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Town of Reading
Meeting Minutes
Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Contributory Retirement Board
Date: 2015-12-01 Time: 5:30 PM
Building: Reading Retirement Administration Location: Conference Room
Address: 2 Haven Street Unit 307 Session: Executive Session
Purpose: General Business Version: Final
Attendees: Members - Present:
Francis Discroll,Chairman
Joseph Veno
Nancy Heffernan
Sharon Angstrom
Members - Not Present:
Others Present:
Atty Michael Sacco, attorney for Reading Retirement Board
Joseph Guazzaloca, member of the Reading Retirement System
Atty Daniel Casper, attorney for Joseph Guazzaloca
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Elaine Kelly
Topics of Discussion:
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MINUTES OF THE READING RETIREMENT BOARD MEETING 15
EXECUTIVE SESSION
December 1, 2015 at 5:30 P.M.
Present at this executive session are the following individuals:
Francis P. Driscoll, Chairman
Joseph R. Veno
Nancy J. Heffernan
Sharon M. Angstrom
Michael Sacco, attorney for the Reading Retirement Board
Joseph Guazzaloca, member of the Reading Retirement System
Daniel Casper, attorney for Joseph Guazzaloca
The hearing was recorded and is considered to be a part of the minutes
The records used and reviewed for this hearing were Mr. Guazaloca's Member's Application for
Disability Retirement, the Physician's Statement, the Employer's Statement and the medical records
obtained relating to his disability claim.
Joseph Guamaloca appeared and testified as to the reason he is seeking an accidental disability
retirement. Attorney Sacco requested that the member, Joseph Guavaloca, go through the sequence of
events on January 12, 2011 and January 13, 2011 in terms of what he was doing when he suffered the
myocardial infarction.
The Board's Attorney Michael Sacco discussed the options that the Board has with regard to the
Accidental Disability Application for Joseph Guazzaloca. The various options available to the board are
as follows: move to a medical panel once the Board receives additional medical reports that Attorney
Napolitano has on file or deny the application.
Joseph Veno moved to request a medical panel and include questions that Attorney Sacco will submit.
SECONDED BY: Sharon Angstrom
ROLL CALL VOTE: Joseph Veno
Aye
Nancy Heffernan
Aye
Sharon Angstrom
Aye
Francis Driscoll
Aye
Joseph Veno moved to adjoum to open session.
SECONDED BY: Sharon Angstrom
ROLL CALL VOTE: Joseph Veno
Aye
Nancy Heffernan
Aye
Sharon Angstrom
Aye
Francis Driscoll
Aye
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Reconvened in open session at 6:25 P.M.
Chairman, Francis P. Driscoll, I' elected
Vice Chairman, Thomas A. Clough, 2 appointed