There is hereby established, pursuant to § 6-p of
the General Municipal Law, a reserve fund to be known as the "Employee
Benefit Accrued Liability Reserve Fund."
There shall be paid into such fund account:
A. Such amounts as may be provided by budgetary appropriations on an
annual basis;
B. Amounts, if any, from any other fund authorized by General Municipal
Law by resolution subject to permissive referendum; and
C. Such other funds as may be legally appropriated for such account.
The Town Board of the Town of Ogden or the Finance Director
of the Town of Ogden, as authorized by the Town Board, may invest
the monies in such fund in the manner provided for by § 11.00
of Article 2 of the General Municipal Law. Any and all interest earned
or capital gain realized on the money so deposited or invested shall
accrue to and become a part of such fund. Further, the Finance Director
shall account for this fund separate and apart from all other funds
of the Town. Such accounting shall be in such detail as provided for
pursuant to § 6-p, Subdivision 5, of the General Municipal
Law.
All actions or claims for accrued employee benefits from such
fund shall be compromised or settled by the Town Board of the Town
of Ogden, and all expenditures from such fund shall be made for the
payment of all or part of the cost, including interest, of the cash
payment of the monetary value of accumulated or accrued unused sick
leave, holiday leave, vacation leave, time allowance granted in lieu
of overtime, compensation or other forms of payment for accrued leave
time and benefits due to a municipal employee upon termination of
municipal employment and separation from service as required by ordinance,
local law, collective bargaining agreement or § 6 of the
Civil Service Law. There shall further be allowed, as an expenditure
from such fund, the reasonable cost of the administration of the fund,
together with expert or professional services rendered in connection
with investigation adjustment or settlement of claims, actions or
judgments relating to claims for accrued employee benefits. No member
of the Town Board shall authorize withdrawal or expenditure from such
fund for any purpose except as provided for, pursuant to § 6-p
of the General Municipal Law.
If, in the future, the Town Board shall determine that such
Employee Benefit Accrued Liability Reserve Fund is no longer needed,
the funds remaining on hand may be transferred in accordance with
the provisions of § 6-p, Subdivision 9, of the General Municipal
Law.