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MINUTES
PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL RETIREMENT SYSTEM
LOCAL FIRE BOARD
CITY HALL -4TH FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
5850 W. GLENDALE AVE.
GLENDALE, ARIZONA 85301
AUGUST 23, 2017
9:00 A.M.
1. CALL TO ORDER JOINT MEETING OF THE LOCAL FIRE AND POLICE BOARDS
2. ROLL CALL:
Members Present: Charles Erickson, Fire and Police Citizen Board Member and Acting Chair
City Manager Kevin Phelps, Fire and Police Board Member
Capt. Joe Hester, Fire Board Member
Capt. Anthony Butch, Fire Board Member
Police Officer Justin Harris, Police Board Member
Police Officer Cody Carmichael, Police Board Member
Members Absent: Mayor Jerry Weiers, Fire and Police Board Member
Staff Present: Jim Brown, Russ Romney, Chris DeChant, Michele Blanco, Vicki Moss,
Marcia Zientek
Other Attendees: Attorney Gary Verburg
3. CITIZEN COMMENTS -There were no citizens in attendance.
4. NEW BUSINESS -JOINT FIRE AND POLICE BOARDS
A. Overview of New AgendaQuick Process- Presented by Diane Wood and Charles Vasquez
from the City Clerk's Office. The Boards were given information on how the new AgendaQuick
process works, how to access agendas, summary minutes, and approved minutes. The questions
regarding confidential information were discussed and the need to ensure that the confidential
paperwork provided to board members will not be available to anyone other than board members.
No confidential information will be attached to the agendas until such time as AgendaQuick has
the ability to provide password protection for any attached documents. At that time, it would still
be at the discretion of the PSPRS board as to how they want the confidential information
distributed.
B. Discussion: Attorney representation for Fire and Police Boards. Russ Romney, Deputy City
Attorney, introduced Attorney Gary Verburg from the offices of Gust Rosenfeld P.L.C., as an
outside independent counsel for the Fire and Police Boards. Mr Verburg has many years of
experience including as a former Deputy City Attorney for the City of Glendale and then as an
attorney for the City of Phoenix. He retired from the City of Phoenix and is now in private
practice. A vote of 6-0 was in favor of retaining Mr. Verburg as legal counsel for both the Fire and
Police Boards.
5. ADJOURN THE JOINT MEETING OF THE FIRE AND POLICE BOARDS
6. CALL TO ORDER THE LOCAL FIRE BOARD
7. ROLL CALL:
Members Present: Charles Erickson, Acting Chair
City Manager Kevin Phelps
Capt. Joe Hester
Capt. Anthony Butch
Members Absent: Mayor Jerry Weiers
Staff Present: Jim Brown, Russ Romney, Chris DeChant, Michele Blanco, Vicki Moss,
Marcia Zientek
Other Attendees: Attorney Gary Verburg
8. CITIZEN COMMENTS -There were no citizens in attendance.
9. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Public Safety Personnel Retirement System - Local Fire Board Minutes of August 9, 2017. Motion
to Approve: Capt. Butch, Seconded by City Manager Kevin Phelps. Vote: 4-0
10. NEW BUSINESS
A. Application for Enrollment into the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (D.R.O.P) - Brent
Gowens, Fire Fighter Brent Gowens has 22.605 years of credited service. He elected to
participate in DROP on June 30, 2017 and must terminate employment with the City of Glendale
Fire Department on or before June 30, 2022. Motion to Approve: Capt. Hester, Seconded
by City Manager Kevin Phelps. Vote: 4-0
11. NEXT MEETING
The next regular meeting of the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System Local Fire Board will
be held on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 9:00 a.m., in the 4th Floor Conference Room,
located at 5850 W Glendale Ave., Glendale, Arizona, 85301
12. ADJOURN THE LOCAL FIRE BOARD MEETING
The Public Safety Personnel Retirement System Local Fire Board meeting minutes of August 23, 2017
were submitted and approved this 24th day of January, 2018.
/S/Jim Brown
Jim Brown
Recording Secretary