HomeMy WebLinkAbout78-2200 ordOrdinance No. 78-2200
.AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 55-655 AND PROVIDING
iFOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM
BY PERMANENT EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF PLAIN-VIEW, EXCEPT
EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ME_NiBERS OF THE TEXAS FIREMEN RELIEF
.AND RETIREMENT FUND.
WHEREAS, the Constitution of the State of Texas was amended
on November 7, 1944, by the addition of Section 51-f, Article
III, which authorized the Legislature to establish a statewide re-
tirement and disability and pension system for city employees;
and
WHEREAS, Chapter 75, Acts 50th Legislature (1947), as amended
by Chapter 24, Acts Regular Session 51st Legislature (Vernon's
Annotated Civil Stats., Art. (6243H) established the Texas Municipal
Retirement System, and authorizes the governing body of each city
or town to elect, at its option, to have one or more of the city
departments participate in such system; and
WttEREAS, the City of Plainview, Texas, by Ordinance No. 643,
passed the 4th day of April, 1955, elected to have and did have
the Police Department employees, the Department of the City
Treasurer employees, and the Department of the Building Inspector
employees participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement System;
and
WHEREAS, the governing body of the City of Plainview, Texas,
finds that it will be in the public interest for the City to have
all of its permanent employees, except the employees that are
members of the Texas Firemen Relief and Retirement Fund partici-
pate in the Texas Municipal Retirement System and to include all
of its employees in said system, except employees that are members
of the Texas Firemen Relief and Retirement Fund as well as those
already included in the Texas Municipal Retirement System as
above stated, now, therefore;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That on behalf of the City of Plainview, Texas,
the City Council hereby exercises its option and elects to have
the City and all of its permanent employees of all departments,
excePt employees that are members of Texas Firemen Relief and
Retirement Fund, participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement
System as provided in Chapter 75, Acts of the 50th Legislature,
as amended, being Article 6243H of Vernon's Annotated Civil
Statutes; and all of the benefits and obligations of such system
are hereby accepted.
Section 2o That the City Manager is hereby directed to notify
the Board of Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System
that the City of Plainview, Texas, has elected to participate and
have all of its departments, including those which may be added
in the future, to participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement
System.
Section 3. Each person who becomes an employee of any parti-
cipating department on or after the effective date of participation
of such department shall be included within and subject to the
provisions of the Texas Municipal Retirement System beginning
upon the date such person becomes an "employee" as defined in
sub-section 14, Section II, of such system.
Section 4. That the City of Plainview, Texas, may in the-
future ref~use to add new departments or new employees to such
system but shall n~ver discontinue as to any participants.
Section 5. That the Director of Finance or City Clerk is
hereby directed to remit to the~Board of Trustees of the Texas
Municipal Retirement System, at its office in Austin, Texas,
the city's proper contributions to the system and the amounts
which shall be deducted from the compensation or payroll of the
employees, all as required by said Board under the provisions
of Chapter ~75f Acts of the 50th Legislature of the State of Texas,
as amended, and the 'said Director of Finance or City Clerk is
hereby authorized and directed to ascertain and certify officially
on behalf of the City of Plainview, Texas, the prior service
rendered to the said municipality by each of the employees of
the participating ~depar%ments, and the average prior service
co~penSa~!°n received by each, and to make and execute all
other ~eports and certificates, which may be required by the
City of Plainview, Texas, under the provisions of Chapter 24,
Acts Regular Session of~ 51st Legislature or the rules and regu-
lations of the Board of Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement
Sy~tem.
Passed and appr.o~ed this the i~5~ay of February, 1978.
City Clerk
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~/~. ~o~ert Way~a~ Mayor