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PENSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
CITY OF CLEARWATER
December 9, 2004
Present:
Nathan Hightower
Tom Jensen
John Schmalzbauer
Hoyt P. Hamilton
Frank Hibbard
Carlen Petersen
Vice-Chair
Committee Member
Committee Member
Committee Member/Councilmember
Committee Member/Councilmember
Committee Member/Councilmember
Absent:
John Lee
Chair
Also Present: Joe Roseto
Brenda Moses
Human Resources Director
Board Reporter
The Vice-Chair called the meeting to order at 9:01 a.m. at City Hall.
To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not
necessarily discussed in that order.
2 - Approval of Minutes
Member Hibbard moved to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of November 4,
2004, as submitted in written summation to each board member. The motion was duly
seconded and carried unanimously.
3 - Emplovees to be Heard - None.
4- Action Item
a. Review and Action on Employee Requests for Regular Pensions:
1. Rosalie Backus, Customer Service
2. Neil Sickler, Public Utilities
Member Schmalzbauer moved to approve the requests for regular pensions for Rosalie
Backus and Neil Sickler. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
b. Approval of New Hires as Plan Members:
As of November 23,2004, the City had 1797.14 FTEs out of 1895.4 budgeted positions.
Member Hibbard moved to accept the following employees into membership in the
Pension Plan:
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Pension Elig.
Name. Job. Class. & Deot./Div.
Karl Wielecki, Planner II/Planning
David Rawley, Parks Service Technician IIParks & Rec
Mitchell Moen, Parks Service Technician I/Parks & Rec
Roy Buss, Parks Service Technician I/Parks & Rec
Patricia Stephen-Zitouni, City Clerk SpecialisUOR&LS
Adriana Topel, Librarian II/Library
Zoltan Hortobagyi, Field Service Rep/Customer Service
Angela Fortney, Network Support Tech I/Information Tech
James Stanley, Communications Tech/General Services
Soney Louvon, Police CadeUPolice
Vincent Montalvo, Police CadeUPolice
Brian Munoz, Police CadeUPolice
David Palek, Network Support Techn IIlnformation Tech
James Reilly, Police CadeUPolice
Natalia IIlica, Police CadeUPolice
Reba Harrison, Police CadeUPolice
Matthew Jackson, Rec Leader/Parks & Rec
Josh Hoff, Custodial Worker/Marine & Aviation
Hire Date
10/21/04
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11/15/04
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Date
10/21/04
11/1/04
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11/13/04
Josh Hoff originally was hired as part-time; transferred to full-time and pension eligible as
of 11/13/04.
The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
5 - Pendina/New Business
a. James Albright
Human Resources Director Joe Roseto reported that Mr. Albright has requested a
continuance.
Member Hamilton moved to continue James Albright's case to January 13, 2005. The
motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
b. Ronnie White
Mr. Roseto requested continuing Ronnie White's case, as staff has been unable to
contact Mr. White's attorney. Written notification that the case would be continued to January
13, 2005, was mailed to Mr. White. Mr. White's attorney also was provided copies of individual
video surveillance tapes discussed at the November PAC (Pension Advisory Committee)
meeting. PAC members also were provided copies of the tapes. None of the tapes was edited.
Member Hamilton moved to continue Ronnie White's case to a date uncertain. The
motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
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6 - Director's Report
Mr. Roseto said copies of the 2002 Cost Analysis of Pension Plan Changes Under
Consideration and proposed Pension Plan Changes dated May 2002 have been distributed. He
suggested scheduling a meeting of the PAC, Pension Trustees, PAC Attorney, and union
representatives to review the information. Consensus was for staff to schedule a meeting date,
which may require a full day, In response to a question, Mr. Roseto said no cost analyses have
been done since 2002. Staff will research cities similar in size to Clearwater and provide a
comparison of employee pension plans.
7 - Committee Members to be Heard
Member Petersen and Member Schmalzbauer wished everyone Happy Holidays.
8 - Adiournment
Member Hibbard moved to adjourn. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 9:11 a.m.
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