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Ordinance: 12718
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 05-00693 Final Action Date: 7/28/2005
(4/5THS VOTE)
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING
CHAPTER 40/ARTICLE IV/DIVISION 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "PERSONNEL/PENSION AND RETIREMENT
PLAN/CITY OF MIAMI FIREFIGHTERS' AND POLICE OFFICERS' RETIREMENT
TRUST," TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE ARE
CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CERTAIN COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENTS; MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTIONS
40-202 (6) TO ELIMINATE THE ABILITY OF FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
("FOP") MEMBERS TO PURCHASE CREDITABLE SERVICE YEARS UPON
RETIREMENT, AND 40-203 (Q)(13) TO SPECIFY THAT THE BENEFIT
ACTUARIALLY CALCULATED DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PROGRAM FOR
F.O.P. BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES IS REDUCED FROM FORTY EIGHT (48)
MONTHS TO TWELVE (12) MONTHS; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami and the Fraternal Order of Police ("F.O.P."), Lodge 20, collective
bargaining agent for members in Lodge 20, have agreed to (1) eliminate F.O.P. bargaining unit
members capability to purchase three years of creditable service, and (2) decrease the Benefit
Actuarially Calculated Deferred Retirement Option Program ("BACDROP") from 48 months to 12
months;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are adopted by
reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Sections 40-202 and 40-203 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended,
are amended in the following particulars:{1}
"Chapter 40
PERSONNEL
ARTICLE IV. PENSION AND
RETIREMENT PLAN
DIVISION 2. CITY OF MIAMI
City of Miami
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FIREFIGHTERS' AND POLICE OFFICERS'
RETIREMENT TRUST
Sec. 40-202. Paybacks for membership credit.
(6) Creditable service years purchase from leave balance and tax qualified 457
Deferred Compensation Plans. A retiring I.A.F.F. bargaining unit member
who does not participate in the DROP and retires under service retirement,
or rule of 64 retirement, may purchase from available leave balances whole
years of creditable service up to a maximum of three years. Upon
ratification of the 2004-2005 F.O.P. labor agreement, retiring F.O.P.
bargaining unit members may not purchase the years of creditable service
referenced in this section. The purchase of creditable service under this
option may not be utilized for eligibility for either service retirement, or rule
of 64 retirement. Once the leave balances have been applied toward the
purchase of whole years of creditable service, and the amount thereof
actually paid to and received by the trust, the member may purchase the
balance of the three years by a lump sum cash payment to the trust. Leave
balances shall be determined in accordance with the applicable labor
agreement and/or leave payoff practices. The cost of creditable service
purchase shall be the prorata actuarially determined present value based
upon the employee's average final compensation used to determine the
member's retirement benefit. This benefit shall be available using after tax
value of the employee's leave balance; if, in the future, the issue of income
taxes is resolved, then it will be available using pre-tax value of the
employee's leave balances. Employees may purchase three (3) whole
creditable service years by a tax qualified transfer of funds from a member's
457 Deferred Compensation Plan at present value as actuarially determined
for each individual employee. In no case shall a member purchase more
than three (3) years of creditable service through any combination of the
above provisions. No benefit provided under this subsection shall be
effective unless and until full payment in accordance herewith is made.
Sec. 40-203. Benefits.
(q) Modified deferred retirement option program.
(13) BACDROP. An I.A.F.F. bargaining unit member may elect to BACDROP to
a date (retirement date) no further back than the date of the member's
retirement eligibility date. The BACDROP period must be in 12 month
increments, beginning at the start of a pay period, not to exceed 36 months.
Effective upon approval by the City Commission of the IAFF labor
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agreement for October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2004, the maximum
participation in the DROP for firefighters shall be forty-eight (48) full months.
Effective upon approval by the City Commission of the FOP labor
agreement for October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2004, the maximum
participation in the DROP for police officers who elected DROP on October
1, 2003 or thereafter, shall be forty-eight (48) full months. Upon ratification
of the 2004-2005 F.O.P. labor agreement, an F.O.P. bargaining unit
member may elect to BACDROP to a date (retirement date) no further back
than the date of the member's retirement eligibility date, provided that the
BACKDROP period must be in twelve (12) month increments, beginning at
the start of a pay period, not to exceed a total of twelve (12) months.
Participation in the BACDROP does not preclude participation in the
Forward Drop program.
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Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar as they are inconsistent or in conflict with
the provisions of this Ordinance are repealed.
Section 4. 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 5. This Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure on the grounds of urgent
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 6. The requirements of reading this Ordinance on two separate days is dispensed with by
an affirmative vote of not less than four -fifths of the members of the Commission.
Section 7. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{2}
Footnotes:
{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.
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