The Fulton County Board of Commissioners postponed its Wednesday, January 22, 2025 Second Regular Meeting in January due to inclement weather. The postponed meeting will now held on Wednesday, January 29 at 10 a.m. For more information, click here.
You can retire and receive a standard pension when you are age 60 with 15 years of service, age 65 with 10 years of service, or have a combination of age and service equal to 79. You can retire and receive an age penalty pension with 15 years of service if you are in the 1991 Plan the 1991 Enhanced Plan or the 1982 Plan. If you are in one of the General Plans you must be age 55 with at least 25 years of service.
Fulton County retirees are eligible for retiree health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance and life insurance. The life insurance is paid by the County. Health and vision are subsidized. Retirees pay the entire premium for dental insurance.
To qualify for a disability pension your physician must determine that you are totally and permanently disabled, the County physician must determine that you are totally and permanently disabled. The County Office of Disability Affairs must determine that there are no other jobs in the County that you can perform, with or without a reasonable accommodation and your department head must indicate that you are unable to perform the job for which you were hired.
Your pension will be calculated once you have received all monies due. Typically, this occurs when you are paid for your accrued vacation, holiday and comp time. After your pension is calculated it is audited. It then goes on the Pension Board agenda. The Pension Board meets on the second Wednesday of each month. Your pension is then set up in the pension payroll system and you receive your first check on the first of the month following its approval by the Pension Board. Depending upon when you retire, the process can take up to 6 or seven weeks. The first pension check will pay you retroactively to the day after you retired.
Your pension will be calculated once you have received all monies due. Typically, this occurs when you are paid for your accrued vacation, holiday and comp time. After your pension is calculated it is audited. It then goes on the Pension Board agenda. The Pension Board meets on the second Wednesday of each month. Your pension is then set up in the pension payroll system and you receive your first check on the first of the month following its approval by the Pension Board. Depending upon when you retire, the process can take up to 6 or seven weeks. The first pension check will pay you retroactively to the day after you retired.
The 1991 Enhanced Plan is closed. However, participants are eligible to trade up to a more recent plan. Please contact the Pension Office for an estimate of the cost. There is no cost to upgrade from the 1982 plan to the 1991 plan.
The benefit is determined by the formula in the plan. Generally, the formula multiplies a percentage times your years of service times your final average monthly earnings.
Please submit the Pension Estimate Request form to the Pension Office. Please allow 5 business days for it to be completed and returned.
Please contact the Pension Office for the application materials. Please submit the completed application in person or by mail.