[HISTORY: Adopted by the City
Commission of the City of South Pasadena 12-18-1984 by Ord. No. 84-23
as Ch. 16 of the 1984 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is hereby declared to be the policy and purpose
of the city to extend, effective as of March 1, 1961, to the employees
and officials thereof, not excluded by law, nor excepted herein, the
benefits of the system of old-age and survivor's insurance as authorized
by the Federal Social Security Act and amendments thereto, and by
Chapter 650 of the Florida Statutes, as amended; and to cover by such
plan all services which constitute employment as defined in F.S. § 650.02,
performed in the employ of the city by employees and officials thereof,
except elected officials, part-time employees and professional personnel
on a fee basis.
There is hereby excluded from this Article any authority to include in any agreement entered into under § 46-3 hereof any services, position, employee or official now covered by or eligible to be covered by an existing retirement system.
The Mayor (or other chief executive officer) is hereby authorized and directed to execute all necessary agreements and amendments thereto with the state, for the purpose of extending the benefits provided by the system of old-age and survivor's insurance to the employees and officials of this city as provided in §§ 46-1 and 46-2, which agreement shall provide for such methods of administration of the plan by the city as are found by the state to be necessary and proper, and shall be effective with respect to services in employment covered by such agreement performed on and after the first day of March 1961.
Withholding from salaries, wages or other compensation of employees and officials for the purpose provided in § 46-1 hereof are hereby authorized to be made and shall be:
There shall be appropriated from available funds,
derived from the general fund, such amounts at such times as may be
required to pay promptly the contributions and assessments required
of the city as employer by applicable 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 law and regulation.
The city shall keep such records and make such
reports as may be required by applicable state or federal laws or
regulations, and shall adhere to the regulations of the state agency.
The city does hereby adopt the terms, conditions,
requirements, reservations, benefits, privileges and other conditions
thereunto appertaining, of Title II of the Social Security Act, as
amended, for and on behalf of all officers and employees of its departments
and agencies to be covered under the agreement.
A.
The Director of Finance is hereby designated the custodian
of all sums withheld from the compensation of officers and employees
and of the appropriated funds or the contribution of the city.
B.
The Director of Finance is hereby made the withholding
and reporting agent and charged with the duty of maintaining records
for the purposes of this Article.
[Amended 11-14-1995 by Ord. No. 95-11; 2-10-2015 by Ord. No.
2015-01]
The City of South Pasadena maintains several different pension
plans for the benefit of City employees. General employees shall be
all employees of the City, who are not required to be certified firefighters
(as defined in F.S. § 633.35)[1] as a condition of employment with the City. Nothing in
this article shall pertain to those City employees who are certified
firefighters, as a condition of their employment with the City.
[1]
Editor's Note: F.S. § 633.35 was renumbered
as F.S. § 633.408 and amended by Laws 2013, c. 2013-183,
§ 59, effective 7-1-2013.
All general employees shall be entitled to the benefits of the
Florida Retirement System. The City does hereby adopt the terms, conditions,
bylaws, benefits, and privileges pertaining to the Florida Retirement
System for and on behalf of City employees covered under this pension
plan. The City shall comply with all of the requirements and provisions
of Florida Statutes, Chapter 121, for those employees who are members
of the Florida Retirement System.
Employees hired between January 1, 1996, and March 1, 2015,
shall be permitted to elect to continue their participation in the
Florida Municipal Pension Trust Fund. Employees hired after March
1, 2015, shall not be entitled to participate in the Florida Municipal
Pension Trust Fund. The City shall comply with the terms, conditions,
bylaws, benefits and privileges pertaining to the Florida Municipal
Pension Trust Fund for and on behalf of City employees covered under
this pension plan in accordance with the provisions of any plan or
agreement governing the administration of the Florida Municipal Pension
Trust Fund.
A.
The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute all necessary
agreements and amendments thereto with the administrator of the Florida
Retirement System, which agreements shall provide for such methods
of administration of the plan by the City as are found by the administrator
of the Florida Retirement System to be necessary and proper.
B.
The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute all necessary
agreements and amendments thereto with the Florida Municipal Pension
Trust Fund.
A.
There shall be appropriated from available funds, derived from the
general fund, such amounts at such times as may be required to promptly
pay the contributions and assessments required of the City as an employer
by applicable state laws, or regulations, which shall be paid to the
lawfully designated administrator of the Florida Retirement System.
B.
There shall be appropriated from available funds, derived from the
general fund, such amounts as may be required to promptly pay defined
contributions and expense payments, required of the City as employer
and member of the Florida Municipal Pension Trust Fund, which shall
be paid to the lawfully designated administrator of the Florida Municipal
Pension Trust Fund.
A.
The Director of Finance is hereby designated the custodian of all the appropriated funds for the employer's contributions as provided in § 46-13 hereof.
B.
The Director of Finance is hereby made the withholding and reporting
agent, charged with the duty of maintaining records for the purposes
of this article.
C.
The Director of Finance shall keep such records and make such reports
as may be required by applicable state laws, regulations or agreements
for each of the two separate pensions systems.
