0968 OUA Retirement System
ORDINANCE NO. 968
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE IN AND FOR THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE AND
OKEECHOBEE UTILITY AUTHORITY EMPLOYEES' RETI~EMENT SYSTEM,
ADOPTED PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 828; AMENDING SECTION 2,
MEMBERSHIP; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY
OF PROVISIONS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is ordained before the City Council for 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 and Okeechobee Utility Authority Employees' Retirement
System, adopted pursuant to Ordinance No. 828, Section 2, Membership, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
SECTION 2. MEMBERSHIP.
Conditions of Eligibility.
A. All General Employees as of the Effective Date, and all future new General
Employees, shall become Members of this System as a condition of
employment.
B. Notwithstanding the previous paragraph, the current City Administrator and
any future City Administrator or Administrative Assistant and the current or
future Executive Director of the Okeechobee Utility Authority may, in the
event he has elected to participate in another pension program, within the
first sixty (60) days of his employment as City Administrator or Administrative
Assistant or Executive Director, notify the Board and the City of Okeechobee
(with respect to the City Administrator or Administrative Assistant) or the
Okeechobee Utility Authority (with respect to the Executive Director), in
writing, of his election to not be a Member of the System. In the event of any
such election, he shall be barred from future membership in the System.
C. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the current City
Administrator as of April 1, 2001, may, in the event he has elected to
participate in another pension program on or before June 1, 2001, notify the
Board and the City of Okeechobee, in writing, of his election to opt out of the
System. In the event of such election, the Board shall refund the
Accumulated Contributions to the City Administrator and he shall be barred
from future membership in the System.
D. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary. any current elected
official who is a member of the System may elect. in writing. within thirty (30)
days of the adoption of the ordinance adopting this paraaraph. to discontinue
membership and opt out of the System. In the event of such election. the
Board shall refund all Accumulated Contributions and the elected official
shall be barred from future membership in the System.
E.
Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary. any future elected
official may. within sixty (60) days of taking office. elect to discontinue
membership in the System and receive the return of all Accumulated
Contributions. In the event of such election. the elected official shall be
barred from future membership in the System.
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SECTION 2.
All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 3.
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 affected thereby.
SECTION 4.
That this Ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.
INTRODUCED for first reading and set for final public hearing this 2nd day of January, 2007.
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James E. Kirk, Mayor
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Lane Gamibtea, CMC, City Clerk
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PASSED and ADOPTED on second and final public hearing this 16th day of January, 2007.
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REVIEWED FOR LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
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