10/12/2017 Pension Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes October 12, 2017
City of Clearwater
City Hall
112 S. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
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Meeting Minutes
Thursday, October 12, 2017
9:00 AM
Council Chambers - City Hall
Pension Advisory Committee
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Pension Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes October 12, 2017
Roll Call
Present 5 - Chair Nathan Hightower, Vice Chair Tom Jensen, Committee Member
Diane Devol, Committee Member Greg Newland, and Committee
Member Bob Cundiff
Absent 2 - Committee Member Bill Jonson, and Committee Member Hoyt
Hamilton
Also Present- Joe Roseto — Human Resources Director, Patricia O. Sullivan - Board
Reporter
1. Call To Order
The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:00 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
2.1 Approve minutes of September 14, 2017 Pension Advisory Committee meeting as
submitted in written summation.
Member Cundiff moved to approve minutes of August 10, 2017
Pension Advisory Committee meeting as submitted in written
summation. 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 Recommend approval of the new hires for acceptance into the Pension Plan as listed.
Name, Job Classification, Department Pension Eligibility Date
Margaux La Barge, Customer Service Representative, Customer Service 09/02/2017
John Mellor, Solid Waste Equipment Operator, Solid Waste 09/04/2017
Sara Bayly, Customer Service Representative, Customer Service 09/05/2017
John Anderson, Accountant, Gas 09/05/2017
Madai Gutierrez, Recreation Specialist, Parks and Recreation 09/05/2017
Yiannis Halvatzis, Recreation Specialist, Parks and Recreation 09/05/2017
Christopher Tisdale, Parks Service Technician I, Parks and Recreation 09/05/2017
Charles Hargrove, Parks Service Technician III, Parks and Recreation 09/05/2017
Haris Kasumovic, Water Distribution Operator Trainee, Public Utilities 09/05/2017
Tyraven Jackson, Water Distribution Operator Trainee, Public Utilities 09/05/2017
Kenneth Fluitt, Jr., Solid Waste Equipment Operator, Solid Waste 09/05/2017
DeVante Lang, Solid Waste Worker, Solid Waste 09/16/2017
Eric Saccasyn, Fire Inspector II, Fire 09/18/2017
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Member Jensen moved to recommend approval of the new hires
for acceptance into the Pension Plan as listed. The motion was
duly seconded and carried unanimously.
4.2 Recommend approval of the following request of employee Darci Willis, Public Utilities
Department, to vest her pension as provided by Section 2.419 of the Employees'
Pension Plan.
Darci Willis, Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator A, Public Utilities
Department, was employed by the City on October 24, 1998, and began
participating in the Pension Plan on that date. Ms. Willis terminated from City
employment on September 8, 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 (1/1/13), a member shall be eligible for retirement following
the earlier of the date on which a participant has reached the age of fifty-five
(55) years and completed twenty (20) years of credited service; the date on
which a participant has reached age sixty-five (65) years and completed ten
(10) years of credited service; or the date on which a member has
completed thirty (30) years of service regardless of age.
Member Jensen moved to recommend approval of the following
request of employee Darci Willis, Public Utilities Department, to
vest her pension as provided by Section 2.419 of the Employees'
Pension Plan. The motion was duly seconded and carried
unanimously.
4.3 Recommend approval of the following request of employees Dane Heatherington,
Engineering Department, James Hornaday, Gas Department, and Anthony Sammartano,
Fire Department, for a regular pension as provided by Sections 2.416 and 2.424 of the
Employees' Pension Plan.
Dane Heatherington, Traffic Signal Technician, Engineering
Department, was employed by the City on January 14, 1991, and his
pension service credit is effective on that date. His pension will be effective
October 1, 2017. Based on an average salary of approximately $61,630.69
over the past five years, the formula for computing regular pensions and Mr.
Heatherington selection of the Joint and Survivor Annuity, this pension
benefit will be approximately $45,271.20 annually.
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James Hornaday, Gas Technician III, Gas Department, was employed by
the City on June 13, 1994, and his pension service credit is effective on that
date. His pension will be effective October 1, 2017. Based on an average
salary of approximately $55,182.48 over the past five years, the formula for
computing regular pensions and Mr. Hornaday's selection of the 100% Joint
and Survivor Annuity, this pension benefit will be approximately $28,752.84
annually.
Anthony Sammartano, 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 October 1, 2017. Based on an
average salary of approximately $109,662.12 over the past five years, the
formula for computing regular pensions and Mr. Sammartano's selection of
the 100% Joint and Survivor Annuity, this pension benefit will be
approximately $60,461.52 annually.
Section 2.416 provides for normal retirement eligibility for non-hazardous
duty employees hired prior to the effective date of this reinstatement
(1/1/13), a member shall be eligible for retirement following the earlier of the
date on which a participant has reached the age of fifty-five (55) years and
completed twenty (20) years of credited service; the date on which a
participant has reached age sixty-five (65) years and completed ten (10)
years of credited service; or the date on which a member has completed
thirty (30) years of service regardless of age. Mr. Heatherington and Mr.
Hornaday have 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 (20) years of
credited service regardless of age, or the date on which the participant has
reached fifty-five (55) years and completed ten (10) years of credited
service. Mr. Sammartano has met the hazardous duty criteria.
Member Newland moved to recommend approval of the following
request of employees Dane Heatherington, Engineering
Department, James Hornaday, Gas Department, and Anthony
Sammartano, 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.
5. Old Business Item
Human Resources Director Joe Roseto said Joseph Connors'attorneys
were deposing witnesses. It will be a while before the formal disability
hearing can be scheduled. Other cases were pending.
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6. Director's Report: None
7. Board Members to be Heard: None
8. Adjourn
Attest:
The meeting adjourned at 9:02 a.m.
Board Reporte
City of Clearwater
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Chair
Pensior(Advisory Committee