06/17/2019 Pension Trustees Meeting Minutes June 17, 2019
City of Clearwater
Main Library- Council Chambers
100 N. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 33755
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Meeting Minutes
Monday, June 17, 2019
9:00 AM
Main Library - Council Chambers
Pension Trustees
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Roll Call
Present 4 - Chair George N. Cretekos, Trustee Bob Cundiff, Trustee David
Allbritton, and Trustee Jay Polglaze
Absent 1 - Trustee Hoyt Hamilton
Also Present—William B. Horne II — 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 Jennifer Poirrier— 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 9:08 a.m. in Council Chambers at
the Main Library.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Approve the minutes of the May 13, 2019 Pension Trustees meeting as submitted in
written summation by the City Clerk.
Trustee Allbritton moved to approve the minutes of the May 13,
2019 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
Christopher Shepard, Police Communication Operator, Police 04/15/2019
Adam Jordan, Parks Service Technician I, Parks&Recreation 04/01/2019
Michael Bale, Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, Public Utilities 04/01/2019
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Jessica Caballero-Ashmeade, Gas Program Coordinator, Gas 04/15/2019
Christopher Chester, Parks Service Technician I, Parks& Recreation 04/15/2019
Colton Wetherington, Parks Service Technician I, Parks&Recreation 04/15/2019
Wayne Jones, Parks Service Technician III, Parks&Recreation 04/15/2019
Alfonsa Riley Jr., Water Distribution Operator Trainee, Public Utilities 04/15/2019
Kenneth Cotton, Solid Waste Worker, Solid Waste 04/15/2019
Bernard Wigfals, Solid Waste Worker, Solid Waste 04/15/2019
Shomari Gilbert, Solid Waste Worker, Solid Waste 04/15/2019
Kevin Richendollar, Solid Waste Worker, Solid Waste 04/13/2019
Trustee Polglaze 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 Bruce Griffin, Gas Department to vest their
pension as provided by Section 2.419 of the Employees' Pension Plan.
Bruce Griffin, Gas Engineering & Planning Manager, Gas Department, was
employed by the City on December 4, 1995, and began participating in the
Pension Plan on September 9, 2005. Mr. Griffin terminated from City
employment on March 30, 2019.
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 (60) 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. Griffin will meet the non-hazardous duty criteria and begin
collecting a pension in May 2020.
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Trustee Cundiff moved to approve the following request of
employee Bruce Griffin, Gas 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 Donald Greene, Public Utilities Department,
Judith Kolmer, Engineering Department, Mary Repp, Parks and Recreation Department,
Thomas Tague, Police Department and Dragoljub Vitkovic, Solid Waste General
Services Department, for a regular pension as provided by Sections 2.416 and 2.424 of
the Employees' Pension Plan.
Donald Greene, Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator A, Public Utilities
Department, was employed by the City on February 22, 1990, and his pension
service credit is effective on June 4, 1990. His pension will be effective May 1,
2019. Based on an average salary of approximately $62,913.41 over the past
five years, the formula for computing regular pensions and Mr. Greene's
selection of the Life Annuity, this pension benefit will be approximately
$49,990.92 annually.
Judith Kolmer, Customer Service Representative, Engineering Department,
was employed by the City on April 4, 2005, and her pension service credit is
effective on October 15, 2007. Her pension will be effective June 1, 2019.
Based on an average salary of approximately $34,102.04 over the past five
years, the formula for computing regular pensions and Ms. Kolmer's selection
of the Life Annuity, this pension benefit will be approximately $8,711.16 annually.
Mary Repp, Recreation Leader II, Parks and Recreation Department, was
employed by the City on February 18, 1997, and her pension service credit is
effective on July 17, 2000. Her pension will be effective May 1, 2019. Based on
an average salary of approximately $33,402.25 over the past five years, the
formula for computing regular pensions and Ms. Repp's selection of the 100%
Joint and Survivor Annuity, this pension benefit will be approximately $15,285.84
annually.
Thomas Tague, Police Officer, Police Department, was employed by the City
on October 7, 1991, and his pension service credit is effective on that date. His
pension will be effective May 1, 2019. Based on an average salary of
approximately $85,527.61 over the past five years, the formula for computing
regular pensions and Mr. Tague's selection of the 100% Joint and Survivor
Annuity with a 30% partial lump sum, this pension benefit will be approximately
$43,944.36 annually.
Dragoljub Vitkovic, Fleet Mechanic, Solid Waste General Services Department,
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was employed by the City on November 24, 2008, and his pension service
credit is effective on that date. His pension will be effective June 1, 2019. Based
on an average salary of approximately $42,288.01 over the past five years, the
formula for computing regular pensions and Mr. Vitkovic's selection of the Life
Annuity, this pension benefit will be approximately $12,233.28 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. Greene, Ms. Kolmer, Ms. Repp and Mr. Vitkovic 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 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. Tague has met the
hazardous duty criteria.
Trustee Allbritton moved to approve the following request of
employees Donald Greene, Public Utilities Department, Judith
Kolmer, Engineering Department, Mary Repp, Parks and
Recreation Department, Thomas Tague, Police Department and
Dragoljub Vitkovic, Solid Waste General Services 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.
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5. Director's Report - None.
6. Adjourn
Attest
City Clerk
Meeting Minutes
The meeting adjourned at 9:10 a.m.
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City of Clearwater
Chair
Employees' Pension Plan Trustees
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