Title
Application for Disability Retirement Brian Wheary (B)
This item requests approval 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 Friday, May 13, 2022, to review the application for disability retirement of Power Plant Mechanic Journeyman, Brian Wheary. His relevant medical information was reviewed by the Plan’s independent medical reviewer and he determined that Mr. Wheary would not likely be able to meet the physical standards of a Power Plant Mechanic Journeyman for the City of Gainesville; therefore, rendering him unable to perform the duties of the job. Being totally disabled and wholly and continuously unable to perform the duties of the 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 approves the application.
Strategic Connection:
Goal 5: Best in Class Neighbor Services.
Fiscal Note
Mr. Wheary’s out-of-line-of duty pension benefit is $1,512.28 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. Wheary 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 approves Mr. Brian Wheary’s disability retirement application.