Ordinance 06-2018 Retirement ORDINANCE NO. 06-2018
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
PALM BEACH, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING
CHAPTER 82 OF THE TOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES
RELATING TO PERSONNEL, AT ARTICLE II, EMPLOYEE
BENEFITS, DIVISION 2, RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AMENDING
SUBDIVISION I, IN GENERAL, BY AMENDING SECTION 82-53,
MEMBERSHIP; TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL
OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR
CODIFICATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Town of Palm Beach Retirement Plan has for many years
required part-time employees in positions that customarily require 20 or more hours of
work in a week to contribute to and participate in the Retirement Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Town has determined that it would be beneficial to increase the
minimum hours of work per week required for membership in the Retirement Plan to 35;
and
WHEREAS, this change is subject to collective bargaining for those Town
employees included in a bargaining unit represented by Professional
Firefighters/Paramedics Palm Beach County, Local 2928;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF PALM BEACH, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Code of Ordinances of the Town of Palm Beach is hereby
amended at Chapter 82, Personnel; Article II, Employee Benefits; Division 2, Retirement
System; Subdivision I, In General; by amending Section 82-53 to read as follows:
Sec. 82-53. - Membership; termination of membership.
(a) An individual who is employed by the town for personal service in a membership
position shall be a member of the retirement system. A membership position is a position
normally requiring 1,8501,0/10 or more hours of work in a fiscal year, except as provided
in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The following types of employment are not membership positions:
(1) Employment compensated on a contractual or a fee basis.
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(2) Employment while also a retirant.
(3) Employment in a position customarily requiring not more than 3520 hours of
work in a week; provided, employees in a bargaining unit represented by Professional
Firefighters/Paramedics Palm Beach County, Local 2928, employed in a position
customarily requiring not more than 20 hours of work in a week shall.continue to be
excluded from membership until the bargaining unit representative agrees to change the
hours of work requirement.
(4) Employment in a position customarily requiring not more than five months of
work in a fiscal year.
(c) A member who ceases to be employed in a membership position shall thereupon
cease to be a member.
Section 2. Severability.
If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can
be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end the
provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared severable.
Section 3. Repeal of Ordinances in Conflict.
All other ordinances of the Town of Palm Beach, Florida, or parts thereof which
conflict with this or any part of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 4. Codification.
This Ordinance shall be codified and made a part of the official Code of
Ordinances of the Town of Palm Beach.
Section 5. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval, as
provided by law.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED in a regular, adjourned session of the Town Council
of the Town of Palm Beach on first reading this 10th day of April, 2018, and for second
and final reading on this 8th day of May, 2018.
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yL.Conigho, Mayor Danielle H.Moore,Town Council President
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ATTEST: Lewis S.W. Cramp on,Town Council Member
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