[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Washington as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-12-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-06]
Washington Township (the Township), being a member municipality
of the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System (the System), hereby
elects to amend its Municipal 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
Municipal Pension Plan Contract entered into between the Pennsylvania
Municipal Retirement Board and the Township effective January 1, 2015
(the contract).
The passage and adoption of this article by the Township is
an official acceptance of 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 and it shall become effective and specifically repeal
Ordinance Number 2-2008 either immediately or on January 1, 2015,
which is the effective date of the contract, whichever is later.
A duly certified copy of this article and an executed contract
shall be filed with the System.
[Adopted 2-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-01]
Washington Township (the Township), having established a Nonuniform Pension
Plan administered by the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System
(the System), hereby elects to amend its Nonuniform 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
Nonuniform 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).
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.
