[Adopted 12-14-1964 by Ord. No. 755; amended
in its entirety 3-10-2008 by Ord. No. 2718; 6-13-2022 by Ord. No. 3271]
Whitehall 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 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 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).[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The pension plan agreement
is on file in the Township offices.
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.
