# Police & Fire Pension Board Meeting - October 14, 2026 > Auto-transcribed civic record · Board · October 14, 2026 - **Permalink**: https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/meeting/6908 - **Source video**: https://lfucg.granicus.com/player/clip/6908?view_id=14&redirect=true - **Date**: 2026-10-14 - **Body**: Board - **Last revised**: October 14, 2026 - **Length**: 1,866 words > ⚠️ **Auto-generated content.** The transcript on this page is the Granicus stenographer's live closed-captioning track, captured at the time of broadcast (typos and broken sentences common). Speaker labels come from the same track. Structured facts were extracted with GPT-4o; the narrative summary was written by Anthropic Claude Sonnet. Verbatim wording and speaker attribution may contain errors. See [methodology](https://meetings.lexingtonky.news/about/methodology) or [report a correction](mailto:editor@lexingtonky.news). --- ## Full transcript >> it's 9:00 or a hair after. I would like to call to order call to order the lexington-fayette urban county government police and fire retirement fund board. And today is OCTOBER 14th, 2026. And before we start our business, I do want to welcome officer kevin paddock, correct, to the pension board it's good to have you. And we thank officer greg marlin who served on honorably and has now gone on to other things. So welcome. All right. With that, we'll start out with our treasurer's report and the strans fer authorization letter and I will need a motion to approve those and we will do the motion and let you talk. Do I hear a motion? >> motion to approve. >> we have a second. >> welcome chad. >> you should have the financial reports we are a month behind due to the fiscal year close 2026 we will have a lot of reports next month on NOVEMBER The value of the portfolio as of yesterday was 1 billion, 130 million, 515 which compares to last month in SEPTEMBER of one billion, one 44 million, 169882. >> all right are there any questions for chad? All right. All those in favor please say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right that motion passes. Thank you very much. Next we have the minutes for SEPTEMBER I will entertain a motion to approve those? All right. we have two seconds. We have major moved and chief weathers seconded. Are there any corrections or additions? Anything at all? All right all those in favor please say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right that motion passes. Thank you. Now, I will ask susan to roll us through that new business. >> yes, ma'am? A. Government town purchase I need a motion to approve. >> is there a motion. >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you is there any discussion? All right all those in favor please say aye. Is anyone opposed? That motion passes. >> item 2 military time purchase for kevin morris, I need a motion to approve. >> do I hear a motion? >> thank you. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right that motion passes. >> item 3, widows annuity for barbara burns and maddie cook, I need a motion to approve. >> motion to approve. >> second. >> is there any discussion? Any questions. All those in favor say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right that passes thank you. >> item 4, active police trustee election results we were already introduced to officer kevin paddock he ran unopposed and will serve for a two-year term. Next is the retiree fiery trustee election the results are in the packet and brock won that election and will run for a two-year term. >> very good. >> no applause, nothing? >> I was going to ask if there are term limits? >> you're not running again? >> it's all good. >> item 6, informational only dean hammond rescinded his disability application his e-mail is attached in the packet. Item four is disbursements for OCTOBER listed on the agenda I need a motion to approve. >> is there a motion? >> okay, commissioner. >> second. All right we have a motion and a second. Any questions? All those in favor please say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right that motion passes. >> next on the agenda service retirements sergeant jason orth effective OCTOBER 2026. And sergeant brandon, division of police service retirement effective OCTOBER 11th, 2026. I need a motion, please. >> do I hear a motion to approve? >> motion to approve. >> second. >> thank you. Is there any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Is there anyone opposed? All right that passes. >> next on the agenda is disability. We have ramon pa tracy a service retirement to a total occupational disability I need a motion to send to appropriate doctors. >> do I hear a motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> all right. Any questions? >> I have one question. >> yes. >> it looks like in the packet we have conflicting information seems to indicate that retired officer is both able to effect arrest and respond to calls but indicates he is unable to stand, walk or run and we have an able and unable in both boxes I request we send it back for review by the submitting physician for clarification. >> we have a motion on the floor so this would be an amendment to the motion. Do I hear a second? All right thank you. Any discussion about the amendment brought by detective jennings? All right all those in favor please say aye. Is in my opinion opposed? All right now the main motion includes your amendment is there any discussion about the main motion? All those in favor say aye. Is anyone opposed? All right thank you very much that passes. >> I'm writing. Next on the agenda is timothy dawson medical reports are completed and distributed I need a motion please. >> a motion to approve. >> second. >> thank you and there is a second here by the chief. Any questions? All those in favor please say aye. anyone opposed? All right that motion passes. >> next on the agenda are tributes. We have carla k4eu8ders wife division of police passed away on DECEMBER 12th, 2026. Wife of leone huffman passed away on. Jack burns passed away on SEPTEMBER 23, 2026. Orville cook passed away on SEPTEMBER 26. Richard reefs passed away on SEPTEMBER 26, 2026. Madeleine gilbert widow of jerry gilbert passed way on SEPTEMBER >> we'll pause a moment. Before we go on to our subcommittees we've had retirements, disabilities, tributes do I hear anyone want to make a comment? Chief? >> first of all, my condolences go out to the families especially our expected families of fire and police and then and our former police officers that passed away. I know jerry gilbert and jack burns were here when I started. And so it's always sad when you lose people, especially people that you knew. As far as retirements go, I'd like to extend congratulations and good luck to sergeant worth and sergeant marovick and thank you for your service and they will be missed and I wish them a long and happy retirement. >> thank you. Anyone else? Any other. >> thank you, mayor. >> yes. >> worked with leone huffman for a number of years, condolences to the huffman family. Orville cook was a pretty impressive gentleman to work with. Super nice guy, extremely smart. And I learned a lot from his obituary apparently he was one of the first to start or work in the ems program at the division of fire. He was sent to new york for training. In water rescues. He started the first ambulance out of keeneland. Which was a special interest to There's been a number of people associated with the division of fire that have worked with ambulances out there. But he was apparently the first. Truly unique individual and he will be missed. Condolences to the rest of the families. >> thank you. Any other? Tommy. >> I'm so sorry to see so many of our retiree families pass. I mean six is a lot for the month. Don childers I worked with don for years. Out in east so sorry to hear about his wife, don was an old country boy like me and we used to do a bunch of four wheeling up in eastern kentucky. And it was a guarantee we went four wheeling he was going to get stuck and I was going to have to pull him out. It was part of it. A lot of fun we had. I worked also for quite a time with jack burns. Jack was kind of a very quiet individual, but when he spoke, he meant what was going to happen and it was and he was quite intelligent. Madeleine gilbert, I met her a couple of times. Captain gilbert was my captain for a while and then went years he was in internal affairs and I found him to be one of the fairest people that I ever dealt with in internal affairs. My sympathy goes out to them and the rest of the retiree family. So sorry. >> thank you. Anyone else? Detective jennings? >> I would like to also acknowledge the childers family. I've had the pleasure and honor of working with don and his son. Excellent people. Excellent police. Don, himself, he saved me from a lot of late calls when I was trying to go home and he was coming into work and his son is an excellent officer himself. So condolences to them and they will be in our thoughts and prargs. >> thank you. >> on behalf of the disiffion of fire I would like to offer our condolences to all the deceased. I didn't know any of them personally a few comments, though. He had debit huffman if half the stuff I've heard about him is true, she is a strong willed individual. And orville cook I learned a lot reading his obituary. Part of me as a citizen of fayette county I appreciate his work as ems. I have different thoughts but it's how it goes and the reese family he was a big advocate for suicide prevention and domestic abuse. I appreciate that as well. >> thank you. Anyone else? I will add my voice to these voices, and first of all congratulate and thank sergeant orth and argue marovchik for their service to the community and offer sympathies for those who passed it is a lot this month and who have served our community or supported the member of our police or fire who served. So thank you for that. Now, we'll move on to our subcommittees. And first is benefits and second is legislative and tommy puckett has both of those. >> I have nothing to report for either one. >> okay. Normally you say fort is good? Is it any different today. >> the second one we're pending -- a bunch information. >> and lieutenant able do you have anything on organizational. >> no updates on the organizational subcommittee we have two items to address so we're going to schedule a meeting after we leave here today. >> thank you very much. Does anyone have anything for the good of the whole? Susan? >> just a friendly reminder that our NOVEMBER board meeting has been moved to NOVEMBER 18th, location is in the phoenix building third floor conference room have that on your calendar we will remind you when we send the agenda out. and callan will not be able to make that meeting so they are scheduled for the DECEMBER board meeting they had a scheduling conflict with the new date. >> is there anything else before we adjourn? All right. I will entertain a motion to adjourn. >> so moved. >> a second? >> all those in favor please say aye. We are adjourned. Thank you very much.