[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Birmingham as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-7-2014 by Ord. No. 14-02[1]]
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. I, Police Pension, adopted 8-6-2001 by Ord. No. 01-12.
Birmingham Township (the Township), being a member municipality of the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System (the System), hereby elects to amend its Police Pension Plan administered by the system in accordance with Article IV of the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law, 53 P.S. § 881.101 et seq. (Retirement Law), and does hereby agree to be bound by all the requirements and provisions of the Retirement Law and the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act, 53 P.S. § 895.101 et seq., and to assume all obligations, financial and otherwise, placed upon member municipalities.
As part of this article, the Township agrees that the system shall administer and provide the benefits set forth in the amended Police Pension Plan Contract entered into between the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Board and the Township effective January 1, 2014 (the contract).
The passage and adoption of this article by the Township is an official acceptance of the contract and the financial obligations resulting from the administration of the contract.
Payment for any obligation established by the adoption of this article and the contract shall be made by the Township in accordance with the Retirement Law and the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act. The Township hereby assumes all liability for any unfundedness created due to the benefit structure set forth in the contract.
The Township intends this article to be the complete authorization of the contract and it shall become effective and specifically repeal Ordinance No. 01-12 either immediately or on January 1, 2014, which is the effective date of the contract, whichever is later.