Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 10-28-14--regular — reading text

Packet Pg.„102  14. 1; ii- ; City Council of Fort Walton Beach CITY CLERK tzy y r':.. a MEMORANDUM r17.-.. - To: Michael D. Beedie, City Manager From: Laraine Van Etten, Staff Assistant Date: October 28, 2014 Subject: Police Officers Retirement Board Ap;pointment 1. BACKGROUND: 1. 1. The Police Officers' Retirement Fund Board of Trustees duties are the general administration and responsibility for the operation of the Retirement Pension Trust Fund for the City's police officers. 2. DISCUSSION: 2. 1. The Board of Trustees consists of five ( 5) members with the fifth member chosen by a majority of the other four (4) members. The proposed fifth member is then submitted to the governing body of the municipality who shall, as a ministerial duty, appoint such person to the Board of Trustees. 2. 2. Retired FWB Police Captain Rose Berry' s term as the fifth member of the Board of Trustees ended on September 30, 2014. Captain Berry informed the Board that she is willing to serve another term, if appointed, and on October 8, 2014, was unanimously chosen as the fifth member by the Board. 3. RECOMMENDATION: 3. 1. Staff respectfully recommends City Council approval of Retired FWB Police Captain Rose Berry to serve on the Police Officers' Retirement Fund Board of Trustees as the fifth member for a two- year term beginning October 1, 2014 and ending September 30, 2016. ATTACHMENTS: FS 185. 05 Police Pension Board ( PDF) SIGNATURE BLOCK: Laraine Van Etten Completed 10/ 13/ 2014 8: 51 AM Carole Jones Completed 10/ 17/ 2014 9: 07 AM City Manager Completed 10/ 23/ 2014 10: 38 AM City Council Pending 10/ 28/ 2014 6: 00 PM Page 1 of 1 Packet. Pg. 105. Statutes & Constitution : View Statutes : Online Sunshine Page 1 of":',.14. 1: a Select Year: 2014 v Go The 2014 Florida Statutes c d Title XII Chapter 185 View Entire Chapter E MUNICIPALITIES MUNICIPAL POLICE PENSIONS ca. 185. 05 Board of trustees; members; terms of office; meetings; legal entity; costs; attorney' s ill fees.— ct For any municipality, chapter plan, local law municipality, or local law plan under this chapter: 1) In each municipality described in s. 185. 03 there is hereby created a board of trustees of the co 0 municipal police officers' retirement trust fund, which shall m be solely responsible for administering the trust fund. Effective October 1, 1986, and thereafter: aci E The membership of the board of trustees for chapter plans consists of five members, two of a) whom, unless otherwise prohibited by taw, must be legal residents of the municipality and must be re appointed by the legislative body of the municipality, and two of whom must be police officers as In a) defined in s. 185. 02 who are elected by a majority of the active police officers who are members u of such plan. With respect to any chapter plan or local law plan that, on January 1, 1997, allowed retired police 0 officers to vote in such elections, retirees may continue to vote in such elections( The fifth u I member shall be chosen by a majority of the previous four members, and such person' s name shall be submitted a° to the legislative body of the municipality. Upon receipt of the fifth person' s name, the legislative body c;; oo shall, as a ministerial duty, appoint such person to the board of trustees. The fifth member shall have r, the same rights as each of the other four members appointed elected, shall serve as trustee for a a period of 2 years, and may succeed himself or herself in office. ach resident member shall serve as m 0 00 trustee for a period of 2 years, unless sooner replaced by the t gi slative body at whose pleasure the c member serves, and may succeed himself or herself as a trustee. Each police officer member shall serve y as trustee for a period of 2 years, unless he or she sooner leaves the employment of the municipality as 0 a police officer, whereupon a successor shall be chosen in the same manner as an original appointment. a) c) Each police officer may succeed himself or herself in office. The terms of office of the appointed and o elected members of the board of trustees may be amended by municipal ordinance or special act of the a Legislature to extend the terms from 2 years to 4 years. The length of the terms of office shall be the Sri co same for all board members. b) The membership of boards of trustees for local law plans is as follows: u_ 1. If a municipality has a pension plan for police officers only, the provisions of paragraph ( a) shall d apply. E c 2. If a municipality has a pension plan for police officers and firefighters, the provisions of 1.@ paragraph ( a) apply, except that one member of the board shall be a police officer and one member a shall be a firefighter as defined in s. 175. 032, respectively, elected by a majority of the active firefighters and police officers who are members of the plan. 3. Any board of trustees operating a local law plan on July 1, 1999, which is combined with a plan for general employees shall hold an election of the police officers, or police officers and firefighters if included, to determine whether a plan is to be established for police officers only, or for police officers and firefighters where included. Based on the election results, a new board shall be established as hap:// www. leg. state. fl. us/ Statutes/ index. cfm?App_ mode= Display_ Statute& S earch_ Strin... 10 Packet Pg 106 I