HomeMy WebLinkAbout1635 ORDINANCE NO. 1635
AN OEDINANCE relating to membership in the City Employees Retirement
system and amending Sections 2, 4 and 6 of Ordinance No. 157~ to extend
eligibility to membership as authorized by law, prescribing terms and conditions
and declaring an emergency.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That Section 2 of 6rdinance No. 1572 as amended be amended to
read as follows:
"Section 2. Unless a different meaning is plainly required by
the context, the following words and phrases as hereinafter used
in this ordinance shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Retirement system" shall mean Bremerton employees' retire-
ment system, provided for in Section 3of this ordinance.
(b) "Employee" shall mean any regularly appointed officer or
regularly appointed employee of the City of Bremerton serving
under Civil Service appointment ane other officers or employees
of the City eligible to membership in the Retirement system
pursuant to law.
(c) "~iember" shall mean any person included in the membership
of the retirement system as provided in Section 4 of this
ordinance.
(d) "City" shall mean the City of Bremerton.
(e) "Board" shall mean "Board of Administration" as provided
in Section 9 of this ordinance.
(f) "Retirement fund" shall mean "emploYees' retirement fund"
as created and established in Section 8 of this ordinance.
(g) "City Service" shall mean service rendered 'to the city for
compensation, and for the purpose of this ~r dinance, a member
shall be considered as being in city service only while he is
recetvi~ng compensation for such service, and makes contri0utions
¢avering-such period as provided in Section 4 hereof.
(h) "Prior service" shall mean the service of a member for
compensation rendered to the city prior to January l, 1945, and
shall also include militsry or naval service of a member to the
extent specified in Section 6 of this ordlnance.
(i) "Continuous service" shall mean uninterrupted employment
by the city, except that discontinuance of city service of a
member caused by lay-off, leave of absence, suspension, or
dismissal, followed by re-entrance into city service within
one year, shall not count as a break in the continuity of
service; provided, that for the purpose of establishing
membership in the retirement system, continuous service shall
mean six (6) months' service in any one year.
(j) "Beneficiary" shall mean any person in receipt of a pension,
annuity, retirement allowance, disability allowance, or any
other benefit provided in this ordinance.
(k) "Compensation" shall mean the compensation payable in cash,
plus the monetary value, as determined by the Board of Adminis-
tration, of any allowance in lieu thereof, but such compensation
shall not exceed Four Hunmred Dollars ($400.00) per month.
(1) "Compensation earnable" by a member shall mean the average
compensation as determined by the Board of Administration upon
the basis of the average period of employment of members in the
same group or class of employment and at the same rate of pay,
but some "compensation earnable" shall not exceed Four Hundred
Dollars ($400.00) per month.
(m) "Final compensation" shall mean the average annual compen-
sation earnable by a member during the ten (10) years in~eSiately
preceding his retirement.
(n) "Normal contributions" shall mean contributions at the rate
provided. I~or in subdivision (a) of Section 5 o~~ this ordinance.
(o) "Additional contributions" shall mean the contributions pro-
vided for in subdivision (d) of Section 5 of this ~rdinanc~.
(p) "Regular Interest," unless changed by the Board of
Administration as provided in Section 7 of this or~dinance,
shall mean such rate of interest as may be adopted by the Hoard
from time to time.
(q) "Accumulated normal contribution" shall mean the sum of
all normal contributions, deducted from the ¢omp~nsation of a
member, standing to the credit of his individual account,
together with regular interest thereon.
(r) "Accumulated additional contribution" shall mean the sum
of all additional contributions, d~duct~d from the compensation
of a member, standing to the credit of his individual account,
together with regular interest thereon.
(s) "Accumulated contributions" shall mean accumu!at~d normal
contributions plus accumulated addition~l contributions.
(t) "Pension" shall mean payments derived from contributions
made 'by the city as provided for in sections 1~ and 16 of this
ordinance.
(u) "Annuity" shall mean payments derived from contributions
made by a member as provide~ in Sections 1~ ~n~ 18 of this
ordinance.
(v) "Retirement allowance" shall mean the pension plus the
annui ry.
(w) "Fiscal year" shall mean any year commencing with
January 1, and ending with December ~1, next following.
(x) "Creditable service" shall mean such service as is
evidenced by the record of normal contributions received
from the employee, plus prior service if credit for same is
still intact or not lost through withdrawal ol~ accumulated
normal contributions as provided in Section 1~ of this
ordinance.
Section ~. That Section ~ of Ordinance No. 157~ as amended be amended
to read as follows:
"Section ~. ~'~E~BERSHIP IN RETIRE~ENT SYSTE~.
(a) ~ith the exception of those employe~s who are excluded from
membership as herein provided, all employees shall become
members of ths retirement system as follows:
(1) Every employee in city service as defined in this
ordinance, on January 1, 19~B, shall become a member of the
retirement system on that date.
(~) Every employee who enters or re-enters city service
after January 1, 15~5, shall become a member of the retirement
system upon such entrance or re-entrance.
(~) Those authorized to be included by Chapter ~, Laws
of Washington, 1~8, to-wit: Those with at least five years of
continuous service and acting in capacities in which they would
not otherwis~ be entitled to participation in the system and who
elect in writing, addressed to the Board of Administration,
shall become members as of the ~ate of such election, with the
privilege of paying into the retirement funU on account of city
service after January 1, I~B~ Credit for "prior service" and
for city service after January 1, 19~ shall be in proportion to
the amount deposited as set forth in Section 6 of this ordinance.
The rate of contribution for such members shall be that for the
age of entry into "City-Service", ~lus six-months, if s~ch entry
was subsequent to January 1, 19~B, otherwise as of ag~ on
January 1, 1~. No eligible under this paragraph shall become
a member prior to July 1, 19~$. Any such member may exercise
the options in Section 18 of Ordinance No. 1~?~, as amended, in
the manner prescribed by the R~gulations of the Board of A~huinistrat-~o~.
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(4) The retirement allowances of those officers and
employees becoming members under paragraphs 2 and 3 and who
remain in city service beyond age 85, shall be calculated and
suspended as of attainment of age 87, if, and so long as they
remain in city service beyon~ the latter age by virtue mol other
laws, notwithstandln~ the provisions of Section 13 of this
ordinance.
(5) Officers and employees electing to enter the Retire-
ment System as provided for in paragraph 5 hereof, shall'
become members as of the date specified in the application for
membership.
(b) The following shall be specifically excluded from the provisions
of this ordinance:
(1) ~¥iembers of the Police Department who are entitled to
the benefits of the Police Relief and Pension Fund as estab-
lished by state law.
(~) l¥1embers of the Fire Department who are entitled to
the benefits of the Firemen's Relief and fension ~hnad as
established by state law.
(c) It shall be the duty of the head of each office or depart-
ment of the city to give intmediate notice in writing to the
Board of Administration of the change in status of any memOer
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
information concerning any member as the board may require.
(d) Each member shall be subject to all the provisions of this
ordinance and to all the rules and regulations adopted by the
Board of Administration. Should the c~ty eervice of any member,
in any period of ten (10) consecutive 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.
Section Z. That Section 8 of Ordinance No. 1572 as amended be amended to
read as follows:
"Section 6. ALLOWANCE FOR SERVICE.
(a) Subject to the following and all other provisions of this
ordinance, including such rules arid regulations as the board
shall adopt in pursuance thereof, the board, subject to the
approval of the City Cotuucfl, shall determine and may modify
allowance for service.
Time during which a member is absent on leave without pay shall
not be allowed in computing service; provided, however, that
any member shall De given credit for any period served by him
in the National Guard, or in the Uni'ted States Army, Navy, or
l~larine Corps, upon the call of the President, if at the time
of such service such ~.ember was a regular employee un,er leave
of absence. Certificate of Honorable Discharge from and/or
documentary evidence of such service shall be submitted to the
board in order to obtain credit for such service.
Each member shall file with the board such information effect-
lng his status as a member of the retirement system as the
board may require.
(b) The board shall grant credit for prior service to each
member entering the retirement system in January l, 194~, and
to each member entering after that date, if such entry is
within one year after rendering city service to January 1,194~;
provided, however, that the board may grant credit for prior
service to those entering the retirement system after January l,
1945, where the employee, becuase of sickness or other disability,
has been on leave of absence, regularly granted, since
discontinuance of city service, regardless of the length of such
leave. No prior service credit shall be used as a basis for
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retirement or other benefit unless the membership continues
until retirement on a retirement allowance or until the grant-
ing of other benefits. Such credit shall be granted those
becoming members pursuant to Chapter 52, Laws of Washington,
1~45, in the ssmle proportion as the ~ount of money deposited
to cover service from January l, 1945, to date of entry into
the system, bears to the amount of money necessary to cover
all service during that period, excluding, however, all service
after the first of the month following attainment of age 67.
Section 4. An emergency exists and this ordinance is necessary for the
preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the
City of Bremerton and shall become effective immediately following passage
and publication.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton and signed by the
}~Iayor and City Clerk in authentication of such passage this 1Vth day of
October, 1945.
Attest: ~ ' Mayor