The DROP plan allows employees to retire from the Florida Retirement System and have their benefits accumulate in a trust fund. Employees then are able to continue working and collect a salary during the DROP period, which typically lasts five years. The City of Pensacola has 70 people in the DROP program. Many are senior staffers. Here is the list we obtained through a public records request:
Active DROP Participants as of 12-10-08
ANDERSON,JOHNM ..11/3/2013 contract
ARMSTRONG,ROBERT T ..12/1/2013
ATWOODIII,GEORGE ..9/24/2012
AUSBORN,TERRY W.. 1/1/2012
BARKERJR,RICHARD ..6/18/2012 contract
BEATY,RUSSELL A… 3/24/2013 contract
BLAIRIII,ROBERT J…8/28/2011
BREWER,WESLEY R. ..1/30/2011
BRIDGESJR,GORDON B..2/27/2011
BRIDWELL,STEVEN D…8/11/2013
BROWN,JANET ELIZABETH…6/18/2012 contract
COBY,ALVIN G. ..1/5/2009 contract
CONNELLY,RICHARD S… 6/18/2012
CUTLER,GARYL…2/25/2013
DURDEN,DOUG A…4/21/2013
EWING III,JOHN C. …6/18/2012 contract
FISCHER,EUGENE T…6/18/2012 contract
GAFFORD,SHARON A…6/18/2012
GARZAJR,ALFRED CARL …6/18/2012 contract
GAUDET,TIMOTHY R….7/16/2012
GOODJR,CHARLES E…1/28/2013 contract
GRIER,VICKIE A…1/16/2011
HALE,LLOYD RICKIE…1/28/2013
HARRIS,DONNA M…6/18/2012 contract
HARRIS,RICHARD R…1/29/2012
HARRIS,RICKEY R…5/5/2013
HILL,DAVID LEE…10/8/2012
HUBBARD,PATRICIA K…10/23/2011 contract
HYDER,MICHAEL J…7/3/2011
JABLONSKI,BERND E…5/7/2012
JENKINS,NEAL FREDERICH..1/28/2013
KENNEDY,SHERRY G…12/1/2013
KNOERR,MARY L…12/1/2013
LAZOR,MARTHA L…8/13/2012
LUTZ,ROBERT JOSEPH…5/19/2013
LYONS,EARNEST L…5/5/2013
MADISON,JOHN P…8/11/2013 contract
MAGER,ELAINE O…6/18/2012 contract
MANN,WAYLAND H…11/3/2013
MATHISJR,JOHN W…6/4/2012 contract
MATTESON,JANET L…6/18/2012 contract
MCCARY,STEPHEN… 10/8/2012
MCLENDON,JACK D….11/17/2013
MOODHARD,JOHN A…3/10/2013
MURPHY,JOHNNIE M…12/17/2012
OWENS,ROBERT M….5/24/2009
PATE,MICHAEL M….6/16/2013
PAYNE,ROBERT T…7/18/2010 contract
PHILLIPS,MATTHEW H…1/14/2013
PORTER,MICHAEL J…8/13/2012
PORTO,LAWRENCE E…4/25/2010
RILEY,MARY HILL…2/25/2013
ROBERTS,LILLIE A…3/24/2013
RUDOWSKI,DENNIS J…6/18/2012
RUSSELL,LEILANI L…6/20/2010 contract
SCALLAN,TIMOTHY C…1/30/2011
SMITH,JERRY W…12/3/2012
SNOWDENJR,LEROY…3/13/2011
SOLCHENBERGER,RICHARD LEONARD…1/1/2012
STANFILL,TONY O…2/26/2012
STARKWEATHER,GENEVIEVE R…6/18/2012
STEPHENS,CAROLYNN W…2/28/2010
SUMNER,ROBERTA…9/22/2013
TOPLIFF,JOHNNIE J…3/13/2011
VANALST,CLIFF O…4/7/2013
WELLS,BEVERLY K…6/2/2013
WELLS,WILLIAM D…8/30/2009 contract
WILKINSON,MIKE L…4/9/2012
WILLIAMS,VERNON C…9/24/2012
YOUNG,VERNON W…11/5/2012
Note from Dick Barker, Finance Director:
Contract employees may be allowed to remain employed beyond their DROP period at the discretion of the city manager. The city manager and the attorney will be allowed to remain employed beyond their DROP period based on their contract with the city council.