Personnel & Pension Board

Personnel «fe Pension Board Minutes Page 1 of 3 October 20,2020 Regular Meeting Room 213,2"<'floor,1:00 PM,City Hall Building Norwich,Connecticut 06360 ~This is a virtuaVremote meeting. ~ ~Flease call 860-215-8140 to attend. Meeting ID 4038191.~ I. Roll Call Meeting called to order by Paul Schroder at 1:00 pm. A. Members Present 1. Paul Schroder, Chair (voting member) 2. Chris Colas (voting member) 3. Nate Kannas(voting member) 4. Rich MoreUi(alternate - seated as a voting member) B. Members Absent 1. Shiela Hayes(voting member) 2. John John (voting member) C. Others Present 1. Brigid Marks, Director of Human Resources 2. Sandra Pimentel,P&P Secretary II. Minutes A. Minutes of the September 15,2020 Personnel & Pension Board Meeting. Motion to approve the September 15,2020 meeting minutes made by Rich MoreUi,seconded by Nate Kannas,aU in favor. III. New Business A. Apphcations for Retirement: 1. Paul Gomez,Janitor,for a normal retirement effective October 16,2020. 2. Charles Novak,Head Custodian - BOE,for a normal retirement effective October 31, 2020. Motion to approve the appHcations for retirement, made by Rich MoreUi,seconded by Nate Karmas, all in favor. B. Pension Calculations: 1. Susan Koniecko,retired with a revised date of August 31,2020. Her annual pension calculation is $4,160.37. Her application was approved at the August 2020 meeting with a September 1,2020 date. 2. Cathleen Paradis, retired with a revised date of September 5,2020. Her annual pension calculation is $30,689.39. Her appUcation was approved at the August 2020 meeting with a September 2, 2020 date. 3. Mihoko Christian, retired September 12,2020. Her annual pension calculation is $6,648.05. Her application was approved at the September 2020 meeting. 4. Ricky Smiley, retired September 19,2020. His annual pension calculation is $23,090.54. His appUcation was approved at the August 2020 meeting. Motion to approve the pension calculations made by Rich MoreUi,seconded by Nate Kannas,all in favor. C. AppUcation for refund/roUover of pension contributions: 1. Debra Ehman,Information Systems Administrator-NPU, who terminated effective June 22,1999. Refund of $72,486.96 including interest. Personnel & Pension Board Minutes Page 2 of 3 October 20,2020 Regular Meeting Room 213,2"d floor,1:00 PM,City Hall Building Norwich,Connecticut 06360 Motion to accept the refund/rollover calculations made by Rich Morelli,seconded by Nate Kannas, all in favor. D. Notification of Death: 1. Lucretia Barber,DOD September 18,2020,surviving spouse of Peter Barber who retired from the Building Department on September 12,1983. No further benefit due. 2. Betty Guile, DOD September 30,2020, who retired from the BOE on February 10,1989. No further benefit due. Motion to acknowledge the notifications of death made by Rich Morelli,seconded by Nate Kannas,all in favor. E. Requestfrom Christopher LaRose,General Manager-NPU,to extend the Account Clerk II eligibility list for one year. Motion to approve the request to extend the Account Clerk II eligibility list for one year made by Rich Morelli,seconded by Nate Kannas,all in favor. E. New Employees: Motion to acknowledge the new employees made by Nate Kannas,seconded by Rich Morelli, all in favor. NAME POSITION DATE OF HIRE CITY/STATE Matthew Aubin Assessment Qerk 09/14/2020 Preston CT Mark Olszewski Laborer 09/14/2020 Norwich CT Evelyn Lopez Accounting Generalist 09/14/2020 Gales Ferry CT Justin Zeigler YFS Caseworker 10/05/2020 Madison CT F. Employees to be admitted into the City of Norwich Employees' Retirement Frmd: Motion to admit the following employees into the City of Norwich Employees' Retirement ACADAMY REQUEST DATE OF GRADUATION LAST DAY ON /EVAL NAME POSITION HIRE DATE PROBATION RECEIVED Administrative Susan MacGregor 12/02/2019 n/a n/a 09/22/2020 Assistant-BOE Truck/Auto/ Craig Hopps Equipment 10/07/2019 n/a n/a 10/07/2020 Mechanic Robert Castronova Purchasing Agent 04/13/2020 n/a n/a 10/09/2020 Paul Schroder made a motion to add under suspension of rules the correction of a retirement date recorded in the meeting minutes,seconded by Nate Kannas, all in favor. G. Chris Golas reported Stephen Lee's request to correct his retirement date recorded in the meeting minutes from January 31,2020 to January 31,2021. Although a vote was taken to correct the date, upon review of the approved meeting minutes,it was recorded correctly. IV. Correspondence None. Personnel & Pension Board Minutes Page 3 of 3 October 20,2020 Regular Meeting Room 213,2"d floor,1:00 PM,City Hall Budding Norwich,Connecticut 06360 V. Adjournment Motion to adjourn made by Paul Schroder, seconded by Rich MoreUi, all in favor. Meeting was adjourned at 1:14 pm. Respectfully submitted. iL-X_S2- Sandra Pimentel,Secretary