Personnel & Pension Board

Personnel & Pension Board Agenda Page 1 of 3 January 21, 2014 Regular Meeting Room 213, 2nd floor, 6:00 P.M., City Hall Building Norwich, Connecticut 06360 I. Roll Call II. Minutes A. Minutes of the 11/19/2013 Regular Personnel & Pension Board Meeting. B. Minutes of the 1/9/2014 Special Personnel & Pension Board Meeting. III. Old Business A. Application from John Cicarelli, Mason, for a service connected disability retirement. Motion made at the 10/15/2013 meeting to send John Cicarelli for an IME. Request from John Cicarelli at the 11/19/2013 to table the application until further notice. Motion to send John for a follow-up IME along with a FCE made at the 1/9/2014 meeting. FCE scheduled for 2/24/2013, follow-up IME scheduled for 3/10/2014. IV. New Business A. Application(s) for retirement: 1. Diane Decker, Principal Clerk Stenographer – NPU, for a normal retirement eff 12/28/2013. B. Pension calculation(s): 1. James H Shackles III, NPU, who retired 11/30/2013, his pension is calculated for an annual amount of $20,514.11. His application for a normal retirement was approved at the 9/17/2013 meeting. 2. Carol Heller, BOE, who retired 11/30/2013, her pension is calculated for an annual amount of $17,269.40. Her application for a normal retirement was approved at the 11/19/2013 meeting. 3. Michael Belair, Police, who retired 12/1/2013, his pension is calculated for an annual amount of $52,552.89. His application for a normal retirement was approved at the 10/15/2013 meeting. 4. Shari Drake, NPU, who retired 12/28/2013, her pension is calculated for an annual amount of $41,194.77. Her application for a normal retirement was approved at the 11/19/2013 meeting. 5. Diane Decker, NPU, who retired 12/28/2013, her pension is calculated for an annual amount of $33,333.46. Her application for a normal retirement to be approved at tonight’s meeting. 6. Francis Markey, NPU, who retired 12/28/2013, his pension is calculated for an annual amount of $97,417.83. His application for a normal retirement was approved at the 9/17/2013 meeting. Francis Markey has a DRO on file reducing his pension to $71,586.36. 7. Paul Thomas, NPU, who retired 12/29/2013, his pension is calculated for an annual amount of $30,416.05. His application for a normal retirement was approved at the 10/15/2013 meeting. 8. John Giancarlo, NPU, who retired 1/1/2014, his pension is calculated for an annual amount of $66,073.25. His application for a normal retirement was approved at the 11/19/2013 meeting. 9. Leslie Elgin, NPU, who retired 1/1/2014, her pension is calculated for an annual amount of $64,100.88. Her application for a normal retirement was approved at the 10/15/2013 meeting. Personnel & Pension Board Agenda Page 2 of 3 January 21, 2014 Regular Meeting Room 213, 2nd floor, 6:00 P.M., City Hall Building Norwich, Connecticut 06360 C. Application(s) for a refund and/or rollover of pension contributions: 1. Steven Way, rollover in the amount of $10,368.31 with interest (through 11/30/2013), who terminated effective 6/30/2009. 2. Jolea Cannon, rollover in the amount of $17,623.04 with interest (through 1/31/2014), who terminated effective 6/30/2013. D. Notification of death(s): 1. Walter Korenkiewicz Jr. (DOD 11/26/2013), who retired from NPU on 1/7/1993, no further benefit due. QDRO on file for Walter Korenkiewicz assigning 75% to alternate payee, Beverly Korenkiewicz. Per QDRO, benefits to alternate payee cease upon death of retiree. E. New employee(s): DATE OF NAME POSITION HIRE CITY/STATE Account Clerk II – Donna DeGroff NPU 11/25/2013 Westerly, RI Michael Lax Police Officer 12/26/2013 Gales Ferry, CT Robert McKinney Police Officer 12/27/2013 Norwich, CT Guy Cherenfant Police Officer 12/27/2013 Putnam, CT Eric Conley IT Specialist – NPU 1/6/2014 Norwich, CT Richard LaMarche Sr IT Specialist – NPU 1/6/2014 Oakdale, CT Joseph Brule IT Specialist – NPU 1/13/2014 Yantic, CT F. Employee(s) to be admitted into the City of Norwich Employees’ Retirement Fund: ACAD PROB EVAL/REQUEST DATE OF GRAD PERIOD UP FORM NAME POSITION HIRE DATE ON: RECEIVED ON: Allen Michaud Laborer 11/26/2012 N/A 11/26/2013 11/25/2013 Customer Account Rep – Karla Ithier Bilingual – NPU 5/28/2013 N/A 11/28/2013 11/20/2013 Apprentice Maint Mechanic Daniel Bradley – NPU 5/29/2013 N/A 11/29/2013 12/4/2013 Apprentice Maint Mechanic David Morrissette – NPU 5/30/2013 N/A 11/30/2013 12/11/2013 Customer Account Rep – Maria Medina Bilingual – NPU 6/3/2013 N/A 12/3/2013 11/20/2013 Accounting Sandra Kuchta Generalist 6/3/2013 N/A 12/3/2013 11/21/2013 GIS Technician William Ryan – NPU 6/4/2013 N/A 12/4/2013 11/18/2013 Revenue Evelyn Lopez Collection Clerk 6/24/2013 N/A 12/24/2013 12/23/2013 Personnel & Pension Board Agenda Page 3 of 3 January 21, 2014 Regular Meeting Room 213, 2nd floor, 6:00 P.M., City Hall Building Norwich, Connecticut 06360 G. Request from Louis Fusaro, Police Chief, to extend the eligibility list for the position of Police Sergeant for 3 months. The current list expires on 2/25/2014. H. Notification of 2014 P&P Board meeting schedule. I. Election of vice-chair to the P&P Board. J. Discussion regarding updating of the Disability Verification Form. K. Notification of 2013 P&P Board attendance log to be distributed to City of Norwich Union Presidents. L. Notification of fiscal year 2013 Pension Fund Member letter to be distributed to all active and retired members. V. Correspondence A. None. VI. Adjournment