10/11/2018 Pension Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes October 11, 2018
City of Clearwater
City Hall
112 S. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33756
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Meeting Minutes
Thursday, October 11, 2018
9:00 AM
Council Chambers - City Hall
Pension Advisory Committee
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Roll Call
Present 5 - Chair Nathan Hightower, Vice Chair Tom Jensen, Committee Member
Diane Devol, Committee Member Hoyt Hamilton, and Committee
Member Bob Cundiff
Absent 2 - Committee Member Greg Newland, and Committee Member George
Cretekos
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 13, 2018 Pension Advisory Committee meeting as
submitted in written summation.
Member Cundiff moved to approve minutes of September 13, 2018
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
Logan Weinzierl, Beach Lifeguard, Parks and Recreation 09/01/2018
Thomas Lanni, Parks Service Technician I, Parks and Recreation 09/01/2018
Jordan McGee, Solid Waste Worker, Solid Waste 09/01/2018
Louis Arnold, Gas Technician I, Gas 09/04/2018
Savannah Lopez, Customer Service Representative, Planning & Development 09/04/2018
Cody Keers, Water Distribution Operator Trainee, Public Utilities 09/04/2018
Vincent Ramirez, Public Utilities Technician I, Public Utilities 09/04/2018
Michael Lang, Parks Service Technician I, Parks and Recreation 09/04/2018
Michelle Leach, Recreation Supervisor I, Parks and Recreation 09/04/2018
Irin Gomez, Housing Specialist, Economic Development and Housing 09/17/2018
Kara Grande, Senior Staff Assistant, Economic Development and Housing 09/17/2018
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Alejandro Vasquez, Field Service Representative I, Customer Service 09/17/2018
Paul Kuhar, Radio Communications Analyst, General Services 09/17/2018
Ajene Snow, Aquatic Programmer, Parks and Recreation 09/17/2018
Eric Harris, Recreation Specialist, Parks and Recreation 09/17/2018
Jo-Anna Gamble, Police Property Clerk, Police 09/17/2018
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 employees Michelle Kutch, Human
Resources Department and Andrew Leeth, Fire Department, to vest their pensions as
provided by Section 2.419 of the Employees' Pension Plan.
Michelle Kutch, Human Resources Manager, Human Resources
Department, was employed by the City on Feb 22, 2005, and began
participating in the Pension Plan on that date. Ms. Kutch terminated from
City employment on September 22, 2018.
Andrew Leeth, Fire Medic, Fire Department, was employed by the City on
March 19, 2007, and began participating in the Pension Plan on that date.
Mr. Leeth terminated from City employment on May 19, 2018.
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. Ms. Kutch will meet the
non-hazardous duty criteria and begin collecting a pension in July 2030.
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. Leeth will meet the hazardous duty criteria and begin collecting
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pension in April 2027.
Member Devol moved to recommend approval of the following
request of employees Michelle Kutch, Human Resources
Department and Andrew Leeth, Fire Department, to vest their
pensions 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 Albert Granville, Police
Department, Robert Hallett, Engineering Department and Raymond Roby, Fire
Department, for a regular pension as provided by Sections 2.416 and 2.424 of the
Employees' Pension Plan.
Albert Granville, Police Officer, Police Department, was employed by the
City on October 26, 1998, and his pension service credit is effective on that
date. His pension will be effective November 1, 2018. Based on an average
salary of approximately $77,835.75 over the past five years, the formula for
computing regular pensions and Mr. Granville's selection of the 100% Joint
and Survivor Annuity, this pension benefit will be approximately $42,466.20
annually.
Robert Hallett, Survey Party Chief, Engineering Department, was
employed by the City on May 3, 1993, and his pension service credit is
effective on that date. His pension will be effective November 1, 2018.
Based on an average salary of approximately $45,151.23 over the past five
years, the formula for computing regular pensions and Mr. Hallett's selection
of the 100% Joint and Survivor Annuity, this pension benefit will be
approximately $28,948.92 annually.
Raymond Roby, Fire Assistant Chief, Fire Department, was employed by
the City on August 6, 2007, and his pension service credit is effective on that
date. His pension will be effective November 1, 2018. Based on an average
salary of approximately $99,729.50 over the past five years, the formula for
computing regular pensions and Mr. Roby's selection of the 100% Joint and
Survivor Annuity, this pension benefit will be approximately $29,513.28
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. Hallett has met the
non-hazardous duty criteria.
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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 (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. Granville and Mr. Roby have met the hazardous duty criteria.
Member Devol moved to recommend approval of the following
request of employees Albert Granville, Police Department, Robert
Hallett, Engineering Department and Raymond Roby, 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: None.
6. Director's Report
Human Resources Director Joe Roseto said a disability pension application
for a public safety employee was in process. In response to a question, he
said Joseph Connors had worked with staff to process his pension without
comment. Staff received no feedback re the committee's decision.
7. Board Members to be Heard: None.
8. Adjourn
Attest:
The meeting adjourned at 9:03 a.m.
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Board eporter
City of Clearwater
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