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Township of Warwick, PA
Lancaster County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Warwick as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Salaries and compensation — See Ch. 70.
[Adopted 2-19-2020 by Ord. No. 292[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded former Art. I, Municipal Pension Plan, adopted 9-19-2012 by Ord. No. 255.
Warwick Township (the Township), having established a non-uniform pension plan administered by the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System (the system), hereby elects to amend its Non-Uniform Pension Plan[1] 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.
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Editor's Note: A complete copy of the plan is on file in the Township offices.
As part of this article, the Township agrees that the System shall administer and provide the benefits set forth in the amended Non-Uniform Pension Plan Document entered into between the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Board and the Township effective as of the date specified in the adoption agreement (the contract).
The Township acknowledges that by passage and adoption of this article, the Township officially accepts 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, as amended, and it shall become effective as of the date specified in the adoption agreement, which is the effective date of the contract, as amended.
A duly certified copy of this article and an executed contract shall be filed with the System.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former Art. II, Police Pension Plan, adopted 4-2-2003 by Ord. No. 200, consisting of §§ 40-8 through 40-11, as amended, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 12-19-2012 by Ord. No. 258. As stated in the ordinance, Res. No. 12-21-11-04 dissolved the Warwick Township Police Department, effective 12-31-2011, and, by Ord. No. 250, adopted 9-21-2011, Warwick Township joined in the creation of the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department, and, as further stated, various members of the Warwick Township Police Department were to be members of the Regional Department and to continue to receive pension benefits. Ordinance No. 258 also provided for the transfer of pension funds from the Warwick Township Police Pension Fund to the Regional Pension Fund. Complete copies of the ordinances and resolution are on file in the Township offices.