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Meeting Date: October 7, 2014
Item # 1 0
Contact Name:
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Charles J. Brown
Reviewed By:
Department Director: Charl
City Manager: Rob Frank),
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Subject: Approval of Amended Ordinance for the City of Ocoee Municipal Police Officers' and
Firefighters' Retirement Trust Fund Reflecting Changes Made by CBA (First Reading)
Background Summary:
The Pension Board for the City of Ocoee Municipal Police Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement Trust Fund is
governed by City of Ocoee ordinance. Changes to the Police and Fire pension benefits were agreed upon in
the Collective Bargaining Agreements of the Police and Fire unions with the City of Ocoee. The Pension
Ordinance must be amended to reflect the changes.
Issue:
Amending the BAC -DROP provision for Members who enter BAC -DROP on or after October 1, 2012 to reduce
the fixed interest accrual from 6.5% to 2.0% per year compounded monthly. This amendment should have
been included in the Ordinance 2013 -15 during the September 17, 2013 Commission Meeting but was
unintentionally omitted at that time.
Recommendations
It is the recommendation of the board of trustees that the attached ordinance amendment be approved.
Attachments:
An Ordinance amendment drafted by legal counsel for the Police and
Fire Pension Board
An Actuarial Impact Statement provided by the Plan Consultants
Financial Impact:
Please see Actuarial Impact Statement
Type of Item: (please mark with an "x')
Public Hearing
For Clerk's Dept Use:
X Ordinance First Reading
Consent Agenda
Ordinance Second Reading
Public Hearing
Resolution
Regular Agenda
Commission Approval
Discussion & Direction
X Original Document/Contract Attached for Execution by City Clerk
Original Document/Contract Held by Department for Execution
Reviewed by City Attorney N/A
Reviewed by Finance Dept. N/A
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA,
RELATING TO THE CITY OF OCOEE MUNICIPAL POLICE
OFFICERS' AND FIREFIGHTERS' RETIREMENT TRUST
FUND; AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 2010 -019, AS
SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED; AMENDING SECTION 27,
DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITHAND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SECTION 1 . Authori . The City Commission of the City of Ocoee has the authority to
adopt this ordinance pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida and Chapter
166, Florida Statutes
SECTION 2 . That Ordinance No. 2010 -019, adopting the amended and restated City of
Ocoee Municipal Police Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement Trust Fund, as subsequently amended,
is hereby further amended by amending Section 27, Deferred Retirement Option Plan, subsection
6.J. BAC -DROP, to read as follows:
BAC -DROP
In lieu of participation in the DROP a Member may elect for Members who
elect on or after October 1, 2012 to participate in an actuarially equivalent
BAC -DROP to a date of the Member's choosing, provided that the date is not
further back than the Member's normal retirement date. The total BAC -
DROP period shall not exceed sixty (60) months and shall provide an
immediate partial lump sum distribution, payable to the Member's DROP
Account. The lump sum shall be the accrued benefit, determined as if the
Mernber had entered the DROP retroactively, as described above,
accumulated with interest at the annual fixed rate of 6-5 2_ %. The Member
may choose an actuarially equivalent form of benefit at the time of BAC -
DROP entry, as described in Section 10, Optional Forms of Benefits.
Member contributions shall be returned for the period of the BAC -DROP
participation. A Member electing the BAC -DROP shall terminate
ernptoyrnent not later than the first day of the month following his election
to participate in the BAC -DROP. The Board's authority and power for
administration of the BAC -DROP shall be the same as those provided for in
the DROP.
SECTION 3 . Repeat of Ordinances All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4 . Severability In the event any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause,
phrase or word of this ordinance shall be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such
invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions hereof
SECTION 5 . Effective Date This ordinance shall take effect upon second reading and
adoption.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of 1 2014.
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
Beth Eikenberry, City Clerk
(SEAL)
FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY
THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
THIS day of , 2014.
CHRISTIANSEN & DEHNER, P.A.
Special Counsel
By:
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By:
S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor
ADVERTISED 1 2014
READ FIRST TIME 1 2014
READ SECOND TIME AND ADOPTED
,2014
APPROVED BY THE OCOEE CITY
COMMISSION AT A MEETING HELD ON
,2014 UNDER
AGENDA ITEM N O . .
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FOSTER & FOSTER
ACTUARIES AND CONSULTANTS
September 11, 2014
VIA EMAIL AND MAIL
Livia Nixon
Benefits USA
3810 Inverrary Boulevard, Suite 303
Lauderhill, FL 33319
Re: City of Ocoee
Municipal Police Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement Trust Fund
Dear Livia:
In response to Lee Dehner's letter dated September 4, 2014, we have reviewed the
proposed ordinance (identified on page 2 as ksh \ocoee \pfl07- 31- 14.ord) providing for a
reduction in the interest rate for members entering 6ne BAC -DROP on or after October 1,
2012, and have determined that its adoption will have no impact on the assumptions used
in determining the funding requirements to the program.
Because the changes do not result in a change in the valuation results, it is our opinion
that a formal Actuarial Impact Statement is not required in support of its adoption.
However, since the Division of Retirement must be aware of the current provisions of all
public pension programs, it is recommended that you send a copy of this letter and a copy
of the fully executed Ordinance to each of the following offices:
Mr. Keith Brinkman
Bureau of Local Retirement Systems
Division of Retirement
P. O. Box 9000
Tallahassee, FL 32315 -9000
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Sincerely,
Doug s H. L , E , MAAA
DHIL
cc: Lee Dehner, Board Attorney
Ms. Sarah Carr
Municipal Police and Fire
Pension Trust Funds
Division of Retirement
P.O. Box 3010
Tallahassee, FL 32315 -3010
13420 Parker Commons Blvd., Suite 104 Fort Myers, FL 33912 • (239) 433 -5500 - Fax (239) 481 -0634 - www.foster- foster.com
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ORDINANCE NO. 2013-015
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA,
RELATING TO TIE CITY OF OCOEE MUNICIPAL
POLICE OFFICERS' AND FIREFIGHTERS'
RETIREMENT TRUST FUND; AMENDING ORDINANCE
NUMBER 2010 -019, AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED;
AMENDING SECTION 1, DEFINITIONS, AMENDING THE
DEFINITION OF "SALARY "; AMENDING SECTION 5,
CONTRIBUTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 6, BENEFIT
AMOUNTS AND ELIGIBILITY; AMENDING SECTION 8,
DISABILITY; AMENDING SEC'T'ION 27, DEFERRED
RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SI?CTION 1 . Authority The City Commission of the City of Ocoee has the authority to
adopt this ordinance pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida and
Chapter 166, Florida Statutes
SECTION 2 . That Ordinance No. 2010 -019, adopting the amended and restated City of
Ocoee Municipal Police Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement Trust Fund, as subsequently
amended, is hereby further amended by amending Section 1, Definitions, amending the
definition of "Salary ", to read as follows:
Salary means the total compensation for services rendered to the City as a Police Officer
or Firefighter reported on the Member's W -2 form, phis all tax deferred or tax sheltered items of
income derived from elective employee payroll deductions or salary reductions, excluding pay
for police officers' extra duty details and employers contribution into the Voluntary Employ
Benefit Account (VEBA). excluding pay f0F poke OffieeFS! extra - a toms, plus all
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salary reductions. Any paid time off unused at the time of termination of employment with the
City of Ocoee as a Police Officer or Firefighter will not be used in the pension credit calculation.
For service earned on or after October 1, 2012. Salary shall not include more than three hundred
(300) hours of overtime per calendar year. Provided however, in any event, payments for
overtime in excess of' three hundred (300) h ours per year accrued as o October 1. 2012 and
attributable to service earned prior to the_Octobcr 1, 2012, may still be included in Salary for
pension purposes even if the payment is not actually made until on or after October 1, 2012.
Compensation in excess of the limitations set forth in Section 401(a)(] 7) of the Code as of the
first day of the Plan Year shall be disregarded for any purpose, including employee contributions
or any benefit calculations. The annual compensation of each member taken into account in
determining benefits or employee contributions for any Plan Year beginning on or after January
1, 2002, may not exceed $200,000, as adjusted for cost -of- living increases in accordance with
Code Section 401(a)(17)(B). Compensation means compensation during the fiscal year. The
cost -of- living adjustment in effect for a calendar year applies to annual compensation for the
determination period that begins with or within such calendar year. If the determination period
consists of fewer than 12 months, the annual compensation limit is an amount equal to the
otherwise applicable annual compensation limit multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which
is the number of months in the short determination period, and the denominator of which is 12.
If the compensation for any prior determination period is taken into account in determining a
Member's contributions or benefits for the current Plan Year, the compensation for such prior
determination period is subject to the applicable annual compensation limit in effect for that prior
period. The limitation on compensation for an "eligible employee" shall not be less than the
amount which was allowed to be taken into account hereunder as in effect on July 1, 1993.
"Eligible employee" is an individual who was a Member before the first Plan Year beginning
after December 31, 1995.
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SECTION 3 . That Ordinance No. 2010 -019, adopting the amended and restated City of
Ocoee Municipal Police Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement Trust Fund, as subsequently
amended, is hereby further amended by amending Section 5, Contributions, subsection I.,
Member Contributions and subsection 3., City Contributions, to read as follows:
Member Contributions
A. Amount Fach Member of the System shall be required to make regular
contributions to the Fund Effective September 17, 2013, Police Officer
Members and Firefighter Members shall make contributions in the amount
of seven tenths ° eight percent (8 %) of his or her
Salary. Member contributions withheld by the City on behalf of the
Member shall be deposited with the Board immediately after each pay
period. The contributions made by each Member to the Fund shall be
designated as employer contributions pursuant to §414(h) of the Code.
Such designation is contingent upon the contributions being excluded
from the Members' gross income for Federal Income Tax purposes. For
all other purposes of the System, such contributions shall be considered to
be Member contributions.
Citv Contributions.
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So long as this System is in effect, the City shall make quarterly contributions to
the Fund in an amount equal to the required City contribution, as shown by the applicable
actuarial valuation of the System but in any event, not less than twelve percent 12 %) of the
payroll of the bargaining unit Members
SECTION 4 . That Ordinance No. 2010 -019, adopting the amended and restated City of
Ocoee Municipal Police Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement Trust Fund, as subsequently
amended, is hereby further amended by amending Section 6, Benoit Amounts and Eligibility,
subsection 2., Normal Retirement Benefit, to read as follows:
Normal Retirement Benefit
A Member retiring hereunder on or after his or her normal retirement date shall
receive a monthly benefit which shall commence on the first day of the month coincident with or
next following his or her Retirement and be continued thereafter during Member's lifetime,
ceasing upon death, but with one hundred twenty (120) monthly payments guaranteed in any
event. The monthly retirement benefit shall equal three and one -half percent (3.5 %) of Average
Final Compensation, for each year of Credited Service, Lip to a maximum benefit not to exceed
ninety-one percent (91 %) of Av erage Final Compensation of the Member hired on or after
October 1. 2012.
SECTION 5 . That Ordinance No. 2010 -019, adopting the amended and restated City of
Ocoee Municipal Police Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement Trust Fund, as subsequently
amended, is hereby further amended by amending Section 8, Disability, subsection 1., Disability
Benefits In -Line of Duty, and subsection 3., Disability Benefits Not -In -Line of Duty, to read as
follows:
Disability Benefits In -Line of Dutv
Any Member who shall become totally and permanently disabled to the extent
that he or she is unable, by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment, to
render useful and efficient service as a Police Officer or Firefighter, which disability was directly
caused by the performance of his or her duty as a Police Officer or Firefighter, shall, upon
establishing the same to the satisfaction of the Board, be entitled to a monthly pension equal to
three and one -half percent (3.5 %) of his or her Average Final Compensation multiplied by the
total years oil' Credited Service up to a maximum benefit not to exceed ninety-one percent 91 %)
of Average Final Compensation of the Member hired on or after October 1. 2012 but in any
event the minimum amount paid to the Member shall be forty -two percent (42 %) of the Average
Final Compensation of the Member. Terminated persons, either vested or non- vested, are not
eligible for disability benefits, except that those terminated by the City for medical reasons may
apply for a disability within thirty (30) days after termination.
Disability Benefits Not -In -Line of Duty.
Any Member with ten (10) years or more Credited Service who shatt become
totally and permanently disabled to the extent that he or she is unable, by reason of a medically
determinable physical or mental impairment, to render useful and efficient service as a Police
Officer or Firefighter, which disability is not directly caused by the performance of his or her
duties as a Police Officer or Firelighter shall, upon establishing the same to the satisfaction of the
Board, be entitled to a monthly pension equal to three and one -half percent (3.5 %) of his or her
Average Final Compensation multiplied by the total years of Credited Service up to a maximum
benefit not to exceed ninety-one percent (91%) of Average Final Compensation of Member
hired on or after October 1, 2012 Terminated persons, either vested or non - vested, are not
eligible for disability benefits, except that those terminated by the City for medical reasons may
apply for a disability within thirty (30) days after termination.
SECTION 6 . That Ordinance No. 2010 -019, adopting the amended and restated City of
Ocoee Municipal Police Officers' and Firefighters' Retirement Trust Fund, as subsequently
amended, is hereby further amended by amending Section 27, Deferred Retirement Option Plan,
subsection 3. Funding, to read as follows:
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2.1).(2), a Member's
DROP Account under this subsection 3.B. shall be debited or
credited after each fiscal year quarter with either:
(a) For Members who enter the DROP prior to October 1,
2012, i nterest at an effective rate of six and one -half
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percent (6.5 %) per annum compounded monthly on the
prior month's ending balance;
For Memb who enter the DROP on or after October 1,
2012 interest at an effective rate of two percent (2 %) per
anmun compounded monthly on the prior month's en ding
balance or
(b) Earnings, determined as follows:
The average daily balance in a Member's DROP Account
shall be credited or debited at a rate equal to the actual net
rate of' investment return realized by the System for that
quarter. "Net investment return" for the purpose of this
paragraph is the total return of the assets in which the
Member's DROP Account is invested by the Board net of
brokerage commissions, transaction costs and management
fees.
Upon electing participation in the DROP, the Member shall elect
to receive either interest or earnings on his account to be
determined as provided above. The Member may, in writing, elect
to change his election only once during his DROP participation.
An election to change must be made prior to the end of a quarter
and shall be effective beginning the following quarter.
SECTION 7 . Repeal of Ordinances All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 8 . Severabilit In the event any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word of this ordinance shall be held invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, then such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions hereof.
SECTION 9 . Fff Date This ordinance shall take effect upon second reading and
adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this �--� y
da of �� t , 2013.
ATTEST:
Bet i _,ik-enbcrry, City Clem
APPROVED:
CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
C
By:
S. Scott Vander-rift, Mayor
(S 1 L)
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ADVERTISED ]
READ FIRST TIM � 13
B READ SECOND TIME AADD ADOPT -.D
FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY
THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LFGALITY
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THIS n day of bpf, 2013.
CHRISTIANSEN & DI INER, P.A.
Special Counsel
By: /44ZDJ�'�,
APPROVED BY THE OCOEE CITY
COMMISSION AT A MEETING HELD
ON _1 ,2013 UNDER
AGENDA' ITEM NO. __"
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