HomeMy WebLinkAbout2636 ORDINANCE NO. ~ ~,~
AN ORDINANCE amending Section 4(a) (3) of Ordinance No.
1572 as amended by Ordinance No. 2412, relating to
eligibility of elective and appointive employees to
membership in the Retirement System.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That Section 4 of Ordinance No. 1572 as amended
be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows:
Section 4. MEMBERSHIP IN RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
(a) With the exception of those employees who are
excluded from membership as herein provided, all employees
shall become members of the retirement system as follows:
(1) (As amended by Ord. l~?~) Every employee in
City Service as defined in this ordinance on ~anuar~
shall become a member of the retirement system on that date.
(~) (As amended by Ord. l~?~) Every employee who
enters or re-enters City Service after ~anuary l, 192~, shall
become a member of the retirement system upon such entrance or
re-entrance.
(3) Any elected official, or any appointive employee
occupying a regularly budgeted position, excepting seasonal
employees, who would not otherwise be entitled to participat-
ion in the system, and who has at least six months of contin-
uous service, who elects in writing, addressed to the Board,
shall become a member of said system. Such membership shall
commence as of the date of such election, with the privilege
of paying into the retirement fund on account of city ;~ervice
after ~anuary l, 1~4~, provided that such person exercise the
privilege of becoming a member within one year of entering
or re-entering city service or one year of the effective date of this
amendment, whichever is later. The rate of contribution for such
members shall be that for the age of entry into "city service"
plus six months, except that if this privilege is exercised more
than one year after entering city service, the rate of contribution
shall be based on his age at the date of becoming a member.
(4) The retirement allowances of those officers and
employees becoming members under paragraphs 2 and 3 and who re-
main in city service beyond age 6~, shall be calculated and sus-
pended as of attainment of age ~?, if, and so long as they remain
in city service beyond the latter age by virtue of other laws,
notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13 of this~ o~dinance.
(~) Officers and employees electing to enter the
Retirement System as provided for in paragraph ~ hereof shall
become members as of the date specified in the application for
memb e rship.
(b) The following shall be specifically excluded from
the provisions of this ordinance:
(1) Members of the Police Department who are entitled
to the benefits of the Police Relief and Pension Fund as established
by state law.
(2) Members of the Fire Department who are entitled to the
benefits of the Firemen's Relief and Pension Fund as established
by state law.
(c) It shall be the duty of the head of each office or
department of the city to give immediate notice in writing to the
Board of Administration of the change in status of any member of
his office or department, resulting from transfer, promotion, leave
of absence, resignation, reinstatement, dismissal or death. The
head of each office or department shall furnish such other infor-
mation concerning any member as the Board may require.
(d) Each member shall be subject to all the provision~
of this ordinance and to all the rules and regulations adopted by
the Board of Administration. Should the city service of any mem.-
her, in any period of ten (10) cousecutive years, amount to less
than five (5) years, or should he withdraw more than one quarter
of his accumulated contributions, or should he die or be retired,
he shall thereupon cease to be a member.
APPROVED on first reading this ~u~day of June, 19~5.
PASSED on second reading by the City Council of the City
of Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in
authentication of such passage this ~day of June, 1965.
-E-. H. 'T. ~cGOW_~_~c/CITY OLEaX
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