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Pension Trustees Meeting Minutes May 15, 2017
City of Clearwater
City Hall
112 S. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
Meeting Minutes
Monday, May 15, 2017
1:00 PM
Council Chambers
Pension Trustees
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Roll Call
Present
5 - Chair George N. Cretekos, Trustee Doreen Caudell, Trustee Bob
Cundiff, Trustee Hoyt Hamilton, and Trustee Bill Jonson
Also Present
– William B. Horne – City Manager, Jill Silverboard – Deputy City
Manager, Micah Maxwell – Assistant City Manager, Pamela K.
Akin – City Attorney, Rosemarie Call – City Clerk, Nicole Sprague
– Official Records and Legislative Services Coordinator, and Joe
Roseto – Human Resources Director
To provide continuity for research, items are listed in agenda order although not
necessarily discussed in that order.
1. Call To Order – Chair Cretekos
The meeting was called to order at 1:08 p.m. at City Hall.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1
Approve the minutes of the April 17, 2017 Pension Trustees Meeting as submitted in
written summation by the City Clerk.
Trustee Jonson moved to approve the minutes of the April 17, 2017
Pension Trustees Meeting as submitted in written summation by
the City Clerk. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
3. Citizens to be Heard Regarding Items Not on the Agenda – None.
4. New Business Items
4.1
Approve the new hires for acceptance into the Pension Plan as listed.
Name, Job Classification, Department Pension Eligibility Date
Angela Campagna, Accounting Clerk, General Services 02/27/2017
Emily Wallace, Recreation Specialist, Parks and Recreation 03/04/2017
Stephen Dellavolpe, Parking Enforcement Specialist, Engineering 03/06/2017
Jessica Kessler, Engineering Specialist III, Engineering 03/06/2017
Floyd Paul Eggleston, Fleet Mechanic, General Services 03/06/2017
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Ernest Benton, Parks Streets and Sidewalks Technician I, Parks and Rec. 03/06/2017
Brenda Fontane-Villamil, Customer Service Rep., Planning and Dev. 03/06/2017
Heather Klinefelter, Personnel / Payroll Technician, Public Utilities 03/06/2017
Joseph Haddad, Electronics Technician, Public Utilities 03/20/2017
Scott Holtz, Traffic Sign and Marking Technician, Engineering 03/20/2017
Rafael Castellon, Licensed Electrician, General Services 03/20/2017
Randy Taber, Police Communications Operator Trainee, Police 03/20/2017
Monica Heredia, Police Communications Operator Trainee, Police 03/20/2017
Kerry Martin, Police Communications Operator Trainee, Police 03/20/2017
Trustee Caudell moved to approve the new hires for acceptance
into the Pension Plan as listed. The motion was duly seconded and
carried unanimously.
4.2
Approve the following request of employee Thomas Leonard, Marine and Aviation
Department, to vest their pension as provided by Section 2.419 of the Employees’
Pension Plan.
Thomas Leonard, Marine Facility Operator, Marine and Aviation Department,
was employed by the City on March 31, 2007, and began participating in the
Pension Plan on that date. Mr. Leonard terminated from City employment on
March 31, 2017.
The Employees’ Pension Plan provides that should an employee cease to be
an employee of the City of Clearwater or change status from full-time to
part-time after completing ten or more years of creditable service (pension
participation), such employee shall acquire a vested interest in the retirement
benefits. Vested pension payments commence on the first of the month
following the month in which the employee normally would have been eligible
for retirement.
Section 2.416 provides for normal retirement eligibility for non-hazardous duty
employees hired prior to the effective date of this reinstatement (January 1,
2013), a member shall be eligible for retirement following the earlier of the date
on which a participant has reached the age of fifty-five years and completed
twenty years of credited service; the date on which a participant has reached
age sixty-five years and completed ten years of credited service; or the date on
which a member has completed thirty years of service regardless of age. For
non-hazardous duty employees hired on or after the effective date of this
restatement, a member shall be eligible for retirement following the earlier of
the date on which a participant has reached the age of sixty years and
completed twenty-five years of credited service; or the date on which a
participant has reached the age of sixty-five years and completed ten years of
credited service. Mr. Leonard will meet the non-hazardous duty criteria and
begin collecting a pension in September 2018.
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Section 2.416 provides for normal retirement eligibility for hazardous duty
employees, a member shall be eligible for retirement following the earlier of the
date on which the participant has completed twenty years of credited service
regardless of age, or the date on which the participant has reached fifty-five
years and completed ten years of credited service.
Trustee Cundiff moved to approve the following request of
employee Thomas Leonard, Marine and Aviation Department, to
vest their pension as provided by Section 2.419 of the Employees’
Pension Plan. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
4.3
Approve the following request of employees Cameron Hill, Fire Department, Benjamin
McBride, Police Department, Kelly O’Brien, Engineering Department and William
Wargin, Fire Department for a regular pension as provided by Sections 2.416 and
2.424 of the Employees’ Pension Plan.
Cameron Hill, Firefighter, Fire Department, was employed by the City on
October 14, 1996, and his pension service credit is effective on that date. His
pension will be effective April 1, 2017. Based on an average salary of
approximately $60,084.17 over the past five years, the formula for computing
regular pensions and Mr. Hill’s selection of the 100% Joint and Survivor
Annuity, this pension benefit will be approximately $32,880.12 annually.
Benjamin McBride, Police Lieutenant, Police Department,was employed by the
City on August 12, 1985, and his pension service credit is effective on that
date. His pension will be effective April 1, 2017. Based on an average salary
of approximately $111,052.80 over the past five years, the formula for
computing regular pensions and Mr. McBride’s selection of the 100% Joint and
Survivor Annuity, this pension benefit will be approximately $94,219.44
annually.
Kelly O’Brien, Engineering Specialist III, Engineering Department,was
employed by the City on September 23, 1985, and his pension service credit is
effective on April 22, 1986. His pension will be effective April 1, 2017. Based
on an average salary of approximately $74,274.82 over the past five years, the
formula for computing regular pensions and Mr. O’Brien’s selection of the Life
Annuity, this pension benefit will be approximately $63,200.16 annually.
William Wargin, Fire Lieutenant, Fire Department, was employed by the City
on March 3, 1997, and his pension service credit is effective on that date. His
pension will be effective April 1, 2017. Based on an average salary of
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approximately $78,460.55 over the past five years, the formula for computing
regular pensions and Mr. Wargin's selection of the Life Annuity, this pension
benefit will be approximately $43,442.64 annually.
Section 2.416 provides for normal retirement eligibility for non - hazardous duty
employees hired prior to the effective date of this reinstatement (January 1,
2013), a member shall be eligible for retirement following the earlier of the date
on which a participant has reached the age of fifty -five years and completed
twenty years of credited service; the date on which a participant has reached
age sixty -five years and completed ten years of credited service; or the date on
which a member has completed thirty years of service regardless of age. For
non - hazardous duty employees hired on or after the effective date of this
restatement, a member shall be eligible for retirement following the earlier of
the date on which a participant has reached the age of sixty years and
completed twenty -five years of credited service; or the date on which a
participant has reached the age of sixty -five years and completed ten years of
credited service. Mr. O'Brien has met the non - hazardous duty criteria.
Section 2.416 provides for normal retirement eligibility for hazardous duty
employees, a member shall be eligible for retirement following the earlier of the
date on which the participant has completed twenty years of credited service
regardless of age, or the date on which the participant has reached fifty -five
years and completed ten years of credited service. Mr. Hill, Mr. McBride and
Mr. Wargin have met the hazardous duty criteria.
Trustee Hamilton moved to approve the following request of
employees Cameron Hill, Fire Department, Benjamin McBride,
Police Department, Kelly O'Brien, Engineering Department and
William Wargin, Fire Department for a regular pension as provided
by Sections 2.416 and 2.424 of the Employees' Pension Plan. The
motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 1:10 p.m.
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