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FROM
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
HonggLa& Mayor Manuel A. Diaz
& VerT rs of the City Commission
Pedro G. AL�landez, P.E.
City Manager
DATE: September 24, 2009 FILE:
SUBJECT: Pocket Items (2)
AFSCME, Local 871 Resolution
Emergency Ordinance on DROP incentive
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
Attached please find two pocket items for your consideration. In particular, a -Resolution
ratifying the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Miami and
AFSCME, Local 871 to modify the 2007-2010 collective bargaining agreement.
Also, please find an emergency ordinance to provide GESE employees with a limited
DROP Incentive Program. Participation in the DROP incentive program includes a lump
sum in the amount of $25,000 OR a lump sum of $7,200 and a 100% subsidy of
insurance for 2 years from date of separation (at the rate of an HMO plus one).
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AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING
CHAPTER 40/ARTICLE IV/DIVISION 3, OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "PERSONNEL/PENSION AND RETIREMENT
PLAN/CITY OF MIAMI GENERAL EMPLOYEES' AND SANITATION EMPLOYEES'
RETIREMENT TRUST," TO PROVIDE FOR A LIMITED DROP INCENTIVE
PROGRAM; MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 40-255; CONTAINING
A REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF NIIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Section 40-255 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended, is amended in the following particulars:{1}
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DIVISION 3. CITY OF MIAMI GENERAL EMPLOYEES'
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(k) Deferred retirement option program.
(11) DROP Incentive Program
Any member who is a DROP participant as of October 1, 2009
may elect to participate in the DROP Incentive Program by completing the necessary
election documentation no later than October 15, 2009. Participation in the DROP
Incentive Program is as follows:
(a) The DROP Incentive Program participant may, upon
separating City employment, elect to either receive:
(1) A lump sum in the amount of $25,000.00 OR
(2) A lump sum in the amount of $7, 200.00 and receive a
100% subsidy of insurance for 2 years from date of
separation. The insurance shall be based on an HMO
Plan tier of employee plus one.
Section 2. If any section, part of section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word
of this Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not
be affected.
Section 3. This Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure
on the grounds of urgent and public need for the preservation of peace, health,
safety, and property of the City of Miami, and upon the further grounds of the
necessity to make the required and necessary payments to its employees and
officers, payment of its debts, necessary and required purchases of goods and
supplies, and to generally carry on the functions and duties of municipal affairs.
Section 4. The requirements of reading this Ordinance on two
separate days is dispensed with an affirmative vote of not less than four-fifths
(4/5ths) of the members of the Commission.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon
its adoption and signature of the Mayor. {2}
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JULIE O. BRU
CITY ATTORNEY
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{1} Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words
and/or figures shall be added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain
unchanged. Asterisks indicate omitted and unchanged material.
{2} If the Mayor does not sign this Ordinance, it shall become effective at the end of
ten calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this
Ordinance, it shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City
Commission.