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HomeMy WebLinkAbout647 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA RELATING TO FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE. ORDINANCE NO. fi:els? o An ordinance declaring the policy and purpose of the City of Sanford, Florida to extend to employees and officials of said City in the position of policemen, and not excluded by law, nor hereinafter excepted, the benefits of the system of Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance, as authorized by the Federal Social Security Act, and amendments thereto, upon the basis of applicable State and Federal laws or regulations; authorizing and directing the Mayor to execute agreements and amendments thereto with the State Agency authorized to enter into such agreements, subject to employee referendum, for coverage of said employees and officials, and to request such referendum; 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 or Federal laws or regulations; providing that the City shall appropriate and pay over employers' contributions, assessments, and referendum ccsts, as provided by applicable State or Federal laws or regulations; providing that said City shall keep records and make reports as required by applicable State or Federal laws or regulations; and providing that the effect of this ordinance shall cease if a majority of the eligible employees do not vote in favor of such coverage at such employee referendum. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA: SECTION 1: It is hereby declared to be the policy and purpose of the City of Sanford, FIorida to extend effective as of January 1, 1959, to employees and officials thereof in the position of policemen and not excluded by law nor excepted herein, the benefits of the system of Old Age and Survivors Insurance as authorized by the Federal Social Security Act and amendments thereto, by chapter 650, Florida Statutes, as amended; and to cover by such plan all of their services which constitute e~qployment as defined by Section 650.02 Florida Statutes, performed in the employment of said City, without exception. SECTION 2: The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute ail necessary agreements and amendments thereto with the State Agency, and to request the Governor to authorize an employee referendum, for the purpose of extending the benefits provided b~ the said system of Old Age and Survivors Insurance to the employees and officials of said City as specified in Section 1 hereof, which agreement shall provide for such benefits of administration of the plan by said City as are found by the State Agency to be necessary and proper, and, subject to employee referendum, shall be effective with respect to services in employment covered by such agreement performed on or after the first day of January, A. D. ][959. SECTION 3: Withholdings from salaries, wages or other compen- sation of employees and officials for the purposes provided in Section l 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 or Federal laws or regu- lations, and shall be paid over to the State Agency designated by said laws or regulations to receive such amounts. SECTION 4: There shah be appropriated from availabIe funds, derived from the general fund, such amounts, at such times, as may be required to pay promptly the contributions, assessments, and referendum costs required by the City as applicant for employer by State or Federal laws or regulations, which shall be paid over to the lawfully designated State Agency at the times and in the manner provided by Iaw and regulation. SECTION 5: The City shall keep such records and make such reports as may be required by applicable State or Federal laws or regu- lations, and shall adhere to the regulations of the St ate Agency. SECTION 6: The City does hereby adopt the terms, conditions, requirements, reservations, benefits, privileges and other conditions there- unto appertaining, of Title II of the Social Security Act as Amended, for and on behalf of all of its officers and employees to be covered under the agree- ment. SECTION 7: The finance director of the City is hereby designated the custodian of ali sums withheld from the compensation of officers and 2 employees and of the appropriated funds for the contribution of the City, and the finance director of said City is hereby made the withholding and reporting agent and charged with the duty of maintaining personnel records for the purposes of this Ordinance. SECTION 8: In the event that a majority of the eligible employees, as the term "eligible employee" is defined in Section 218(d)(3) of the Social Security Act, at a referendum held pursuant to the authority of this Ordinance, do not vote in favor of making applicable the coverage authorized herein, then the effect of this Ordinance shall immediately cease and determine, and the moneys withheld, if any, pursuant to Section 3 hereof, shall be refunded. SECTION 9: This Ordinance shall take effect upon its approval as required by law. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 9th day of June, A.D. 1958. Attest: City Clerk ~ City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida 3 CERTIFICATE I, H. N. Sayer, City Clerk of the City of Sanford, Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the fore- going Ordinance No. 6~7, PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 9th. day of June, 1958, was POSTED at the front door of the City Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, on the 10th. day of June, 1958.