[Ord. No. 2/10/2000, §§ 1-7; as amended 3/11/2010]
Montour Township (the Township), being a member municipality
of the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System (the System), hereby
elects to change its police pension benefits in that System as authorized
by the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law, Act 15 of 1974, 53 P.S. § 881.101
et seq., as amended, and does hereby agree to be bound by all the
requirements and provisions of said Law, and to assume all obligations,
financial and otherwise, placed upon member municipalities. All references
hereafter shall be based on benefits negotiated between the Pennsylvania
Municipal Retirement Board (the Board) and the Township under the
provisions of Article IV of the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement
Law.
[Ord. No. 2/10/2000, §§ 1-7; as amended 3/11/2010]
Membership in the System shall be mandatory for all full-time
police officers of the Township. Membership for elected officials,
part-time officers, and employees hired on a temporary or seasonal
basis is prohibited, as is membership for individuals paid only on
a fee basis.
[Ord. No. 2/10/2000, §§ 1-7; as amended 3/11/2010]
Credit for prior service for original members is granted for
each year or partial year thereof that the member was employed by
the Township from original date of hire or the expiration of the member's
probationary period if one so existed. Benefits provided to members
in the Agreement dated March 11, 2010 (the Agreement), shall accrue
based on all credited service granted and earned in accordance with
this section.
[Ord. No. 2/10/2000, §§ 1-7; as amended 3/11/2010]
Payment for any obligation established by the adoption of this
Part and the Agreement between the System and the Township shall be
made by the Township in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipal
Retirement Law, 53 P.S. § 881.101 et seq., and Act 205 of
1984, the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act,
53 P.S. § 895.101 et seq.
[Ord. No. 2/10/2000, §§ 1-7; as amended 3/11/2010]
As part of this Part, the Township agrees that the System shall
provide the benefits set forth in the Agreement. The passage and adoption
of this Part by Township is an official acceptance of said Agreement
and the financial obligations resulting from the administration of
said benefit package. The Township hereby assumes all liability for
any unfundedness created or which may be created due to the acceptance
of the benefit structure outlined in the above-referenced Agreement.
[Ord. No. 2/10/2000, §§ 1-7; as amended 3/11/2010]
The Township intends this Part to be the complete authorization
of the Township's police pension plan and it shall become effective
and specifically repeal the Ordinance dated February 10, 2000, either
immediately or on January 1, 2010, which is the effective date of
the amended Agreement, whichever is later.
[Ord. No. 2/10/2000, §§ 1-7; as amended 3/11/2010]
A duly certified copy of this Part and the referenced Agreement
shall be filed with the System of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Membership for the police pension plan of the Township in the System
shall be effective the first day of July, 1990, with the revised plan
structure reflected in the Agreement effective the first day of January
2010.
