HomeMy WebLinkAbout1122 ORDINANCE NO. 1122
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD,
FLORIDA, RELATING TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE
FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
An ordinance declaring the policy and purpose of the
City of Sanford, Florida, after holding a referendum of eligible
officers and employees, to extend to the employees and officials
of said City of Sanford, Florida, not excluded by law, the benefits
of the Florida Retirement System, on the basis of applicable State
laws and amendments thereto, and rules and regulations; authorizing
and directing the mayor to execute agreements and amendments thereto
with the Department of Administration, for coverage of said employees
and officials; providing for withholding from salaries and wages
of employees and officials of said City so covered to be made and
paid over as provided by applicable State laws or regulations;
providing that said City shall appropriate and pay over employers'
contributions and assessments as provided by applicable State laws
or regulations; providing that said City shall keep records and
make reports as required by applicable State laws or regulations:
Be it Ordained by the City Commission of the City of
Sanford, Florida, as follows:
Section 1. It is hereby declared to be the policy and purpose
of the City of Sanford, Florida, to conduct a referendum on the
10th day of January, 1973, among eligible officers and employees
for the purpose of permitting said officers and employees to
elect to participate in the Florida Retirement System as authorized
by Chapter, 121, Florida Statutes, and amendments thereto, whereupon
all those officers and employees, except those excluded by law,
electing by affirmative vote in said referendum to participate in
the Florida Retirement System, shall become members of the Florida
Retirement System effective on the 1st day of May, 1973, and shall
participate thereafter during their employment, and those officers
and employees who elect not to participate in the Florida Retirement
System shall sign an appropriate rejection ballot which shall be
attached to and become a part of the agreement with the State for
providing coverage under the Florida Retirement System.
All officers and employees hired on and after the date of
the referendum shall be compulsory members of the Florida Retire-
ment System as of the effective date of participation in the
Florida Retirement System so stated herein.
Section 2. The mayor is hereby authorized and directed to
execute all necessary agreements and amendments thereto with the
Department of Administration for the purpose of extending the
benefits provided by the Florida Retirement System to the employees
and officials of this City as provided in Section 1 and 2 hereof,
which agreement shall provide for such methods of administration
of the plan by said City as are found by the Administrator of the
Florida Retirement System to be necessary and proper, and shall be
effective with respect to any employment covered by such agreement
for services performed on and after the 1st day of May, 1973.
Section 3. Withholding from salaries, wages, or other
compensation of employees and officials for the purpose provided
in Section 1 hereof are hereby authorized to be made, and shall be
made, in the amounts and at such times as may be required by applicable
State laws or regulations, and shall be paid over to the Administrator
designated by said laws or regulations to receive such amounts.
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Section 4. There shall be appropriated from available funds,
derived from general fund, of the City of Sanford, such amounts
and at such times as may be required to pay promptly the contri-
butions and assessments required of the City of Sanford, which
shall be paid over to the lawfully designated Administrator of
the Florida Retirement System at the times and in the manner
provided by law and regulation.
Section 5. The City of Sanford, Florida, shall keep such
records and make such reports as may be required by applicable
State laws or regulations, and shall adhere to all law and regu-
lations relating to the Florida Retirement System.
Section 6. The City Of Sanford, Florida, does hereby adopt
the terms, conditions, requirements, reservations, benefits,
privileges, and other conditions hereunto appertaining, of the
Florida Retirement System, for and on behalf of all officers and
employees of its departments and agencies to be covered under the
agreement.
Section 7. The Finance Director Of the City of Sanford,
Florida, is hereby designated the custodian of all sums withheld
from the compensation of officers and employees as authorized
herein and of the appropriated funds for the employer's contri-
butions as provided in Section 5 hereof. Also, the Finance
Director is hereby designated the withholding and reporting
agent and charged with the duty of maintaining records for the
purposes of this ordinance.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval
and publication as required by law.
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Passed and approved this 9th day of April , 1973.
Mayor, City of Sanford, Florida.
ATTEST: _
Clerk's Certificate
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of
Ordinance No. passed and approved the day of
, 1973, and that it has been published according
to law and is now in full force and effect.
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CERTIFICATE
I, H. N. Tamm, Jr., City Clerk of the City of San-
ford, Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy
of the foregoing Ordinance No. 1122, PASSED and ADOPTED by the
City Commission of the City Of Sanford, Florida, on the 9th
day of April, 1973, was POSTED at the front door of the City
Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 12th day of April,
1973.