Lexington City Police and Fire Pension Board approves retirements, benefit payments and administrative items

The Lexington City Police and Fire Pension Board on July 9, 2025 approved a series of retirements, disability-related actions, benefit payments and routine disbursements during a regularly scheduled meeting.

The board accepted the treasurer's report, approved minutes with a textual correction, and voted to approve agenda items including a time-purchase for Christopher Carrington and a widow's annuity for Peggy Brashear. It also rescheduled a hearing for Steve Buxton to Sept. 10, 2025 because a required physician's report was delayed.

On personnel actions the board approved service retirements for Officer Matthew Evans of the Division of Police effective July 3, 2025; Assistant Chief Sean Coleman of the Division of Police effective July 12, 2025; and firefighter Casey Wiley of the Division of Fire effective July 9, 2025. The board recorded several disability- and medical-report items: Michael Rath was sent to appropriate doctors for further evaluation; a third medical report for Jamie Tinsley (Division of Fire) was accepted and the board set benefits at the appropriate rate; and medical reports for Jacob Evans (Division of Police) were completed and set at the appropriate rate.

The board approved the July disbursements listed on the agenda and completed routine fund-reconciliation confirmations. Meeting materials included financial reports for April and May, a June checking account statement and a Northern Trust manager-mix report. The treasurer presented a market-value figure for the fund during the report; the numeric amount in the transcript was garbled and is not stated here because it could not be verified from the record.

Board members and department leaders thanked retiring members for their service, noting long tenures and contributions to police and fire operations. The meeting also included subcommittee updates: the continuation-of-benefits subcommittee reported no actions, the legislative subcommittee said a follow-up meeting will be scheduled, and the organizational subcommittee reported ongoing asset-allocation work and a scheduled meeting on July 28, 2025.

Votes at a glance

- Motion to accept treasurer's report — approved. - Motion to approve minutes with a textual correction (change to “required” in third paragraph referring to Tommy Puckett) — approved. - Ghost-time purchase for Christopher Carrington — approved. - Widow's annuity for Peggy Brashear — approved. - Request to reschedule Steve Buxton's hearing to Sept. 10, 2025 (physician's report delayed) — approved. - July disbursements (as listed on the agenda) — approved. - Service retirement: Officer Matthew Evans, Division of Police, effective 07/03/2025 — approved. - Service retirement: Assistant Chief Sean Coleman, Division of Police, effective 07/12/2025 — approved. - Service retirement: Firefighter Casey Wiley, Division of Fire, effective 07/09/2025 — approved. - Disability referral: Michael Rath — sent to appropriate doctors (approved). - Medical report item: Jamie Tinsley, Division of Fire — third medical report accepted and benefits set at appropriate rate (approved). - Medical report item: Jacob Evans, Division of Police — medical reports accepted and benefits set at appropriate rate (approved). - Motion to adjourn — approved.

The board did not record detailed roll-call vote tallies or identify movers and seconders by name in the meeting record for most motions; proceedings in the transcript show unanimous "aye" responses for the listed approvals and no recorded oppositions for the items enumerated above.