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Meeting Date: 02/07/06
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Subject: Approval of changes to the City of Ocoee Municipal General Employees' Retirement Trust Fund.
2nd Reading and Public Hearing of Ordinance
Background Summary:
The Pension Board for the City of Ocoee Municipal General Employees' Retirement Trust Fund is governed
by ordinance.
Issue:
The General Employees' Pension Board has made recommendations to change the ordinance to allow
participation from the City Manager and Assistant City Manager. In addition, it removes reference to
Directors by specific title thereby allowing for participation of new director positions as authorized in the
yearly budget process.
Recommendations
Staff recommends the Commission adopt the Pension Board changes as amended for the City of Ocoee
General Employees' Retirement Trust Fund on the first reading.
Attachments:
Attached is the Ordinance pertaining to the recommended changes.
Financial Impact:
None
Type of Item:
o Public Hearing
1ZI Ordinance First Reading
o Ordinance First Reading
o Resolution
o Commission Approval
o Discussion & Direction
For Clerk's DeDi Use:
o Consent Agenda
o Public Hearing
o Regular Agenda
o Original Document/Contract Attached for Execution by City Clerk
o Original Document/Contract Held by Department for Execution
Reviewed by City Attorney
Reviewed by Finance Dept.
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ORDINANCE NO.' _
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA,
RELATING TO THE CITY OF OCOEE MUNICIPAL
GENERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT TRUST FUND,
ADOPTED AND RESTATED IN FULL BY ORDINANCE
NUMBER 96-19; AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED; IS
HEREBY FURTHER AMENDED BY AMENDING
SECTION 1, DEFINITIONS BY AMENDING THE
DEFINITION OF "GENERAL EMPLOYEE"; AMENDING
SECTION 2, MEMBERSHIP; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SECTION 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. 96-19, adopting the amended and restated City of
Ocoee Municipal General Employees' Retirement Trust Fund, as subsequently amended, is
hereby further amended by amending Section 1, Definitions by amending the definition of
"General Employee", to read as follows:
General Employee means any actively employed person in the regular full-time service of
the City, including those in their initial probationary employment period, but not including
certified police officers and certified firefighters, employed by the City. For purposes of this
System, the City Manager, "^...ssistant City Manager and City f...ttorney shall not be deemed
General Employees, and, therefore, shall not be Members of tho System.
SECTION 3: That Ordinance No. 96-19, adopting the amended and restated City of
Ocoee Municipal General Employees' Retirement Trust Fund, as subsequently amended, is
hereby further amended by amending Section 2, Membership, to read as follows:
SECTION 2. MEMBERSHIP.
1. Conditions of Eligibility.
Subject to A. of this subsection, all General Employees as of the Effective Date,
and all future new General Employees, shall become Members of this System as a condition of
employment.
A. The following employees, howc'/er, may, within ninety (90) days of his or
her employment, may notify the Board and the city of his or her election not to be a member of
the System. Thereupon, it shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to refund, from the Fund,
the full amount without interest, withheld from such employee's salary and deposited in the
Fund. Thenceforward, no withholding shall be made from his or her salary and all employees
who have given such notice shall be banned from participating in the System. The employees
who are eligible to opt out of the System are: City Manager. Assistant City Manager and
Directors.
at Finance Director
bj Public '.1./ orks Director
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et City Engineer
dj Personnel and Human Relations Director
ej Planning Director
;f) City Clerk
gt Chief Building Official
fit Administrative Services Director
2. Membership.
Each General Employee shall complete a form prescribed by the Board providing
for the designation of a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries.
SECTION 4. Severability of Provisions. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase of this ordinance, or the particular application thereof shall be held invalid by any
court, administrative agency, or other body with appropriate jurisdiction, the remaining
section, subsection, sentences, clauses, or phrases under application shall not be affected
thereby.
SECTION 5. Repeal of Ordinances. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 6. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect upon adoptions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _ day of ,2005.
APPROVED:
ATTEST: CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
By:
Beth Eikenberry, City Clerk S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor
(SEAL)
ADVERTISED ,2005
READ FIRST TIME ,2005
READ SECOND TIME AND ADOPTED
,2005
FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY
THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
THIS _ day of , 2005
CHRISTIANSEN & DEHNER, P.A.
Special Counsel
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