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Application for Disability Retirement - Curtis Reese (B)
This item request approval of the Disability Retirement application of former Transit Operator Curtis Reese
Explanation
A meeting of the Disability Review Committee was conducted on Monday, October 24, 2016 to review the application for disability retirement of Transit Operator Curtis Reese. Mr. Reese was injured in the course and scope of employment in an auto accident where he sustain injuries to his back and neck that make him unable to perform the essential function of his job as a Transit Operator . His relevant medical information was reviewed by the Plan’s third party administrator and they determined that Mr. Reese is unable to perform sedentary work on an uninterrupted basis. This 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 approves the application.
Fiscal Note
Mr. Reese’s in-line-of duty pension benefit is $1048.51 before Social Security Offsets and will be 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. Reese 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 approve the disability retirement of Curtis Reese retro-active to September 1, 2016.