Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: May 27, 2016
The issue to be determined is whether the Board of Trustees for the City of Coral Springs Police Officers' Pension Fund (Respondent or the Board) should issue final orders suspending payment of pension benefits to Douglas Williams and Sherry Williams (Petitioners or the Williamses) pending a later Board decision on forfeiture pursuant to section 112.3173, Florida Statutes (2016),1/ consistent with initial orders recommending such suspension of benefits issued on March 15, 2016.Respondent failed to demonstrate that it had been delegated legislative authority from the City to allow it to adopt policy on suspension of retirement benefits, or to apply that policy to Petitioners.