06/28/2016 Resolutions 2016-160�I
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RESOLUTION 2016-160
WHEREAS, Firefighter Ronald Tubbs has been employed as a firefighter for the City
of Grand Island since October 23, 2000; and
WHEREAS, on November 24, 2015, Firefighter Tubbs was placed on temporary
disability status following the action on October 2, 2015, of the Fire Department's contract
physician who found and determined based upon nationally recognized standards that Firefighter
Tubbs was not medically fit to perform the duties of a firefighter; and
WHEREAS, following the results of the fitness for duty examination, the City
required Firefighter Tubbs to be evaluated by an independent physician licensed to practice medicine
in the State of Nebraska; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the findings of the city-required independent medical
evaluation, the findings and determination of the fire department's contract physician, and the
presumption of disability in the line of duty provided by Section 18-1723 of the Nebraska Statutes,
the City's fire chief and city attorney recommend that Firefighter Ronald Tubbs be found to be
permanently and totally disabled as defined by Section 16-1031 of the Nebraska Statutes, as such
disability results in his complete inability, for reasons of accident or other cause while in the line of
duty, to perform the duties of a firefighter as those duties are defined in the department's job
description.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, that effective July l, 2016, Ronald Tubbs shall be
placed upon the roll of pensioned firefighters at the regular retirement pension of fifty percent of
regular pay for the period of such disability. As provided by Section 16-1031(4), if the actuarial
equivalent of the disability pension payable exceeds Firefighter Tubbs' retirement value at the time
of the first pension payment, the city shall contribute such additional amounts as may be necessary,
from time to time, to provide for the required disability pension.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, June 28 2016.
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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