Chiarello v. Board of Trustees, Public Employees’ Retirement System, A-1199-11T1; Appellate Division; opinion by Fisher, P.J.A.D.; decided and approved for publication December 20, 2012. Before Judges Fisher, Waugh and St. John. On appeal from the Department of Treasury, Division of Pensions and Benefits, PERS #917412. DDS No. 25-2-xxxx [11 pp.]
In February 2011, appellant Francis Chiarello, a multiple member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, submitted an application for an ordinary disability retirement from his position with the South Jersey Transportation Authority, effective March 1, 2011, intending to remain mayor of Buena Vista Township, his other PERS position. At the suggestion of a representative of the Division of Pensions and Benefits, he changed the application date to Aug. 1, 2011.
