes - 12/02/2013 - Firefighter's Pension Fund BoardMINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OAK BROOK FIREFIGHTERS’ PENSION FUND
DECEMBER 2, 2013
A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Oak Brook Firefighters’ Pension fund was held on
Monday, December 2, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the Butler Government Center, Sam Dean Board Room
Conference Room located at 1200 Oak Brook Road, Oak Brook, IL 60523, pursuant to notice to consider
a petition to intervene by the Glenside Firefighters’ Pension fund in the disability hearing process for Lt.
Mark Schoppe.
CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER
President Michael Erickson called the meeting to order at approximately 2:15 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Upon roll call the following answered:
Present: President Michael Erickson, Secretary John Fagan, Trustee Mark Fleishman, Trustee
George Kouba.
Absent: Trustee Timothy Schlindwein
Also Present: Anthony Argeros, legal counsel to the pension applicant; Lt. Mark Schoppe, pension
applicant; Rita Schoppe, applicant’s spouse; Richard Reimer, legal counsel for the Oak
Brook Fire Fighters’ Pension Fund; Sean Flaherity, legal counsel for the Glenside
Firefighters’ Pension Fund; and Robert Garon, President of the Board of Trustees of the
Glenside Firefighters’ Pension Fund
PUBLIC COMMENT – No public comment was made.
PETITION TO INTERVENE HEARING PROCEDURE
Richard Reimer proposed a process for conducting the hearing on the petition to intervene whereby he
would act as arbiter and allow legal counsel for the petitioner and legal counsel for the pension
applicant to make arguments as to the merit of the petition to intervene.
PETITION TO INTERVENE HEARING
Refer to transcript of hearing.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by President Erickson and seconded by Trustee Kouba to adjourn the meeting at
at approximately 4:15 p.m. Motion carried by unanimous voice vote.
Respectfully submitted,
Michael Erickson, President
John Fagan, Secretary
Minutes prepared by Secretary John Fagan.