[R.O. 2010 §100.020; Ord. No. 230, 12-13-1976; Ord. No. 666, 3-25-2024]
A. 
The City of LaGrange, Missouri, is a "political subdivision," as defined in Section 70.600 through 70.760, RSMo., and hereby elects to have covered by the Missouri Local Government Employee 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-6 such employees of the following classes:
Present and future general employees (neither "Policemen" or "Firemen" as defined by Section 70.600, RSMo.).
B. 
Firemen (as defined by Section 70.600, RSMo.) present and future Firemen; Policemen (as defined by Section 70.600, RSMo.) present and future Policemen.
The City of LaGrange, Missouri, Council member 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 is hereby authorized and directed to deduct from the wages and salaries of each employee member the member contributions required by Section 70.705, RSMo., and to promptly remit the deductions to the Retirement System, together with the employer contributions required by Section 70.730, RSMo. Employee and employer contributions are to be effective January 3, 1977.
[R.O. 2010 §100.025; Ord. No. 312 §§1 — 3, 11-10-1986; Ord. No. 416 §§1 — 4, 3-11-2002; Ord. No. 530, 4-27-2009; Ord. No. 666, 3-25-2024]
A. 
The City of LaGrange, Missouri, hereby elects the following:
1. 
To adopt no change in the contributions from covered employees, keeping the requirement of no contributions of Sections 70.705 and 70.730, RSMo., and to hereby elect to refund any and all accumulated member contributions resulting from employment with the City in accordance with Section 70.707, RSMo.
2. 
To adopt no change in the method of determining a member employee's final average salary, keeping with the thirty-six (36) consecutive-month period for determining a member employee's final average salary in accordance with Sections 70.600 and 70.656, RSMo.
3. 
To adopt a change in retirement age provision of covered employees, changing to Benefit Program L-6 (2.0%).
4. 
To adopt no change in retirement age provision of covered employees, keeping to member employee's option of retirement upon attaining minimum service retirement age.
[R.O. 2010 §100.060; Ord. No. 103]
A. 
It is hereby declared to be the policy and purpose of the City of LaGrange, Missouri, to extend at the earliest date, to all eligible employees and officials of said City who are not excluded by law or this Chapter, and whether employed in connection with a governmental or proprietary function of said City, the benefits of the system of Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance as authorized by Social Security Act Amendments of 1950 and by Senate Committee Substitutes for Senate Bill No. 3 of the 66th General Assembly of the State of Missouri Amendments thereof as the same may be now and hereinafter in effect.
B. 
The Mayor and City Clerk of the City of LaGrange, Missouri, are hereby authorized and directed on behalf of this City to prepare, execute and submit to the office of Administration Division of Accounting of the State of Missouri as State agency of the State of Missouri a plan and agreement for extending said benefits to said eligible employees and officials of the City of LaGrange in the form prepared by the State agency and hereby approved and adopted by the City Council of this City, which plan and agreement are to become effective with approval thereof by the State agency and are further authorized and directed to execute agreements and modifications and amendments thereof with said agency, providing for the extension of said benefits to said employees and officials as set forth in said plan and agreement as provided for in Subsection (A) hereby, said plan and agreement to provide that said extension of benefits is to be effective on January 1, 1951.
C. 
Commencing on the first (1st) day of the month following the date of the approval of the plan and agreement of this City by the State agency, there shall be deducted from the wages of all employees and officials of the City of LaGrange, Missouri, to whom the benefits of said system of Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance are extended, by virtue of the plan and agreement herewithbefore provided for, the amount of each of said employees' and officials' contributions, as determined by the applicable State and Federal law and by said plan and agreement, the aggregate amount of said deductions to be paid into the Contributions Fund created by Senate Committee Substitutes for Senate Bill No. 3 of the 66th General Assembly of the State of Missouri, provided however, that from the first (1st) payment of wages made to each of said employees and officials after the benefits of said system have been extended to such employees and officials, there shall be deducted a sum equal to the amount which would have been due and payable from each of said employees and officers had said extension of benefits been provided and effective on January 1, 1951.
D. 
Commencing on the first (1st) day of the month following the date of the approval of the plan and agreement of this City by the State agency, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the General Fund of the City of LaGrange, Missouri, and there is and shall be appropriated the sum or sums of money necessary to pay the contributions of the City of LaGrange, Missouri, which shall be due and payable by virtue of the extension of the benefits of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance System to the eligible employees and officials of said City, said sum or sums of money to be paid into the Contribution Fund created by Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 3 of the 66th General Assembly of the State of Missouri; provided however, that in making the first (1st) payment to said Contribution Fund, after the benefits of said system have been extended to such employees and officials, said first (1st) payment shall include a sum equal to the amount which would have been due and payable had said extension of benefits been provided and effective on January 1, 1951. The fund from which said appropriation is made will, at all times, be sufficient to pay the contribution of the City by this Section directed to be paid to said Contribution Fund.
E. 
The City of LaGrange, Missouri, from and after the approval of the plan and agreement of this City by the State agency shall fully comply with and shall keep such records, make such reports and provide such methods of administration of said plan and agreement as may be required by all applicable State and Federal Laws, rules and regulations, now and hereafter in effect with respect to the extension of the benefits of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance System to the employees and officials of this City, for the purpose of administrating said plan and agreement. The City Clerk of this City shall be the official who shall make all required reports, keep all records, and be responsible for the administering of said plan and agreement on behalf of this City, and any and all notices and communications from the State Agency to this City with respect to said plan and agreement shall be addressed to "City Clerk, LaGrange, Missouri".