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Ordinance 14299
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File Number: 16092 Final Action Date: 7/25/2024
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, PURSUANT TO
RESOLUTION NO. R-24-0148, ADOPTED ON APRIL 25, 2024, AMENDING
CHAPTER 40/ARTICLE IV/DIVISION 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TITLED "PERSONNEL/PENSION AND
RETIREMENT PLAN/CITY OF MIAMI FIREFIGHTERS' AND POLICE
OFFICERS' RETIREMENT TRUST," MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING
SECTION 40-191, TITLED "DEFINITIONS," TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF
EARNABLE COMPENSATION TO CLARIFY CHANGES FOR POLICE
OFFICERS BASED ON THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, WALTER E.
HEADLEY, JR., MIAMI LODGE NO. 20. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENT FOR OCTOBER 1,2023, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2026;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. R-24-0148, adopted on April 25, 2024, the City
of Miami ("City") ratified an amendment to the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the
City and the Fraternal Order of Police, Walter E. Headley, Jr., Miami Lodge No. 20, in effect for
the period of October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the amendment to the Collective Bargaining Agreement,
certain changes must be made to the pension ordinance; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend Chapter 40/Article IV/Division 2 of the Code of the
City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), to reflect said changes;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Ordinance are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 40/Article IV/Division 2 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended in the following particulars:1
"CHAPTER 40
PERSONNEL
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.
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ARTICLE IV. PENSION AND RETIREMENT PLAN
DIVISION 2. CITY OF MIAMI FIREFIGHTERS' AND POLICE OFFICERS' RETIREMENT PLAN
Sec. 40-191. Definitions.
Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, the following words and
phrases as used in this division shall have the following meanings:
Sec. 40-191. Definitions.
Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, the following words and
phrases as used in this division shall have the following meanings:
Earnable compensation for police officers shall mean an employee's base salary, including
pickup contributions, for all straight time hours worked, plus assignment pay and payments
received for vacation and sick leave taken, jury duty, and death -in -family leave taken, and any
other items, if any, currently included in the calculation of average final compensation. Earnable
compensation shall not include overtime pay except as indicated at the end of this paragraph;
payments for accrued sick leave, or accrued vacation leave, or accrued compensatory leave;
holiday pay; premium pay for holidays worked; the value of any employment benefits or
nonmonetary entitlements; or any other form of remuneration. As of August 1, 2024, a member
may elect a maximum of two hundred (200) total overtime hours to be used in calculating the
average earning for pension benefits.
Earnable compensation for firefighters shall mean an employee's base salary, including
pickup contributions, for all straight time hours worked, plus assignment pay and payments
received for vacation and sick leave taken, jury duty, and death -in -family leave taken, and any
other items, if any, currently included in the calculation of average final compensation.
Earnable compensation shall not include overtime pay; payments for accrued sick leave,
accrued vacation leave, or accrued compensatory leave; holiday pay; premium pay for
holidays worked; the value of any employment benefits or nonmonetary entitlements; or any
other form of remuneration.
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Section 3. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase, or word of this
Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
2 This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten (10)
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 or upon the effective date stated
herein, whichever is later.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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