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HomeMy WebLinkAbout408 08-24-1971ORDINANCE NO. 408 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS FUND OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM BY ALL DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT WHICH NOW PARTICIPATE IN THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF THE CIT.Y_'S CONTRIBUTIONS ON ACCOUNT OF SUCH PARTICIPATION. WHEREAS, the governing body of the City of Euless, Texas has here- tofore elected to have the employees of all departments of the city government participate in the Texas Municipal Retirement System (such departments being hereinbefore called "participating departments "), and WHEREAS, Chapter 312, Acts Regular Session, 56th Legislature pro- vides for establishment in said System of a Supplemental Benefits Fund to provide for additional disability benefits for service connected dis- abilities, and WHEREAS, the governing body of the City of Euless, Texas finds that it will be in the public interest to provide for participation of employees of such departments in said Supplemental Benefits Fund; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS: The City of Euless, Texas, by its City Council hereby elects to have the employees of all participating departments of said city (as above defined) participate in and be covered by the Supplemental Benefits Fund of the Texas Municipal Retirement System, as provided by Chapter 312, Acts Regular Session, 56th Legislature; and all the benefits and obliga- tions of participation in said Fund are hereby accepted by the city as to such employees. 2. The City Secretary is hereby directed to notify the Board of Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System that the City of Euless, Texas, has elected to participate and have the employees of the above mentioned departments participate in the Supplemental Benefits Fund of said System. 3. Each person who becomes an employee of any participating department on or after the effective date of participation of such department in said ITEM II Council Minutes August 24, 1971 Fund shall as a condition of his employment be covered into the Supple- mental Benefits Fund of said System. The City of Euless, Texas, may in the future refuse to add new departments or new employees to said Fund, but shall never discontinue as to any members who are covered into the Fund. 4. The City Secretary is hereby directed to remit monthly to the Board of Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System at its office in Austin, Texas, as the City's contributions to the Supplemental Benefits Fund of the Texas Municipal Retirement System, such percentage of earnings of the above - mentioned employees of said city as may be fixed by the Board of Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System, provided that the rate of contribution to said Fund shall not exceed one -half of one per - centum (1/2 %) of the earnings of the employees of said city who are covered under said Fund; and such official shall make for the City such reports as the Board of Trustees of the Texas Municipal Retirement System may prescribe. 5. Participation of the above - mentioned employees in the Supplemental Benefits Fund shall be effective at the beginning of the second month after final adoption of this ordinance by the City Council. PRESENTED AND GIVEN FIRST READING on the 10th day of August, 1971, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas; and given Second Reading, passed and approved on the 24th day of August , 1971, by a vote of 5 ayes and 0 nays at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas. ATTEST: o� City Secretary APPROVED: YOR PRO TEM