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MINUTES OF A MEETING
OF THE
FIREMEN'S PENSION AND RELIEF FUND BOARD
NOVEMBER 29, 2001
A meeting of the Fayetteville Firemen's Pension and Relief Fund Board was held on November 29,
2001, at 11:00 a m in Room 219 of the City Administration Building located at 113 West Mountain
Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
PRESENT: Marion Doss, Ronnie Wood, Pete Reagan, Heather Woodruff, Kit Williams, Ted
Webber, and audience.
MINUTES
Mr. Reagan moved to approve the minutes. Mr. Wood seconded the motion. The motion carried
unanimously.
PENSION LIST
Ms Woodruff stated they had been presented two pension hst. The Board would need to discuss
Kelly Skelton's situation before they approved the pension hst. Ms. Skelton had turned nmeteen.
Currently, she was enrolled part-time as a student. She will be enrolled full-time this coming
January. The question was whether or not they could pay her for December; and if they stopped
• paying her, could they start paying her again in January.
Mr. Williams asked if she had enrolled for the next semester and if so could they provide the
documentation for that.
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Ms. Donna Haden, attomey, stated Kelly was enrolled at Northwest Arkansas Community College
for fourteen hours for the spnng semester. She presented a notarized statement from the register
along with a bilking statement for the spnng semester. She also provided documentation from the
college showing what they considered to be full-time. She also presented some financial aid
documentation. This semester she was enrolled part-time. She is enrolled full-time for the spring
semester. Kelly understands that she must remain a full-time student, at least twelve hours.
Mr. Williams stated the statute read, "if a student was enrolled in an institution of higher education
after completing high school... shall continue as a full-time student" He thought the legislature
anticipated that there would be a period of time before they actually went into school. Normally it
would be the fall semester, but here she was nineteen during the fall semester, he thought that since
it was only a month away and she has proven that she is enrolled as a full-time student for the spring
semester, he thought they could continue to pay her as long as she remains a full-time student. He
did not believe she would have to go to summer school, as long as she was enrolled for the fall
semester as a full-time student and provided that information to the Clerk to provide to the Board.
He recommended to the board that they approve the list which showed Ms. Kelly Skelton as a
beneficiary.
Mr. Reagan moved to approve the pension list with Ms. Kelly Skelton. Mr. Wood seconded
• the motion. The motion carried unanimously.
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INVESTMENT REPORT
No report.
OTHER BUSINESS
Mr. Williams stated Mr. McCord, attomey for the Skelton Case, has gotten out of and has been
replaced by Donna Haden. Ms. Haden had until tomorrow to file her brief.
Mr. Doss stated Mr. Ronnie Wood had been on Drop and he was requesting approval of his
retirement affective as of January 1, 2002, and would like to added to the pension list for January.
Mr. Reagan moved to move Mr. Wood from the Drop program to the Pension list. Mr. Doss
seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
Meeting adjourned 11:25 a.m.