03/12/1998PENSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
CITY OF CLEARWATER
March 12, 1998
Present: J. B. Johnson Vice Chair/Commissioner
Robert Clark Committee Member/Commissioner
Pat Greer Committee Member
John Scacca Committee Member
Leslie Dougall-Sides Assistant City Attorney
Steve Rosenthal Interim Human Resources Director
Debbie Ford Human Resources Technician
Patricia O. Sullivan Board Reporter
Absent: Rita Garvey Chair/Mayor
Pat Shepler Committee Member
Dick Fitzgerald Committee Member
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.
ITEM #2 - Approval of Minutes
Member Clark moved to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of February 12, 1998, as recorded and submitted in written summation to each board member. The motion was duly seconded
and carried unanimously.
ITEM #3 - Employees to be Heard - None.
ITEM #4 - Action Items
a) Review and Action on Employee Requests for Years of Service Pension
1) Sylvester Parker - Public Services Technician II, Public Works Department
2) James E. Goodloe - Fire Marshal, Fire Department - hazardous duty provision
Member Greer moved to approve Years of Service Pensions for Sylvester Parker and James E. Goodloe. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
b) Review and Action on Employee Request to Vest Pension
1) Sidney Roberts - Public Works Supervisor II, Public Works Department
Sidney Roberts has resigned his position after being employed by the City for more than 25 years. He will qualify to receive his pension beginning August 1, 2001.
Member Clark moved to approve the request by Sidney Roberts to vest his Pension. The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
c) Approval of New Hires as Pension Plan Members
Karl Pople originally was hired on August 6, 1990, resigned on August 10, 1997, and withdrew his pension contributions. He was employed from the reemployment list on January 16, 1998.
In response to a question, Human Resources Technician Debbie Ford reported after resigning, employees have 6 months to withdraw the resignation and be placed on the reemployment list.
Interim Human Resources Director Steve Rosenthal said former employees return to the City for many reasons, including dissatisfaction with alternative career choices. He did not think
Mr. Pople had resigned to recover his pension contributions. The advantage of rehiring trained staff was noted. Mr. Pople, who resigned from a supervisory position, has returned to
another position. Unless Mr. Pople buys back his pension benefits as allowed by the plan, his Pension benefits will be based on his January 16, 1998, hire date.
Member Clark moved to accept the following employees into membership in the Pension Plan:
Date of Pension
Employment Elig. Date.
Robert F. Guercia, Engineer III Public Works Department 02/02/98 02/02/98
Keith Downs, Gas Program Coord. Clearwater Gas System 02/02/98 02/02/98
Karl Pople, Police Comm. Operator Police Department 08/06/90 01/16/98
Teresa Mancini, Associate Planner Central Permitting Dept. 02/02/98 02/02/98
The motion was duly seconded and carried unanimously.
ITEM #5 - Pending/New Business - None.
ITEM #6 - Director's Reports
Placement of disabled workers
Mr. Rosenthal reported staff is working to place disabled employees in other positions.
Budgeted FTEs
In his March 11, 1998, memorandum, Mr. Rosenthal said in response to Member Clark’s request to provide a monthly FTE count of filled positions, Human Resources is finalizing a position
identification log. Pending some final clarifications, as of March 11, 1998, the City had 1,629 filled FTE positions. The FY (fiscal year) 1997/98 budget includes 1,703 positions.
The process will be standardized prior to next month’s meeting.
Mr. Rosenthal said changes resulting from part-time and seasonal employees result in a daily fluctuation. Grant positions are not included in the total. In response to a question,
he
said tracking this information will not be cumbersome for staff as long as the log is maintained. It was recommended this data also be reported to the Pension Trustees.
The next PAC meeting is scheduled for April 9, 1998.
ITEM #7 - Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 9:12 a.m.