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Ordinance 13680
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File Number: 1386 Final Action Date: 5/11/2017
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
40/ARTICLE IV/DIVISION 6 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
ENTITLED "PERSONNEL/PENSION AND RETIREMENT PLAN/TRUST FUND
FOR APPOINTED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN EXECUTIVE SERVICE",
BY MODIFYING THE CITY OF MIAMI'S CONTRIBUTION INTO THE TRUST
FUND; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN
IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, appointed officers and employees of the City of Miami ("City") employed in
the executive service are required to participate in a public trust fund; and
WHEREAS, the City makes a contribution to the trust fund on behalf of executive service
employees as part of their benefit package; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to provide a more competitive benefit package to retain and
attract talented individuals in the executive service;
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. Chapter 40/Article IV/Division 6 of the Code of the City of Miami is amended
in the following particulars:1
"CHAPTER 40. PERSONNEL
ARTICLE IV. PENSION AND RETIREMENT PLAN
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Division. 6. Trust Fund for Appointed Officers and Employees in Executive Service.
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Sec. 40-351. Trust Fund for appointed officers and employees in executive service.
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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Those persons hired in or promoted to, the following positions -after enactment of this
ordinance, shall not be eligible for the Plan: city manager, city attorney, city clerk, chief deputy
city attorney, deputy city attorney, assistant city attorney, assistant city clerk, department
directors, deputy directors, and assistant directors, and those employees identified by the city
administration as employed in the executive service of the city. Individuals hired or promoted
into the positions (executive employees) set forth in this section shall participate in a trust plan
as follows:
(1) As established and approved by the commission of a written trust agreement
wherein provision is made for the city to contribute moneys on behalf of employees to
a public trust fund designated by the executive employee and approved by the
commission, such contribution to be made in lieu of the city's contribution on behalf of
employees in the Plan.
a. The contribution to be made by the city under the terms of the above
agreement shall be calculated at the rate of eaten (10) percent of the executive
employee's annual compensation.
b. A contribution to the designated public trust fund must be made by the
executive employee and such contribution by the employee shall be picked up by
the city at a rate of not less than five percent of the executive employee's annual
compensation.
c. An executive employee may, if so provided in the trust agreement, take actual
or constructive receipt of his or her contribution, and those contributions made by
the city on his or her behalf prior to reaching age 55 or upon becoming
permanently and totally disabled by making a revocable election of distribution of
accounts pursuant to the mode of distribution of benefits as provided in the trust
agreement.
d. Additionally, the city manager may elect to participate in a public trust fund he
or she designates and approved by the city commission. Contributions made to
the designated public trust fund by the city shall be in accordance with the
provisions of a resolution designating benefits for the city manager and approved
by the city commission. Contributions, if any, by the city manager shall be picked
up by the city as provided by the provisions of a resolution approved by the city
commission. The city manager may, if so provided in the trust agreement, take
actual or constructive receipt of their contributions, and those contributions made
by the city on their behalf prior to reaching age 55 or upon becoming permanently
and totally disabled, by making a revocable election of distribution of accounts
pursuant to the mode of distribution of benefits as provided in the trust agreement.
e. The city attorney, assistant city managers, and assistants to the city manager
may elect to participate in a public trust fund designated by the employee and
approved by the city commission. Contributions shall be made to the designated
public trust fund by the city at a rate of 20 percent of the city attorney's annual
base salary, and eight ten (10) percent of the annual base salary for each of the
assistant city managers and assistants to the city manager. The city attorney,
assistant city managers, and assistants to the city manager may, if so provided in
the trust agreement, take actual or constructive receipt of their contributions, and
those contributions made by the city on their behalf prior to reaching age 55 or
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disabled, by making a revocable election of distribution of accounts pursuant to
the mode of distribution of benefits as provided in the trust agreement.
(2) Employees in the foregoing positions as defined in this subsection e., above, may
not participate in the Plan, so long as, and during which, such employees hold those
positions.
(3) Notwithstanding the exclusions in {new section}Section 40-351 of the City Code,
those employees who are members of the Plan prior to the enactment of this
ordinance shall continue to be eligible to participate in the Plan regardless of position
title of those employees.
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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 after final reading and
adoption thereof.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, ity ttor ey ) 3/14/2017
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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