A resolution approving the Benefit Board’s waiver of repayment of pension benefit overpayments for pensioners and beneficiaries under Section 3.08.230 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws.

Whereas, the Metropolitan Government has adopted an employee benefit plan; and

Whereas, Metropolitan Code section 3.08.230(A) provides that “[i]f any change in records or error results in any member or beneficiary receiving from the system more or less than he would had (sic) been entitled to receive had the records been correct or had the error not been made, the board, upon discovery of such error shall correct the error by adjusting, as far as practicable, the payments in such manner that the benefits to which the member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid”; and

Whereas, Metropolitan Code section 3.08.230(A) further provides that “[i]n the event a member or beneficiary receives more pension benefit than he was entitled to receive, the board shall collect, by way of reducing pension payments or through a lump sum repayment, only the amount overpaid during the one-year period prior to discovery by the benefit board of such change in records or such error which resulted in the pension overpayment”; and

Whereas, the Metropolitan Employee Benefit Board has determined that the forty-seven (47) individuals set forth in Exhibit A hereto, who are survivors of disability pensioners, have received greater pension benefits than they were entitled to receive; and

Whereas, Metropolitan Code section 3.08.230(C) states: “Repayment of any amount overpaid to any member or beneficiary may be waived by the board where such overpayment was made through error committed by the board's staff and the board determines that the member or beneficiary: 1. Was without fault or knowledge of the error; 2. Did not participate in or induce the additional payment; 3. Had no way under the circumstances to know or, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, to know that an overpayment had been made; and 4. Would, due to repayment, be deprived of income required for ordinary and necessary living expenses”; and

Whereas, the Metropolitan Employee Benefit Board has determined that the forty-seven (47) pensioners identified in Exhibit A hereto, satisfy the criteria set forth in Metropolitan Code section 3.08.230(C) for waiver of repayment; and

Whereas, Metropolitan Code section 3.08.230(C) further states that “no waiver shall be final and take effect until the same shall have been approved by resolution of the metropolitan council.”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1. That the Metropolitan Employee Benefit Board’s waiver of repayment of pension benefits overpaid to the forty-seven (47) pensioners listed in Exhibit A hereto, is hereby approved.

Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored by: Rip Ryman, Carl Burch

Attachment(s) on file in the Metropolitan Clerk's Office

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Referred:	Budget & Finance Committee Personnel Committee
Introduced:	July 17, 2007
Adopted:	July 17, 2007
Approved:	July 23, 2007
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