* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:07] ALL RIGHT. [PSPRS Board Meeting on August 1, 2024.] LET US CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS 11:00 AM ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ST. THIS IS THE SEDONA PD LOCAL P-S-P-R-S, UH, BOARD MEETING. AND, UH, LET'S, UH, HAVE THE PLEDGE. CASEY, IF YOU LEAD US, PLEASE, CASEY. READY, BEGIN. I PLEDGE PGI OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. BRENDA , BOARD CHAIR, PETE FERMAN, PRESENT BOARD MEMBER COREY COOPERMAN, HERE. BOARD MEMBER OFFICER J EVANGELA HERE AND BOARD MEMBER SERGEANT CASEY PIER HERE. AND LYNN ZAKI IS EXCUSED ABSENCE. GREAT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND THE FIRST ITEM THERE IS TO APPROVE THE JUNE 6TH, 20, 24 MINUTES. THEY ARE IN THE PACKET. GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO READ THOSE, IF YOU WOULD. AND, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE LET US KNOW. ALL RIGHT, LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE TO GET THROUGH THAT. UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I, I COULD MOVE TO, UH, APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. TAKE THAT MOTION. SECOND PLEASE. SECOND. SECOND. FROM JAY. COREY, YOU MADE THE MOTION. JAY TO SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? NONE. ALRIGHT, LET'S VOTE. UH, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE MINUTES, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. NONE OPPOSED? THAT IS UNANIMOUS. ITEM THREE ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC. WE'RE HERE IN THE ROOM WITH AN OPEN MEETING AND NOBODY IS IN THE AUDIENCE, SO WE WILL CLOSE. ITEM THREE'S TIME FOR ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF OFFICER ANDREW'S PRONUNCIATION, PLEASE. CESARI. THANK YOU OFFICER ANDREW ACCESSORY'S, MEMBERSHIP INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL RETIRED SYSTEM AS OF AUGUST 31ST, 2024. UH, PACKET HAS LOTS OF INFORMATION. ANY COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PACKET? UM, I THINK IT LOOKS IN VERY GOOD ORDER. GREAT. THE PAPERWORK DOES, YES. UH, OKAY. NO PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTIONS AN APPROVAL. YOU GOTTA READ THAT SENTENCE THAT, UH, WHICH ONE? UM, IN THE PACKET PAGE FIRST. THE CO FOLDED DOWN UNDER THE BLACK BAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. I DON'T REMEMBER DOING THIS LAST TIME. WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING MORE FANCY. OKAY. LOOK AT THAT. I LIKE THAT. I, OFFICER J EVANGELA MOVED TO APPROVE THE TIER THREE MEMBERSHIP OF OFFICER ANDREW INTO THE SEDONA PD P-S-P-R-S WITH ANY PREEXISTING CONDITIONS NOTED IN THE PRE-EMPLOYMENT. MEDICAL RECORDS. EFFECTIVE AUGUST 31ST, 2024. SECOND. I SECOND. OKAY. I SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ANY COMMENTS ON THE MOTION? HEARING NONE. UH, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. GREAT. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AS WELL. ITEM FIVE IS DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF OFFICER COLE TAYLOR'S MEMBERSHIP INTO THE STONE POLICE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL RETIREMENT SYSTEM AS OF AUGUST 31ST, 2024. THAT PACKET IS, UH, DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO IN OUR PACKET. CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PACKET MATERIAL THERE? NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON THAT. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE TIER THREE MEMBERSHIP OF OFFICER COLE TAYLOR INTO THE SEDONA P-D-P-S-P-R-S WITH ANY PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS NOTED IN THE PRE-EMPLOYMENT MEDICAL [00:05:01] RECORDS. EFFECTIVE AUGUST 31ST, 2024. GREAT. CO THANK YOU FOR THE MOTION. ANY SECOND? SECOND. THANKS JAY. ANY COMMENTS ON THE MOTION? I THINK JUST AGAIN, TO, UM, NOTE THAT THE PAPERWORK IS IN EXCELLENT ORDER. THANKS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S, UH, ENTERTAIN THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. I HEARING NONE. THAT ALSO PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE, UH, ITEM SIX IS THE UPDATE ON THE ELECTION PROCESS FOR THE, SO POLICE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE BOARD MEMBERS. SO JUST A REMINDER THAT OFFICER EVANGEL ANGELISA'S TERM FOR THE CURRENT SEAT HE HOLDS, UM, ENDS ON AUGUST 9TH AND THE SEAT THAT SERGEANT PIER HOLDS ENDS ON AUGUST 10TH. AND THERE HAS BEEN AN ELECTION FOR SWORN PD PERSONNEL TO VOTE THEIR NEW REPRESENTATIVES THAT ELECTION CLOSED THIS MORNING. AND I WILL HAVE RESULTS THIS AFTERNOON. UM, SO AT OUR NEXT MEETING THERE WILL BE, UM, AN ITEM TO WELCOME, WHETHER IT'S RENEWAL OR NEW BOARD MEMBERS FOR BOTH OF THE TWO YEAR AND THE FOUR YEAR SEAT. AWESOME. DID YOU HAVE COMPETITION? I ALWAYS HAVE COMPETITION. , SO MANY HATERS OUT THERE, ? THERE WERE, YEAH, THERE WERE FIVE. THERE WERE FIVE PEOPLE FOR, UM, THAT WERE NOMINATED FOR BOTH THE TWO YEAR AND THE FOUR YEAR SEAT. I DIDN'T DO MY CAMPAIGNING THAT WELL THIS YEAR. I DIDN'T HAVE PLACARDS OR SIGNS POSTED. SO LOW MAINTENANCE THIS TIME. VERY LOW MAINTENANCE THIS TIME. . AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. WELL I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION. MAYBE WE'LL EVEN READ ABOUT IT IN THE NEWSPAPER, BUT PROBABLY NOT. . ALL RIGHT. I THINK, UH, IS THAT, DO WE, ARE WE SKIPPING AN AGENDA ITEM HERE? BRENDA? IS ITEM SEVEN REALLY THE DISCUSSION POSSIBLE IDEAS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS? YES. AND THE, UM, YEAH, THAT IS. OKAY. SO ITEM SEVEN IS THE DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE IDEAS. BRENDA, YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH YOUR LIST THERE SO FAR? UM, IF THERE IS A MEETING THAT IS NEEDED IN OCTOBER, IT WILL BE OCTOBER 3RD. THAT IS OUR NEXT PRESCHEDULED MEETING. AND, UM, AN IDEA THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED FOR THAT IS TO DISCUSS ITEM D OF THE PROCEDURES, THE PRE MEMBERSHIP, PHYSICAL. UM, AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY ITEMS THAT I'M AWARE OF AT THIS POINT. I DO KNOW THERE WILL BE FOR SURE A FEBRUARY MEETING IN 25 DUE TO POLICE RECRUITS THAT ARE IN FEBRUARY ACADEMY. OKAY. THREE OF THEM. THREE OF THEM ARE WE GROWING OUR FORCE? THANKFULLY WE'RE FINALLY CATCHING UP, CATCHING THE POSITION APPROVED FOR A FEW YEARS. IT'S JUST BEEN DIFFICULT FILLING THEM AND KEEPING THEM FILLED, KEEPING THEM. SO FOR SURE THERE WILL BE A MEETING IN FEBRUARY IF YOU WANNA NOTE THAT ON CALENDARS. BUT THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE AS FAR AS UPCOMING FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. AWESOME. ANY OTHER IDEAS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? ARE, ARE WE, UM, IT IS THE ONE RIGHT AFTER THE DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION. ARE WE DOING THAT? THAT'S ON THE OCTOBER 3RD MEETING? YEAH, IT'LL BE ON THE NEXT, OH, IT'S NOT NOW. RIGHT. I SEE. EITHER ON THE OCTOBER 3RD IF, IF THAT'S THE NEXT MEETING OR WHENEVER THE NEXT MEETING IS. I SEE. UM, WHETHER IT'S OCTOBER OR IN THE FUTURE, BUT THAT'S JUST, YEAH. FOR A FUTURE MEETING. OH, OKAY. A DISCUSSION. YEP. VERY GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, IS IT FAIR TO ASK, UM, THIS, THAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IN OUR NEXT MEETING IN OCTOBER, IS IT FAIR TO ASK HOW, WHAT THAT'S ABOUT OR WOULD THAT BE SURE. YEAH. JAY UH, ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP SOME IDEAS OF READING OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE FAITHFULLY AND ACCURATELY AND LEGALLY I MIGHT SAY DISCLOSING INFORMATION, OUR PACKETS THE CORRECT WAY ACCORDING TO OUR RULES AND THE A SRS STATUTES. SO WE'VE PUT SOME QUESTIONS FORWARD TO OUR ATTORNEY AND BRENDA'S GETTING READY TO WRITE A PACKET FOR THAT ITEM, MAKING SURE THAT WE DO, I THINK ONE QUESTION THAT WE NEED TO ANSWER BETWEEN NOW AND THEN IS WHETHER OUR DISCUSSION WANTS TO BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION 'CAUSE IT'S WITH OUR [00:10:01] ATTORNEY OR NOT. SO WE NEED TO FINISH THAT ANALYSIS AND GET READY FOR THAT MEETING. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. YEP. YOU BET. ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, WELL THEN I WILL MOVE TO ADJOURN AT 1110. WHOA. NICE CHECKING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.