BOARD MEETING AGENDA

January 27, 2009

 

REVISED: Added items in bold

 

1.      Approval of December 2008 Board Meeting Minutes

 

2.      No Guest Speaker

 

3.      Departmental Reports

a.      Presentation from Office of Human Resources  (Lisa Sunkes)

b.      Report from Office of Claims (Report only)

         

4.      License Application:              (Ms. Mary Beth Woods)

A.  Section 24-a                          CLAIMANT

REPRESENTATIVE

1.  Marco Ponti                        3 Year Renewal Application

              

     2.  Gina Crawford                   3 Year Renewal Application

 

     3.  Arthur Wilcox                     3 Year Renewal Application

 

     4. Shawnee Rupert                3 Year Renewal Application

 

     5.  Luther Williams                  3 Year Renewal Application

 

     6.  John Pullano                      3 Year Renewal Application

 

     7.  Rita Satterfield Harris        3 Year Renewal Application

 

     8.  Elliot Kaufman                   2 Year Renewal Application

 

                                      

     B. Section 50 (3-b)                    SELF-INSURERS’

REPRESENTATIVES

1.  S.A.F.E., LLC

          Qualifying Officer                    3 Year Renewal Application

Christopher Whyland

         

     2.  Expeditious Claims Management, Inc.

          Qualifying Officer                    1 Year Initial Application

          Donald J. Pols

 

     3.  Lenore Schneider                   3 Year Renewal Application

 

     4.  McNeil & Company

          Qualifying Officer                     3 Year Renewal Application

Steven C. Shahan

                       

     5.  The NIA Group, LLC

          Qualifying Officer                    3 Year Renewal Application

Edward M. Teitelbaum

 

 

5.      Report of General Counsel’s Office    (Mr. Kenneth Munnelly) Statistical analysis of the workflow of the three divisions within Office of General Counsel for December 2008.

 

6.      Legal Appeals         (Mr. Keith Longden)

     A.  Case No. 6060 3815

          Eugene Cronk vs Lyndaker Excavating & Trucking

 

     B. Case No. 5000 3856

          Robert Richter vs Ramistain

 

     C.      Case No. 0960 6186

          Richard Zucker vs Port Authority of NY/NJ

 

     D. Case No. F500 0071

          Sandi Giello vs Providence Fire District

 

     E. Case No. 5980 8367

          Thomas Bonner vs Brownell Steel Inc.

 

     F. Case No. 5921 9430

          John Early vs New York Telephone Company

 

     G. Case No. 3040 4744

          Laila Young vs Pentax Precision Instruments

 

     H. Case No.8020 2822

          John Ruper (dec’d) vs Transport Systems of WNY

 

     I.   Case No. 0052 1727

          Troy Booth vs NYS Department of Corrections

 

     J.  Case No. 0010 4568

          Dorothea Bradley vs US Airways, Inc.

 

         

7A.    MANDATORY FULL BOARD REVIEW

     Case No. 5051 1477

     Peru Central School District

For consideration as to whether case should be accepted for full Board review. (Paprocki)

 

 

7B.    MANDATORY FULL BOARD REVIEW

     Case No. F995 0018

     Addison Volunteer Fire Department

For consideration as to whether case should be accepted for full Board review. (Ferrara)

 

8.  Case No. 0064 9820

          Atlantic Express Escorts

For consideration as to whether case should be accepted for full Board review.  (Ferrara, Henry, Bell)

 

9.  Case No.0065 2366

          Central Design System

For consideration as to whether case should be accepted for full Board review. (Bargnesi, Paprocki, Finnegan)

 

10.     Case No. 0074 3840

          NYS Unified Court System

For consideration as to whether case should be accepted for full Board review. (Groski, Finnegan, Firestone)

 

11.     Case No. 2030 6341

          Augies Garage of Smithtown, Inc.

For consideration as to whether case should be accepted for full Board review. (Firestone, Libous, Henry)

 

12.     Case No. 9870 9896

          Charles Evans Co.      

For consideration as to whether case should be accepted for full Board review. (Bargnesi, Henry, Higgins)    

 

13.     Case No. 5070 9701

          NYS Department of Education        

For consideration as to whether case should be accepted for full Board review.   (Bargnesi, Bell, Libous)

 

14.     Other Business:

Vote on whether to adopt amendments to §300.23 and the addition of §300.35 to 12 NYCRR – Suspension and Resumption of Benefits.