Joint appeals committees enter closed session to consider disability applications

At a special called meeting broadcast from the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority offices in Frankfort, the County Employees Retirement System and Kentucky Retirement System Joint Administrative Appeals and Disability Appeals Committees voted to enter a closed session to consider disability applications, administrative appeals and confidential member account information.

A staff member read the meeting’s legal statement at the start of the session, saying: "This meeting is being broadcast via video tele conference pursuant to Kentucky revised statute section 61.826," and noting the session could be viewed at the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority offices and on Facebook. The staff member also outlined participation rules, asking that speakers identify themselves on the record if they were not appearing on video and noting the meeting would be adjourned and rescheduled if audio/video could not be reestablished within 30 minutes.

During roll call, the transcript records the names Doctor Carver, Miss Eaves and Mr. Webb and records responses of "Here" for each name called. The chair asked for public comments and was told there were none.

The chair moved to approve the minutes; a staff member seconded the motion. Two participants said "Aye" on the record and the chair said the motion had carried. The chair then moved, and the motion was seconded, to go into closed session. On the record, two participants again responded "Aye" and the committees entered the closed session.

Before the closed session, the presiding officer recited statutory grounds for the move into closed session and described the subject matter: the committees would consider disability applications and administrative appeals and review member account information. The chair said the session was authorized under the KRS provisions cited on the record and emphasized "that each member's account shall be administered in a confidential manner." These statutory citations and the confidentiality requirement were read aloud during the meeting.

The transcript provided ends as the committees transition into closed session; no public record of any decisions made in closed session appears in the supplied transcript. The meeting had been publicly broadcast from the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority offices at 1260 Louisville Road in Frankfort and on Facebook.

Next steps: the committees entered closed session to consider the items described; the transcript does not record any subsequent public actions or votes.