Title
Application for Disability Retirement Joshua Davis (B)
This item requests denial of the Disability Retirement application of Power Plant Mechanic Journeyman for Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU)
Explanation
A meeting of the Disability Review Committee was conducted on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, to review the application for disability retirement of Power Plant Mechanic Journeyman. His relevant medical information was reviewed by the Plan’s independent medical reviewer and he determined that Mr. Davis is able to perform the job duties as a Power Plant Mechanic Journeyman for the City of Gainesville, with restrictions that do not require climbing, squatting or kneeling. Being totally disabled and wholly and continuously unable to perform the duties of any job is the standard for approving a disability retirement under the General Employee’s Pension Plan. In reviewing the application and supporting information from his physician, it is the recommendation of the Disability Review Committee that the Board of Trustees of the Plan denies the application as Mr. Davis fails to meet the any occupation definition associated with the definition of the a disability within the plan
Strategic Connection:
Goal 5: Best in Class Neighbor Services.
Fiscal Note
Should the Board of Trustees choose to award the benefit, Mr. Davis’s out-of-line-of duty pension benefit is $1,770.89 before Social Security Offsets and is paid out of the City of Gainesville Employee’s Pension Plan. The benefit is gross of any offsets associated with collateral income as required by the Plan. If Mr. Davis should receive collateral employer provided benefit income, those offsets will be taken from the monthly benefit.
Recommendation
The Board of Trustees of the City of Gainesville Employee’s Pension Plan deny the request for disability retirement.