[Adopted 1-14-2008 by Ord. No. 1965[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. III, Nonuniformed Employees Pension, adopted 4-11-2005 by Ord. No. 1904, as amended.
Greensburg City, being a member municipality of the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System, hereby elects to change its member benefits in that system as authorized by the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law, Act 15 of 1974, as amended, and does hereby agree to be bound by all the requirements and provisions of said Article and the Law, as the case may be, and to assume all obligations, financial and otherwise, placed upon member municipalities. All references hereafter shall be based on benefits negotiated between the Board and the municipality under the provisions of Article IV of the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law.
Membership in the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System shall be mandatory for all full-time municipal employees of the City. Membership for elected officials, part-time employees not currently members, and employees hired on a temporary or seasonal basis is prohibited, as is membership for individuals paid only on a fee basis.
[Amended 3-13-2023 by Ord. No. 2147]
Credit for prior service for original member is granted for each year or partial year thereof that the member was employed by the City from original date of hire or the expiration of the member’s probationary period if one so existed. Benefits provided to members in the PMRS Agreement, dated November 1, 2020, shall accrue based on all credited service granted and earned in accordance with this section.
Payment for any obligation established by the adoption of this article and the agreement between the Board and Greensburg City shall be made by the City in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law and Act 205 of 1984, the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act.[1]
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 881.101 et seq. and 53 P.S. § 895.101 et seq., respectively.
[Amended 3-13-2023 by Ord. No. 2147]
As part of this article, the City agrees that the system shall provide the benefits set forth in the PMRS Agreement, dated November 1, 2020. The passage and adoption of this article by Greensburg City is an official acceptance of said agreement and the financial obligations resulting from the administration of said benefit package. Greensburg City hereby assumes all liability for any unfundedness created or which may be created due to the acceptance of the benefit structure outlined in the above-referenced agreement.
[Amended 3-13-2023 by Ord. No. 2147]
Greensburg City intends this article, and the PMRS Agreement, dated November 1, 2020, to be the complete authorization of the City’s municipal pension plan. The previous agreements and all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with this article are hereby repealed.
[Amended 3-13-2023 by Ord. No. 2147]
A duly certified copy of this article and the referenced agreement shall be filed with the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Membership for the municipal employees of Greensburg City in the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System shall be effective the first day of May 1968, with the revised plan structure reflected in the agreement dated and effective November 1, 2020.