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Lexington City police and fire pension board approves retirements, disbursements and benefit actions
Summary
At its July 9, 2025 meeting the Lexington City Police and Fire Pension Board accepted the treasurer’s report, approved several retirements and disability referrals, authorized routine disbursements and acted on a set of beneficiary and administrative requests.
The Lexington City Police and Fire Pension Board on July 9, 2025 accepted the treasurer’s report, approved routine disbursements and voted on a series of retirements and disability-related items affecting police and fire members.
Board members voted to accept the treasurer’s financial reports for April, May and the June checking account statement; the board-recorded market value of the plan that morning was $1,014,040,890.36, up from $994,916,116.45 the prior month. The board also approved the minutes with a requested correction and approved July disbursements listed on the agenda.
The actions matter for current and future benefit payments and for administration of pension records. Several individual retirement and disability cases were confirmed or moved forward during the meeting; those decisions determine benefit starts and the board’s next administrative steps.
On personnel and benefit items, the board approved a ‘‘ghost time purchase’’ for Christopher Carrington (recorded as Item 1 under new business) and granted a widow’s annuity for Peggy Brashear (Item 2). The board approved a request to reschedule a hearing for Steve Buxton to Sept. 10, 2025, citing a delayed physician’s report. The board also approved service retirements for the following members:
- Officer Matthew Evans, Division of Police — service retirement effective July 3, 2025. - Assistant Chief Sean Coleman, Division of Police — service retirement effective July 12, 2025. - Firefighter Casey Wiley, Division of Fire — service retirement effective July 9, 2025.
On disability and medical-report matters, the board voted to send the application of Michael Rath (Division of Fire) for total and permanent occupational disability to appropriate medical examiners for further evaluation. The board approved the third medical report for Jamie Tinsley (Division of Fire) and set the appropriate rate as recommended. The board likewise approved medical reports for Jacob Evans (Division of Police) and set the appropriate rate.
Members offered public acknowledgments of the retirees’ service during the meeting. Several speakers thanked Matthew Evans, Assistant Chief Coleman and firefighter Wiley for their years of service; no changes to benefit amounts or timelines beyond the motions recorded were announced at the meeting.
Subcommittee and administrative notes recorded during the session include that the continuation-of-benefits subcommittee reported no actions and the legislative subcommittee will meet again after staff coordinates schedules. The organizational subcommittee continues work on asset allocation and scheduled a meeting for July 28, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. The board adjourned after the listed agenda items were completed.
Votes at a glance: all motions recorded in the transcript were approved by voice vote with no recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript excerpt.
