LETTER REQUESTING ADDITION INFORMATION REGARDING THE 2020 ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE CLEARWATER POLICE OFFICERS SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION SHARE PLANDepartment of
MANAGEMENT
SERVICES
Division of Retirement
Bureau of Local Retirement Systems
Municipal Police Officers' & Firefighters' Trust Funds' Office
P.O. Box 3010
Tallahassee, FL 32315-3010
Tel: 850-922-0667 1 Toll -Free: 877-738-6737
Ron DeSantis, Governor
Jonathan R. Satter, Secretary
February 9, 2021
Ms. Susan Becotte, Senior Accountant/Payroll Supervisor
City of Clearwater
645 Pierce Street
Clearwater, FL 33756
Dear Ms. Becotte:
We have received your response to our previous correspondence regarding the 2020 Annual Report for
the Clearwater Police Officers' Supplemental Pension Share Plan.
Based on our review of that reply, listed below are items that need corrections, clarification and/or
additional information.
• Please upload a complete copy of the audited financial statements to the online report as soon
as received.
• We have not received the P, F & G 2020 report as of this review.
Please be advised that ss. 175.121(2) and 185.10(2), require that in order for a municipality or special
fire control district and its pension fund to participate in the distribution of premium tax moneys under
Chapters 175 and 185, F. S., all the provisions of these chapters shall be complied with annually,
including state acceptance pursuant to Part VII of Chapter 112, F. S. If you receive a notice from the
Local Retirement Section (LRS) that the plan is "not state accepted," or there is some outstanding issue
that the LRS office is waiting on, please provide a prompt response so as not to jeopardize release of
your state premium tax moneys.
This message is to inform you that the 41st Annual Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Pension
Trustees School scheduled for Spring 2021, has been postponed until next year. The new dates will be
announced once they have been determined. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may
cause. We look forward to resuming our annual trustees school next year for trustees and participants
of the Chapters 175 and 185 police and fire pension program.
If you have any questions or need further information, please call our office at 850-922-0667.
Sincerely,
Sue Becotte
February 9, 2021
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Julie Browning, Accountant IV
Municipal Police Officers' and
Firefighters' Retirement Trust Funds
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Copy: Jeffrey DiVincent, Chairman
Honorable George N. Cretekos, Chairman — Police, Fire & General Plan
John J. Gilberto, CPA
Adam Levison, Plan Attorney