[PSPRS Board Meeting on May 5, 2025. ]
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ALL RIGHT, WELL, WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE UH, JUNE 5TH, 2025.
CITY OF SEDONA LOCAL PD, LOCAL, UH, PSPS, UH, RETIREMENT BOARD MEETING.
WE FIRST, UH, ITEM OF BUSINESS IS, UH, I GOTTA DO THAT.
OH, SAY YOU CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
SHOULD CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
AND, UH, WE WILL, UH, PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
BRENDA, WOULD YOU PLEASE? 11:00 AM I'M MAKING NOTE OF THAT.
OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC NATION.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE.
MARY, WE WANNA DO A ROLL CALL FOR US, PLEASE.
BOARD MEMBER CORY COOPERMAN HERE AND BOARD MEMBER OFFICER MICHAEL LUCAS HERE.
AND, UH, BOARD MEMBERS LYNN ENOKIS AND SERGEANT JAY PERONE ARE EXCUSED.
SO OUR SECOND ITEM OF, UH, BUSINESS IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, ON IT WE HAVE THE FEBRUARY 6TH, 2025 MINUTES, WHICH IS IN THE PACKET.
UH, ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA? NO.
MAY I ENTERTAIN A MOTION? SURE.
I'LL, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY 6TH, 2025 MINUTES.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
HE'S THE ONLY, ONLY ONE THAT'S HERE TO DO.
TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT WE DID LAST NIGHT.
WE HAVE MOTION TO END A SECOND.
AND YOU OPPOSED? HEARING NONE, IT IS UNANIMOUS.
ITEM THREE IS THE CALL TO THE PUBLIC.
LOOKING OUT INTO OUR AUDIENCE AND LOOKING AROUND OUTSIDE, WE SEE NOBODY OUT HERE TO FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, SO WE WILL MOVE ON.
ITEM FOUR IS THE DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF OFFICER MICHAEL LEWIS'S TIER TWO MEMBERSHIP IN THE SEDONA POLICE DEPARTMENT P-S-P-R-S RETIREMENT SYSTEM AS OF APRIL 6TH, 2025.
WE HAVE INFORMATION IN THE PACKET, WHICH INCLUDES OUR NOTE FROM HR THAT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT 30 DAY NOTIFICATION LOOKS ALL IN ORDER TO, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION AND PERHAPS BRENDA, YOU CAN ANSWER IT.
UM, YOU KNOW THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO BE BE A CONTRIBUTING MEMBER BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY PART OF ANOTHER.
THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
AND THE OTHER QUESTIONS FOR NON QUESTIONS MOVE ON.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE TIER TWO MEMBERSHIP OF OFFICER MICHAEL LEWIS INTO THE SEDONA P-S-P-R-S, UH, WITH HIS NOTED PREEXISTING CONDITIONS EFFECTIVE APRIL 6TH, 2025.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION? THERE NEVER IS
UH, SO LET'S VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY AYE.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE.
WHICH IS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE CITY OF SEDONA POLICE DEPARTMENT HIRING COMMANDER CHRISTOPHER DOWELL ON APRIL 7TH, 2025.
COMMANDER DOWELL IS RETIRED FROM ANOTHER P-S-P-R-S LOCAL PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENT AND WILL NOT BE CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THE SEDONA PD LOCAL P-S-P-R-S.
THE CITY WILL BE PAYING THE ALTERNATE CONTRIBUTION RATE THE A CR INTO THE P-S-P-R-S ON HIS BEHALF DURING HIS EMPLOYMENT IN THIS SWO POSITION WITH THE CITY.
CORY, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS ITEM? THANK YOU,
AND WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE CONTRIBUTION RATE? SO SINCE, SINCE COMMANDER DOWELL HAS ALREADY RETIRED FROM P-S-P-R-S UHHUH AND HE'S RECEIVING HIS RETIREMENT.
HE CAN'T FURTHER CONTRIBUTE UHHUH.
SO THEY SET UP WITH P-S-P-R-S THAT WE CAN HIRE SOMEONE WHO IS A RETIREE, BUT THE CITY HAS TO PAY THE CONTRIBUTION.
THE CITY STILL HAS TO PAY THEIR OWN CONTRIBUTION, RIGHT? MM-HMM
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HAD A SIMILAR ITEM FOR HIM WHEN HE WAS THE INTERIM DEPUTY CHIEF.SO THIS IS JUST A CLARIFICATION SINCE HE'S NOW NOT THE INTERIM DEPUTY CHIEF, HE'S BEEN HIRED AS A CITY EMPLOYEE, REGULAR EMPLOYEE AS THE, UH, COMMANDER.
SO IT'S JUST THE CLARIFICATION OF THAT, THAT WAS A PREVIOUS ITEM.
AND THAT ALTERNATIVE CONTRIBUTION RATE IS FOR HIM SPECIFICALLY? IT'S FOR HIS, IT'S THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION FOR HIM.
UHHUH, BECAUSE THE CITY PAYS A RATE, LIKE, UH, FOR EACH EMPLOYEE.
SO THIS IS THE CITY STILL DOING THAT PART, EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT PARTICIPATING.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS, UH, REQUIRED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE, DO WE DON'T NEED A MOTION? NO, IT'S JUST AN THIS JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
IT'S JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
COMMANDER DOLL
ITEM SIX WOULD BE A DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE IDEAS FOR FUTURE MEETING OR AGENDA ITEMS. OUR NEXT PRE-SCHEDULED MEETING IS AUGUST 7TH, 2025.
HOW'S THAT LOOKING, BRENDA? THERE WILL BE A MEETING, THERE WILL BE A MEETING.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN OFFICER GRADUATING FROM ACADE GRADUATIONS RIGHT NOW, TODAY.
SO, UM, THAT WILL FALL INTO THE 90 DAY TIMEFRAME THAT WE NEED TO APPROVE HIM.
SO AUGUST, THERE WILL BE A MEETING.
UM, THERE'S ALSO, UM, CURRENTLY A, A COMMANDER POSITION OPEN THAT IS BEING ADVERTISED MM-HMM
AND DEPENDING ON HOW THAT FALLS, IF THERE IS SOMEONE WHO IS HIRED AND SELECTED, THAT WOULD ALSO BE A NEW MEMBERSHIP OF SOME SORT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE EITHER ACCEPTED OR TALKED ABOUT OR, UH, YEAH.
SO MOST LIKELY THERE WILL BE YEAH.
IN AUGUST AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
DID YOU CHECK YOUR CALENDARS WE'RE ALL SET FOR? WE'LL, DO I, I THINK IT'S, UH, GOOD.
I THINK IT'S PRE-SCHEDULED ON THERE, BUT YEAH, EXACTLY.
SO OF COURSE THEN ONCE WE GET CLOSER WE'LL GET YOU THE, ALL THE INFORMATION, BUT AT THIS POINT THERE WILL BE AN AUGUST MEETING.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ABOUT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FROM THE MEMBERS? FAR? NO, NO FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, BUT IN TERMS OF THE SCHEDULE OF THE MEETING, IT'S, IT IS 11 O'CLOCK STILL NEEDED.
IT WAS A BIT OF A CRUNCH TODAY FOR ME TO DO THAT WITH MY WORK.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THAT STILL WHEN WE, WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT, IT WAS EIGHT O'CLOCK
UM, YEAH, THE MAIN REASON IS THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS ROOM.
AND I WILL HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE MOVED UP.
SO THAT I CAN WORK, SO I CAN DO A CLIENT SESSION, WHICH I NORMALLY START AT 10.
LET ME, LET ME SEE IF, JUST CONSIDER US YOUR CLIENT.
IF THAT'S AGREEABLE TO, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS FOR YOUR SCHEDULE.
UM, IF WE WENT EARLIER, I MEAN, IT'S, AT THIS POINT IT'S JUST STICK OUR HAND IN THE POCKET AND THROW OUT SOME FAIRY DUST AND IF IT WORKS, IT WORKS
BECAUSE I, I'M HERE THAT DAY, SO.
IT'S JUST, JUST, JUST WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD.
IF ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
ANY OTHER TOPICS? HEARING NONE.
I THINK WE'RE ON ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS ADJOURN,
WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO BE OVER ADJOURNED.