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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #31 - First Reading OrdinanceRDKra 7/18/78 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING'CERTAIN SUBSECTIONS OF THE' MIAMI CITY GENERAL EMPLOYEES RE- TIREMENT PLAN (ORDINANCE 5624, MAY 2, 1956, AS AMENDED), APPEARING IN CODIFIED FORM AS A PART OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, MORE PARTIC- ULARLY AMENDING SECTION 109 OF SAID CHAPTER BY ADDING AN ADDITIONAL PROVISION THERETO PROVIDING THAT ANY LABORER, WATCHMAN, OR CUSTODIAL WORKER WHO DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS PLAN PRIOR TO APRIL 1, 1955, MAY ELECT TO PAYBACK FOR SERVICE PRIOR TO SAID DATE; FURTHER PROVIDING THAT ANY EMPLOYEE WHO BECAME ELIGIBLE TO JOIN THIS PLAN ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1962, AND WHOSE MEMBERSHIP IN SAID PLAN WAS DELAYED DUE TO THE ADMIN- ISTRATIVE PROCESSES OF THE CITY MAY PAY BACK FOR THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 1, 1962, UNTIL SAID APPLICATION WAS PROCESSED; SAID PRIOR SERVICE SHALL NOT BE APPLIED TOWARD THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ORDINARY DISABILITY BENEFITS; FURTHER, ANY IN LINE OF DUTY INJURY SUCH AS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE ACCIDENTAL DIS- ABILITY BENEFITS MUST OCCUR AFTER THE COM- PLETION OF SAID PAYBACK AT THE HEREIN PRO- VIDED RATE; SHOULD ANY ELIGIBLE LABORER, WATCHMAN, OR CUSTODIAL WORKER DECIDE TO PAY BACK UNDER THE HEREIN SECTION, SAID PAYBACK SHALL BE MADE USING THE EMPLOYEE'S FORMER RATE OF COMPENSATION TOGETHER WITH ACCUMU- LATED INTEREST AT THE RATE OF FOUR PERCENT (4%) AS THE BASIS FOR DETERMINING THE COSTS INVOLVED; FURTHER PROVIDING THAT NOTICE OF INTENT TO PAY BACK UNDER THE HEREIN SECTION MUST BE FILED IN WRITING WITH THE RETIREMENT BOARD OR ITS DESIGNEE WITHIN FIFTEEN (15) YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDI- NANCE; CONTAINING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY PROVISION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. "DOCUMENT_ INDEX ITEM NO._ » WHEREAS, the Miami City General Employees' Retirement Plan (Ordinance No. 5624, May 2, 1956, as amended) was not included as a portion of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, effective September 1, 1967, as adopted by Ordinance No. 7585 (July 25, 1967); and WHEREAS, said Plan now exists in codified form as it appears in Chapter 2 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, 1967; and CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF JUL2? 1978