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Beneficiary Paperwork
By Tamara Snider
There are times in our lives that we are faced with changes that are beyond our control, and when these changes occur there are things that we just don’t think about. One of those things is your beneficiary paperwork. When a “life event” occurs (i.e., marriage, divorce, birth of a child, etc.) we tend to forget to change that information listed on each of these cards.
Beneficiary paperwork is usually filled out at the time you are hired on with the Sheriff’s Office, and it tells us whom you would like for your benefits to go to should something happen to you. You should have at least 3 beneficiary cards in your personnel file: (1) The County’s Policy – Employee Benefits, (2) The Sheriff’s Policy – Standard Life, and (3) Federal benefits card.
Please take a moment to review the information in your file. You can change it as often as you like, and if you have any questions at all, please feel free to call me directly at 292-7092 or via e-mail at tsnider@keysso.net.
Please update your information in the agency address book
In Outlook there is the Address Book which can be quite useful if the information if it is kept up to date. We have a tool that all members can use to update their own entry in the address book. On our internal black web page (www.mcso.net) there is a link in the left column that is labeled “Directory Update”. Once the user signs on, they can update their (and only their own) information in the global Outlook address book.
Please take a few minutes to update your information. This would make the address book a truly useful tool for everyone in the agency.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Mike/IS
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In addition to available scholarship money, there is also a $1000 tuition credit to law enforcement professionals and family members. To receive this credit, simply reply to me by email and request it. I will mail the tuition credit document to you. This document needs to be submitted with your application paperwork.
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Education Liaison
Kaplan University
Tel: 321-276-9545
Admissions, Toll Free: 866-484-9549
Sprint offers discounts
Sprint is offering comprehensive wireless products and services to
The Florida Keys Government and United States Postal Service employees. These products and services are available with substantial discounts through this website: https://flkeysgov.sprnext.com/cs/447/
Can Recycling on-going
We currently have a recycle bin marked "Dan's Cans" placed in the common break room (1st floor) in which you may place your empty aluminum soda cans to be recycled.
Dan’s Cans is a worthy effort by a resident of the Marc House. We encourage everybody to participate in protecting our environment by recycling and contributing towards a good cause. Another such recycling container will be placed at the main jail facility.
Each office should determine how they wish to separate cans from their regular waste. The trusty can then pick the cans up as he makes his rounds each day. Feel free to bring in aluminum cans from home as well….bring them in on Monday mornings, the day of pick up, so we don’t have bags of cans sitting around all week.
The Sheriff's Office does plan to expand this effort to include the recycling of paper and plastics once final arrangements have been made with Monroe County Waste Management. Stand by for more information.
Thank you and think recycle!
Nexium Savings Card!!! News from the Hunt Insurance Group.
We hope that this information is helpful to you. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to your employees. Nexium is one of the most prescribed prescription drugs currently on the market. Fortunately, there may be a little financial relief for some in the way of the Purple Plus Savings Card. Nexium users that do have prescription coverage as well as those who do not have prescription coverage may be eligible to use the card to save money on their refills. Card holders will receive a variety of information by mail and by e-mail. They will also have access to online tools that may be very helpful to those living with acid reflux disease. Please copy and paste the link below in your browser to go to the site where you can register and read more about the card. Please note that there is also an FAQ section in the site that can help answer any questions you may have.
www.purplepill.com/savingscard/step1.aspx
Thank you,
Gretchen Coon
Account Manager
Hunt Insurance Group, LLC / Hilb Rogal & Hobbs
850-385-3636 x1815
Note from Detective Linda Mixon:
If you visit our intranet, at www.mcso.net (only accessible when you are logged on to our network), you will see a link to “local offenders”. I have started taking photos of all the sex offenders in the county, along with information about their homes and vehicles. I will be updating this information on a regular basis and will continue to post the information in this location.
I wanted everyone to have a quick and easy way to find this information. If anyone wants me to add anything to this, call me at 305-797-0089.
Give a book, take a book
We have started a “library” at the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Headquarters Building. It is on the first floor in the break room. Donate your old books, and help yourself to some new ones. There is no charge for this, but we are accepting donations for the Animal Farm for those who want to give a dollar or two. Drop your dollar donations off with Val Marinello, Rene Kulick or Becky Herrin. And please try to keep the library neat. Thanks.
FKCC partners with Hodges University
Hodges University is offering a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management (BSM) at Florida Keys Community College in Key West. The Management Program is delivered in an accelerated “wheel” format where students attend class one night per week
from 6:00 pm - 9:50 pm, earning 12 credits per trimester.
Benefits to students attending Hodges University include:
TRANSFER CREDITS
A total of up to 84 credits may be transferable toward a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
FINANCIAL AID
Financial aid is available to those who qualify.
FRAG
Eligible students may receive a grant from the state of Florida.
CORPORATE PARTNERS
Hodges University offers a $100.00 per credit hour tuition discount to employees who work for corporate partners. Hodges has a corporate agreement with your organization.
ACCREDITATION
Hodges University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate, Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.
ONLINE DEGREES
Hodges University offers the following Bachelor’s (B) and Master’s (M) degrees totally online:
For more information call:
Florida Keys Community College Learning Site (305) 295-8881
Naples Campus (239) 513-1122
Fort Myers Campus (239) 482-0019
Where to view press releases, daily reports
For those of you who like to look at press releases from various agencies around the county including ours, I have renamed the “Office of Public Information” folder in Public Folders. It is now called “Community Relations”, but the same information is included in it as before.
New web site for citations, driver records
There is a new one stop web page designed to specifically assist you in processing Uniform Traffic Citations through the Traffic Citation Accounting and Transmission System and to more easily locate driver record reference information.
You can access the web page at http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/courts. Please take this opportunity to review the useful tools on this web page.
Employee Assistance Program:
The Employee Assistance Program has teamed up with Legal Access Plans, LLC to provide a complete Legal Protection and Financial Services Package for you and your family members. This is an extended service and a free benefit through your Employee Assistance Program (EAP). For more details please read the newsletter posted under “Announcements” in Outlook.
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Emergency Contact Information
Information courtesy of Investigator Janine Gedmin
The State of Florida Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles has a website that allows drivers to enter two "Emergency Contacts" into their database which will then be connected to your driver's license. This will eliminate lost time contacting loved ones if you are ever in an accident and are rendered unconscious.
Go to www.hsmv.state.fl.us click on "Emergency Contacts", put in your driver's license and birth date. It will then ask for the name, address, and phone number of the two people you want to have contacted, click the save button and you’re done.
Reminder about equipment
By Tamara Snider
Just a reminder that anytime a member damages, misplaces, and/or steals Sheriff's Office equipment a report, statement and pictures, and at times estimates will need to be obtained, and I will need a copy of such so that I can try to seek reimbursement or restitution. In the matters of stolen property IA will be involved in the process. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Great News! January 1, 2007, new "Well Adult Care" benefits were added to the Employee Health Plan
Well Adult Care and Routine Well Care *(age 18 and over)
Limited to a maximum payable of $400.00 per year for Covered Services (see below) every 24 months under age 40.
Covered Services – Covered routine Physician and Laboratory services are limited to the following: