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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #21 - First Reading Ordinance3�a MH/S/1 2/15/79(1) ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MIAMI CITY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (ORDINANCE 2230, JANUARY 1, 1940, AS AMENDED), AS APPEARING IN CODIFIED FORM AS PART OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, 1957, AS AMENDED, MORE PARTICULARLY AMENDING SECTION 90, AS AMENDED, OF SAID CHAPTER 2, PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; PROVIDING THAT THE EMPLOYEES OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM SHALL BE EMPLOYEES OF THE BOARD; PROVIDING FOR THE EMPLOYMENT AND EVALUATION OF SAID EMPLOYEES; PROVIDING FOR THE OPTION OF A JOINT SYSTEM PLAN COMMITTEE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SAID EMPLOYEES; PROVIDING, SUBJECT TO COMMISSION APPROVAL FOR THE TRANSFER OF SAID ADMINISTRATION FUNCTIONS TO A PROFESSIONAL PENSION ADMINISTRATION; PROVIDING FOR A UNIFORM METHOD OF ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTING REVIEW BY THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE; CONTAINING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY PROVISION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Commission retains continuing power to amend the ordinance governing the Retirement System; and WHEREAS, the Retirement Board is desirous of maintaining the highest level of services to members and retirees of the Retirement System; and WHEREAS, the Retirement Board is charged with the duty of admin- istering the affairs of the Retirement System; and WHEREAS, the Director of Finance is charged with the duty of managing the financial affairs of the City of Miami, and WHEREAS, the Director of Finance is mandated by State Statute to t C7 employ uniform accounting procedures, and WHEREAS, the administration of the Retirement System is intertwined with the management.of the financial affairs of the City; and "DOCUMENT INDEX N0WHEREAS, there appears to be a conflict between the duties anITscM obligations of the Retirement Board and the Director of Finance; and WHEREAS, the Miami City Employees' Retirement System (Ordinance No. 2230, January 1, 1940, as amended) was not included as a portion of the new Code of the City of Miami, Florida, effective September 1, 1967, as adopted by Ordinance No. 7585 (July 25, 1967), and WHEREAS, said System now exists in codified form as it appears in Chapter 2 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, 1957, as amended, in addition to basic ordinance form; and WHEREAS, any addition or amendment to said System can by reference to the section designations as they appear in the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, 1957, as amended: CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF FEB 221979 ofttimcf .................. ad NAglag •