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Approve the following request of employees Ruben Hernandez, Fire Department, Wilton Lee, Police Department, Robert Quinn, Fire Department and Deborah Weitzel, Fire Department, for a regular pension as provided by Sections 2.416 and 2.424 of the Employees’ Pension Plan.
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SUMMARY:
Ruben Hernandez, Firefighter/Driver-Operator, Fire Department, was employed by the City on November 2, 1992, and his pension service credit is effective on that date. His pension will be effective May 1, 2018. Based on an average salary of approximately $69,832.59 over the past five years, the formula for computing regular pensions and Mr. Hernandez’s selection of the 50% Joint and Survivor Annuity, this pension benefit will be approximately $50,267.76 annually.
Wilton Lee, Police Sergeant, Police Department, was employed by the City on June 23, 1986, and his pension service credit is effective on that date. His pension will be effective February 1, 2018. Based on an average salary of approximately $96,240.87 over the past five years, the formula for computing regular pensions and Mr. Lee’s selection of the 100% Joint and Survivor Annuity, this pension benefit will be approximately $81,172.92 annually.
Robert Quinn, Fire Lieutenant, Fire Department, was employed by the City on July 29, 1991, and his pension service credit is effective on that date. His pension will be effective February 1, 2018. Based on an average salary of approximately $82,499.02 over the past five years, the formula for computing regular pensions and Mr. Quinn’s selection of the 100% Joint and Survivor Annuity, this pension benefit will be approximately $59,050.68 annually.
Deborah Weitzel, Storeskeeper, Fire Department, was employed by the City on December 22, 1997, and her pension service credit is effective on that date. Her pension will be effective February 1, 2018. Based on an average salary of approximately $40,002.76 over the past five years, the formula for computing regular pensions and Ms. Weitzel’s selection of the 100% Joint and Survivor Annuity, this pension benefit will be approximately $19,444.20 annually.
Section 2.416 provides for normal retirement eligibility for non-hazardous duty employees hired prior to the effective date of this reinstatement (January 1, 2013), a member shall be eligible for retirement following the earlier of the date on which a participant has reached the age of fifty-five years and completed twenty years of credited service; the date on which a participant has reached age sixty-five years and completed ten years of credited service; or the date on which a member has completed thirty years of service regardless of age. For non-hazardous duty employees hired on or after the effective date of this restatement, a member shall be eligible for retirement following the earlier of the date on which a participant has reached the age of sixty years and completed twenty-five years of credited service; or the date on which a participant has reached the age of sixty-five years and completed ten years of credited service. Ms. Weitzel has met the non-hazardous duty criteria.
Section 2.416 provides for normal retirement eligibility for hazardous duty employees, a member shall be eligible for retirement following the earlier of the date on which the participant has completed twenty years of credited service regardless of age, or the date on which the participant has reached fifty-five years and completed ten years of credited service. Mr. Hernandez, Mr. Lee and Mr. Quinn have met the hazardous duty criteria.
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