[CC 1999 §2-211; Ord. No. 78-12 §4, 5-8-1978; Ord.
No. 2009-59 §1, 5-26-2009]
A. The City
of Chillicothe is a "political subdivision", as defined under the
Revised Statutes of Missouri and hereby elects to have covered by
the Missouri Local Government Employees Retirement System all its
eligible employees with one thousand five hundred (1,500) or more
hours of annual employment and to cover under Benefit Program L-1
such employees as described in the following Sections:
1. Present
and future general employees (neither "Policemen" nor "Firemen" as
defined by Revised Statutes of Missouri).
2. Present
and future Firemen (as defined by Revised Statutes of Missouri).
3. Present
and future Policemen (as defined by Revised Statutes of Missouri).
B. The City
hereby elects that one hundred percent (100%) of prior employment
be considered for prior service credit in computing benefits and contributions
to the system.
C. The City
Clerk, with the assistance of the City Auditor, are hereby authorized
and directed to keep all records, forms and information of each employee
member pursuant to Revised Statutes of Missouri.
D. The City
auditor is hereby authorized and directed to have deducted from the
wages and salaries of each employee member, the member contributions
required by Revised Statutes of Missouri and to promptly remit the
deductions to the retirement system, together with the employer contributions
required by Revised Statutes of Missouri. Employees and employer contributions
are to be effective the first (1st) day of May, 1978.
E. The City
to adopt a change in the Benefit Program of covered employees, changing
to Benefit Program L-12 one and seventy-five hundredths percent (1.75%)
in accordance with Section 70.655, RSMo.