Item 3c-1. Proposed Ordinance December 12, 2019ORDINANCE NO. ____
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE
FURTHER AMENDING THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE
MUNICIPAL FIREFIGHTERS’ PENSION FUND, ADOPTED
PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE 889, AS SUBSEQUENTLY
AMENDED; AMENDING SECTION 8, DISABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Okeechobee Firefighter employees are presently provided
pension and certain other benef its under Ordinances of the City of Okeechobee; and
WHEREAS, it becomes necessary from time to time to amend said ordinances in
order to clarify or restate certain prov isions of the ordinance, or to enact amendments to
comply with revised Federal regulations;
NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained before the City Council of the City of
Okeechobee, Florida; presented at a duly advertised public meeting; and passed by
majority vote of the City Council; and properly executed by the Mayor or designee, as Chief
Presiding Officer for the City:
SECTION 1:That the City of Okeechobee Municipal Firefighters’ Pension Fund,
adopted pursuant to Ordinance No. 889, as subsequently amended, is hereby further
amended by amending Section 8, Disability, subsection 2., In-Line of Duty Presumptions
by adding subsection 2.C., Firef ighter Cancer Presumption, to read as f ollows:
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C.Firefighter Cancer Presumption.
The presumption provided for in this paragraph C. shall apply only to
"cancer", as defined in F.S. § 112.1816(1)(a), as amended from time to time.
Any Member who becomes totally and permanently unable to perform useful
and efficient service as a Firefighter due to a diagnosis of cancer or
circumstances that arise out of the treatment of cancer will be conclusively
presumed to be disabled in-line of duty.
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SECTION 2: Specific authority is hereby granted to codify and incorporate this
Ordinance in the existing Code of Ordinances of the City of Okeechobee.
SECTION 3: All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith be and the
same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase of this ordinance,
or the particular application thereof shall be held invalid by any court, administrative
agency, or other body with appropriate jurisdiction, the remaining section, subsection,
sentences, clauses, or phrases under application shall not be af fected thereby.
SECTION 5: That this Ordinance shall becom e effective upon adoption.
Introduced on first reading and set for public hearing this ____ day of
_________________, 2020.
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Dowling W atford, Jr., Mayor
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ATTEST:
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Lane Gamiotea, City Clerk
Passed on second reading after public hearing this _____ day of
_________________, 2020.
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Dowling W atford, Jr., Mayor
ATTEST:
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Lane Gamiotea, City Clerk
APPROVED FOR LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
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John R. Cook, City Attorney
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