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MINUTES OF
FIRE PENSION BOARD
A meeting of the Fayetteville Firemen's Pension and Relief Board was held on Thursday,
February 26, 1998 at 11:00 a.m., in room 326 of the City Administration Building, 113 W.
Mountain, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Present: Marion Doss, Bill Morris, Darrell Judy, Ron Wood, Pete Reagan, and Heather
Woodruff (City Clerk).
Absent: Mayor Fred Hanna
CALL TO ORDER
Marion Doss called the meeting to order.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Bill Morris moved to approve the minutes. Pete Reagan seconded the motion. The motion
carried unanimously.
PENSION LIST
Pete Reagan moved to approve the pension list. Darrell Judy seconded the motion. The motion
carried unanimously.
- OLD BUSINESS
Mi. Morris stated he hada correction to make to the old business. He had stated that Farmington
was paying their volunteers $90.00. Since that meeting he had meet with Chief Pike of
Farmington. Chief Pike had informed him that Farmington was paying $70.00 a month to the
volunteers In 1978 the State of Arkansas had passed a law stating any fireman serving over 20
years was entitled to receive $10.00 a month rather than $5.00 a month.
Mr. Ross replied the law was not retroactive. The law applied to people retinng after that date.
The full pay was $20.00 a month for each year over 20 years.
Mr. Morris questioned if Fayetteville had any firemen that had retired after 1978 that had served
more than 20 years.
Mr. Ross believed all of the retired firemen were receiving the correct amount.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL OPTIONS
Mr. Doss commented the only section which could affect them was the section regarding the
Drop participance voting as active or retired members.
Mr. Reagan stated the item was being revisited by the Attorney General. He believed the
firemen on the Drop Plan were still contributing to the fund.
NEW BUSINESS
Drop applications
Mr. Doss stated there were two applicants John Dill and Tommy Gage.
Mr. Reagan asked for the Drop Application to be revised to include a sign off procedure. He felt
a third line should be added to the application. The signature should include the fire chief,
finance and the applicant.
• John Dill
Mr. Reagan moved to approve John Dill's Drop application.
Mr. Wood seconded the motion.
The motion carried unanimously.
Tommy Gage
Mr. Reagan moved to approve Tommy Gage's Drop application.
Mr. Wood seconded the motion.
The motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Doss added he had verified 6% had been held out of Mr. Gage's EMT pay.
OTHER BUSINESS
Mr. Reagan expressed concern about the roll back of Millage. He explained the city only
received one mill, which was divided between the Fire Pension and the Police Pension. He
added if the millage were lost then the firemen would have to petition for an election to get the
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millage back. He thought the election would cost a considerable amount of money. He
suggested spending money to educate the public on why the city needed the money, rather than
loose the millage and have to petition for an election. He suggested the fire pension spend some
money on educating the public on the need for the millage.
Mr. Doss questioned if it was legal for the Fire Pension to spend money on education. He asked
for the City Attorney to be present at the next meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m.
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