Pension Board Election Results - 2012
The Retiree Member Board Position #6 was won by
default (single qualifying candidate) by incumbent Board member, James
Stephens.
Approximately 30% of the active employee eligible
Defined Benefit voters voted in the active employee election that was
conducted on April 25th, 26, and 27th, .
Below are the official results received from the Elections Department
for the Pension Board Trustee Position #7:
RETIREMENT BOARD POSITION #7
Precincts Reporting 14 - 100.0 %
Total Votes 271
SHAWN LEWIS – Votes: 82 - Percentages: 30.26%
GARY
STILES (I) – Votes: 189 - Percentage: 69.74%
The next Association meeting will be
held on
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Meeting
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Welcome to the Fulton County Retired Employees
Association web site. This site was created to provide information and
assistance to Fulton County, Georgia government retirees who are receiving
benefits under the defined benefit plan or the 401(a) defined contribution plan.
The Association was founded in October, 1990 to answer the need for an
organization to represent and voice the concerns of all Fulton County retirees.
The Association provides the following benefits to its members:
Publishes a bimonthly newsletter containing current news on developments
affecting Fulton County retirees as well as information on the financial health
of the pension plan and the Association. It also includes a list of new
retirees and deceased retirees, meeting notices, and contact information.
Conducts bimonthly meetings usually on the second Tuesday of the even
numbered months at Wieuca Road Baptist Church or other locations with speaker
topics of interest to retirees. Current meeting information can be found on the
Meetings link on this page.
Publishes annual membership directory.
Since its creation, the Association has addressed the following issues:
Successfully litigated in Federal Court a case which 1) requires Fulton
County to provide health insurance coverage at a cost level consistent with the
requirements mandated by our pension plans; 2) insures that health insurance
coverage to retirees on Medicare not be treated as a medigap policy; 3) provides
for a settlement which resulted in the refund by Fulton County of excessive
health insurance premiums paid by many retirees; 4) provides by court order for
the annual monitoring of health insurance premium rates by the Association to
insure that they comply with the levels outlined in our pension plans.
Annually submits a request to the Fulton County Commission requesting
that cost of living increases be granted to retirees who retired under a pension
plan that did not have this provision.
Requested and obtained two retiree representatives on the Fulton County
Pension Board who are elected by county retirees.
Fulton County Retired Employees Association, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia
Shingles Vaccine
There was a question and a discussion at the December 13, 2011 FCREA
meeting regarding problems encountered by retirees in obtaining the
shingles vaccine. Association President Sally Smith investigated
the problem. Her findings are presented below:
I called my doctor's office, and also Blue Cross about the shingles
vaccination. Fortunately my doctor does administer the vaccine, but
here is what I learned from Blue Cross:
1) They cannot pay to have it administered by a walk-in clinic
because it was not part of the contracted services agreement;
2) If your doctor does not stock the vaccine, BCBS does have
"purchasing programs" that you can ask your doctor to call BCBS
about (if they will); they need to call the 1-800-474-2227 number.
3) BCBS for Fulton County has an internal list of doctors that do
administer the vaccine - you can switch to one of those MDs as your
primary before the 25th of a month, get the shot at the first of the
next month, then switch back to your old doctor before the 25th of
that same month, and you will have your original primary physician
by the first of the next month. It might seem like a little trouble
but it sounded like BCBS does most of the work on that one.
4) I think you can also pay and get reimbursed if you are on
Medicare, but I did not ask about that option.