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Sarasota police pension board approves DROP for Officer Robert Dodge Jr.
Summary
The Sarasota Police Officers Pension Board of Trustees unanimously approved Officer Robert Dodge Jr.'s Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP) election, effective Sept. 1, 2025, with a 100% joint-and-survivor benefit option.
The Sarasota Police Officers Pension Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve Officer Robert Dodge Jr.'s request to enter the Deferred Retirement Option Program, effective Sept. 1, 2025. The board recorded the retirement election and the beneficiary option during its regular meeting on Oct. 23, 2024.
The action was recorded as a roll-call vote with Chair Beatty, Vice Chair Ross Nagel, Secretary Treasurer Griggs and Trustee Grant Hudgins voting in favor. The board noted that Officer Dodge elected the 100% joint-and-survivor payout option.
The approval followed the routine processing of a DROP request; board staff presented the effective date and the benefit election to trustees before the vote. No other conditions or contingencies were stated on the record.
The board also approved the minutes of its previous regular meeting by voice vote earlier in the session.
No further discussion of Officer Dodge’s DROP appeared in the meeting record; trustees proceeded to scheduled investment manager presentations.
Votes at a glance
- Motion: Approve DROP request by Officer Robert Dodge Jr., effective Sept. 1, 2025; elected 100% joint-and-survivor option. Outcome: approved, unanimous (4–0).
