Personnel & Pension Board

Personnel & Pension Board minutes Page 1 of 2 May 17, 2022 Regular Meeting Room 213, 2nd floor, 5:00 PM, City Hall Building Norwich, Connecticut 06360 I. Roll Call Meeting called to order by Shiela Hayes at 5:04pm A. Members Present 1. Shiela Hayes, Vice-Chair (voting member) 2. Mike Dziavit (voting member) 3. Rich Morelli (voting member) 4. Chris Golas (voting member) 5. Bob Pounch (voting member) B. Members Absent 1. Paul Schroder, Chair (voting member) 2. Francis Gavigan (alternate) 3. Gary Gross (alternate) C. Others Present 1. Brigid Marks, Director of Human Resources 2. Evelyn Lopez, Secretary II. Minutes A. Minutes of the April 19, 2022 Personnel & Pension Board Meeting. Motion to accept the April 19, 2022 minutes was made by Chris Golas, seconded by Rich Morelli, all in favor. III. Old Business A. Domestic Relations Order (DRO) process 1. P&P Board members to review DRO form Tabled from the April 19, 2022 meeting. Brigid Marks informed the board members that attorney Kasper has not provided any comments on Milliman’s draft shared DRO form yet. She stated it may be a moot point right now as Attorney Kasper’s opinion is that the pension plan can certainly limit what DROs the City will accept, but since the pension plans are subjects to collective bargaining, any amendment would need to be negotiated. Shiela Hayes opened the floor for further discussion on the matter. Board members discussed the option of including this topic in the negotiation process as each pension plan was negotiated. Motion was made by Chris Golas to include a process to limit DROs shared- interest only in the pension negotiation processes, second by Rich Morelli, all in favor. IV. New Business A. Application for retirement: 1. Lois Eggleston, Administrative Assistant, for a normal retirement effective June 25, 2022. 2. Anthony G. Madeira, Deputy Comptroller, for a normal retirement effective July 1, 2022. Motion to approve retirement applications was made by Chris Golas, seconded by Bob Pounch, all in favor. B. Pension Calculations: 1. Teresa Hanlon, Civil Engineer, retired April 17, 2022. Her annual pension calculation is $ 30,376.16. Her application was approved at the April 19, 2022 meeting. Motion to approve the pension calculation was made by Chris Golas, seconded by Michael Dziavit, all in favor. C. Application for refund/rollover of pension contributions: 1. Ryan Danis, Custodian – BOE, who terminated effective December 30, 2021. Refund of $ 13,071.55 including interest. Personnel & Pension Board minutes Page 2 of 2 May 17, 2022 Regular Meeting Room 213, 2nd floor, 5:00 PM, City Hall Building Norwich, Connecticut 06360 2. Domingos Depina, Job Coach – BOE, who terminated effective April 1, 2022. Refund of $ 9,721.70 including interest. 3. Dontae Greenaway, Custodian – BOE, who terminated effective November 22, 2021. Refund of $ 26,867.94 including interest. 4. Keven McNeill, Police Officer, who terminated effective April 2, 2022. Refund of $ 124,546.43 including interest. 5. Derrick Pehowdy, Custodian – BOE, who terminated effective March 4, 2022. Refund of $ 2,409.43 including interest. Motion to approve the refund application/rollover was made by Chris Golas, seconded by Michael Dziavit, all in favor. D. Notifications of Death: 1. Barbara Baribeault, DOD April 27, 2022, who retired from NPU on May 2, 2013. No further benefit due. Motion to acknowledge the notification of death was made by Chris Golas, seconded by Rich Morelli, all in favor. 2. Theresa M. DeBartolo, DOD April 12, 2022, surviving spouse of Victor DeBartolo, who retired from NPU on March 3, 1990. No further benefit due. Correction was made to agenda to correct death notification. Motion to acknowledge notification was made by Chris Golas, seconded by Michael Dziavit, all in favor. E. New Employees: Motion to acknowledge the new employees was made by Chris Golas, seconded by Michael Dziavit, all in favor. Name Position Date of Hire City/State Jada Goodwin Laborer 04/18/2022 Norwich, CT Diana Heald Accounting Generalist 05/02/2022 Willimantic, CT Phillip Mcmahon Sewer Collection System 05/16/2022 Norwich, CT Maintenance Tech Lukas Poore Apprentice Line worker 05/16/2022 Baltic, CT F. Employees to be admitted into the City of Norwich Employees’ Retirement Fund: Motion to admit the following employees into the City of Norwich Employee’s Retirement Fund was made by Chris Golas, seconded by Bob Pounch, all in favor. NAME POSITION DATE OF ACADAMY LAST DAY ON REQUEST/EVAL HIRE GRADUATION PROBATION RECEIVED DATE Reyni Joseph Employment Case Manager 11/01/2021 N/A 05/01/2022 05/01/2022 Erick Lopez Custodian 10/04/2021 N/A 04/04/2022 05/11/2022 IV. Correspondence None V. Adjournment Motion to adjourn made by Michael Dziavit, seconded by Chris Golas, all in favor. Meeting was adjourned at 5:19pm Respectfully submitted, ____________________ Evelyn Lopez, Secretary