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POST OFFICE BOX 780127 • SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32978
TELEPHONE: CITY HALL (407) 589-5330 0 POLICE DEPARTMENT (407) 589-5233
FAX (407) 589-5570
February 1, 1994
J. David Rabon, Director
Division of Benefits
Office Of The Treasurer
Department Of Insurance
The Capitol
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0300
Dear Mr. Rabon,
Enclosed please find your correspondence of February 18, 1993 regarding my concern
of tax revenue which should be applied to the Police Officer's Retirement Trust Fund in
the city of Sebastian. Approximately one year has passed since my inquiries in this
regard.
The Trustees of the fund are still seriously concerned as to the application of tax
revenues and the means which are used in determining the amount of revenuesno
which the Retirement Trust Fund is entitled under the insurance premium sharing pfa
Would you please provide us with any information you may have concerning the
rectification of this matter. Thank -you.
Very truly yours,
GJG:dmg
pc: Sr. Sgt. Gene Ewert, Co-chairman
Marjorie Poole
"Serving Those who Have Served Us."
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION
FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
CITY OF SEBASTIAN'S
POLICE OFFICERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM
1. Definitions: For the purposes of these Rules and
Regulations the following definitions shall apply in the
interpretation, execution and enforcement of these rules. When not
inconsistent with the context, words in the plural include the
singular, words in the masculine gender include the feminine
gender, words used in the present tense include the future, words
in the singular include the plural. The word "shall" is always
mandatory not merely directory:
CITY means the City of Sebastian, Florida.
SYSTEM means the City of Sebastian's police officers
/10� retirement system.
FUND means the trust fund adopted herein as part of the
system.
BOARD means the Board of Trustees which shall administer and
manage the system.
2. Disability Claim: Any member of the City system who
desires to make a claim against the Fund on the basis that they are
mentally or physically incapacitated so as to be wholly unable to
properly perform his duties as a police officer of the City shall
make a claim in writing to the Chairman of the Board. The claim
shall set out the nature and extent of the claim and define the
benefits which the party is claiming.
3. Hearing: The Chairman of the Board on notice to the City
and the claimant shall schedule a hearing before the Board. If
physically able, the claimant shall appear in person and may be
represented at the hearing before the Board by counsel. The
claimant may testify and have witnesses testify on his behalf at
the hearing. The City may present witnesses at the hearing ori its
behalf. All witnesses shall testify under oath and may be cross-
examined or questioned by the City and by the Claimant or his
representative.
4. Pre -Hearing Conference: The Chairman is authorized prior
to the hearing to meet with representatives of the City and the
claimant to discuss matters of evidence or procedure whose
resolution will facilitate an orderly hearing.
5. Recording the Proceeding: All proceedings at the
hearings shall be recorded and a permanent record shall be
maintained of such proceedings.
6. Evidence: Irrelevant, immaterial and unduly repetitious
evidence shall be excluded, but all other evidence of the type
commonly relied upon by a reasonably prudent person in the conduct
of their affairs shall be admissible, whether or not such evidence
would be admissible in a trial in the courts of the state. Any
part of the evidence may be received in written form and all
evidence of parties and 'witnesses shall be under oath. Hearsay
evidence may be used for the purpose of supplementing or explaining
other evidence, but it shall not be sufficient in itself to support
a finding unless it would be admissible over objection in a civil
action.
(001� 7. Records: The Board will receive in evidence the
personnel records of the claimant and the report of the examination
of the physician or surgeon which is selected by the Board.
8. Decision: After the hearing, the Board shall render a
written decision on its determination.
CITY OF SEBASTIAN
POLICE OFFICER'S
DISABILITY CLAIM FORM
CLAIMANT'S NAME:
CLAIMANT'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER:
CLAIMANT'S PHYSICIAN:
Chairman, Sebastian Police
Officer's Retirement Trust Fund
865 Eau Gallie Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32935
Dear Sir:
The undersigned hereby makes a claim against the Fund as
follows:
1. Please specify the nature of the mental or physical
incapacity which renders the Claimant unable to perform his duties
as a police officer.
2. Please specify the benefits which the Claimant is
claiming from the Fund.
Dated:
Claimant's Signature