11/08/1995 PENSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CITY OF CLEARWATER
November 8, 1995
Present: Edwin Hooper Chair
Richard Breest Committee Member
Fred Ratley Committee Member
Michael Laursen Human Resources Director
Jon Marcin Risk Management Specialist
Jackie Kline Temporary Staff Assistant III
Patricia O. Sullivan Board Reporter
The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:45 a.m. at City Hall. Meeting scheduled in place of November 15, 1995 meeting.
To provide continuity for research, items are in agenda order although not necessarily discussed in that order.
ITEM #2 - Approval of Minutes
Member Breest moved to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of November 1, 1995, as recorded and submitted in written summation to each member. The motion was duly seconded and
carried unanimously.
ITEM #3 - Old Business
a) Light Duty Policy (Cont'd)
b) William Matlin - Mechanic II, Fleet Maintenance - Job-connected Disability Pension - Not present - Case pending.
c) Cora Bennett, widow of Ernest Bennett -Solid Waste Worker, Solid Waste Department - Survivor's Pension - Human Resources Director Michael Laursen reported the City Attorney had indicated
the spouse has a right to the pension, notwithstanding the existence of a child. Chair Hooper moved that a non-job connected disability pension be granted on behalf of Ernest Bennett
based on his death that occurred on August 3, 1995, which has been documented by copy of his death certificate and the said pension be awarded to his widow, Cora Bennett, as surviving
spouse. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
d) Leo Thompson - Spray Technician, Parks & Recreation Department - Job-connected Disability Pension - Not present - Case pending.
e) Robert Batten - Equipment Operator III, Public Works Department - Job-connected Disability Pension - Chair Hooper moved that Robert Batten be granted a job-connected disability pension
effective on a date to be determined based on Mr. Batten's disability that resulted from on-the-job circumstances which are described as a cervical fusion as a result of an injury which
has made him permanently unable to perform his job and documented by the
medical statements of Jeffrey S. Walker, M.D., Dennis M. Lox, M.D., and Richard F. Lyster, M.D. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
ITEM #4 - New Business
Mr. Laursen reported the City Commission will designate three additional members to the Pension Advisory Committee. The seventh member will be chosen by the other six members. Policies
and procedures will be addressed after the new group is appointed.
ITEM #5 - Approval of New Members - None.
ITEM #6 - Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 10:05 a.m.