[Ord. No. 92-80 §§1 — 3, 12-16-1992; Ord. No. 01-57 §4, 10-17-2001]
A. 
Each Employee who is a Participant in the Plan immediately prior to January 1, 1993, shall continue to be a Participant. Each other Employee shall become a Participant in this Plan on the first (1st) day of the month coinciding with or next following his date of employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no employee hired or rehired on or after January 1, 2012, shall become a Participant in the Plan.
[Ord. No. 13-01 §1, 1-2-2013]
B. 
An Employee may elect to not become an active Participant of the Plan upon delivery of such an election to the Plan Administrator prior to the time such Employee becomes an active Participant pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.01.
C. 
Any person on the payroll of a third (3rd) party with whom the Employer has contracted for the provision of said person's services shall not become a Participant. In addition, any person who pursuant to a written contract with the Employer that provides that he:
1. 
Is an independent contractor and not an employee, and
2. 
Waives participation in the Plan
shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan during the period such written contract is in effect. The Employer's employment classification of a person shall be binding and conclusive for all purposes of the Plan and shall remain in effect regardless of any contrary classification or reclassification of such person by any other person or entity, including without limitation, the Internal Revenue Service or a court of competent jurisdiction. Furthermore, such individual shall not earn Credited Service or Years of Service during the period in which the employee is excluded from participation.
[Ord. No. 92-80 §§1 — 3, 12-16-1992]
A Participant who has a Break in Service prior to the time he becomes vested in any portion of his Accrued Benefit shall again become an Active Participant in the Plan on the date that coincides with or next follows the date he subsequently resumes employment as an Employee, if the number of years of Credited Service prior to the Break in Service equals or exceeds the number of years of consecutive Breaks in Service.
[Ord. No. 92-80 §§1 — 3, 12-16-1992]
If a Participant has a Break in Service prior to vesting in any portion of his Accrued Benefit, Credited Service earned before such Break in Service shall not be taken into account unless the Participant resumes employment as an Employee within a number of years that is less than the number of years of Breaks in Service incurred.