[Adopted as Article 143 of the 1962 Codified Ordinances]
[Amended 4-5-1978 by Ord. No. 12300]
There is hereby created the Allentown Police Pension Fund Association, which shall have charge of the distribution of pensions and service increments to, and payments to widows or widowers and children of, members of the Police Pension Fund, and shall designate the beneficiaries thereof as herein directed.
[Amended 4-26-1972 by Ord. No. 11919; 3-8-2006 by Ord. No. 14377; 10-20-2009 by Ord. No. 14744; 2-15-2023 by Ord. No. 15873]
The Police Pension Fund Association shall consist of:
A. 
City officials: the Mayor, the City Finance Director and the City Controller, whose memberships shall be concurrent with their tenure of office.
B. 
City residents: four residents of the City which shall consist of:
(1) 
Two members to be chosen by the Mayor, concurrent with the Mayor's tenure of office.
(2) 
One member chosen by Council concurrent with a Council's two-year tenure.
(3) 
One member of whom shall be chosen by the City police, who shall serve for a period of three years or until their successors are named.
C. 
Police officers: four persons to be selected from among the police officers of the City, two who shall be selected in each year to serve for the period of two years, such selectees to be chosen by the officers and employees of the Police Bureau who have accepted the provisions of this article as hereinafter provided. In the event that the office of any of the selectees becomes vacant by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, his office shall be filled for its unexpired term by the officers and the employees of the Police Department by special election.
[Amended 3-16-1988 by Ord. No. 12835; 2-15-2023 by Ord. No. 15873]
The Mayor shall be the President, the City Controller the Secretary, and the City Finance Director shall be the Treasurer of the Police Pension Fund Association.
[Amended 4-26-1972 by Ord. No. 11932]
When a corporate trustee shall be appointed as hereinafter provided in § 75-68, the Treasurer is authorized to turn over all cash and investments making up the corpus of the Pension Fund to the corporate trustee.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857]
All incidental expenditures (stationery, postage, miscellaneous supplies, etc.) necessary to the transaction of the business of the Association shall be provided for from the Pension Fund.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857]
The members of the Police Pension Fund Association shall receive no compensation for the services thus performed.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857]
There shall be created by the Association a fund, to be known as the "Police Pension Fund."
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857]
A. 
Bequests, gifts or donations.
(1) 
There shall be paid into the Police Pension Fund all bequests, legacies, gifts or donations made thereto, all sums subscribed by the public, lost, abandoned, unclaimed or stolen money or property in the possession of the Police Bureau for a period of three years, and for which there is no lawful claimant, as well as all net incomes resulting from all games, sports, entertainments, or any and all other source of income conducted by or under the supervision of the Bureau of Police.
(2) 
The Police Pension Fund Association may take and receive gifts, grants, devices or bequests of any monies real estate, personal property or other valuable things from whatever source, for the purposes of the Fund.
B. 
[1]Contributions by employees.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857; 4-5-1978 by Ord. No. 12300; 3-16-1988 by Ord. No. 12835; 4-29-1988 by Ord. No. 12840; 11-14-1989 by Ord. No. 12931; 12-22-1994 by Ord. No. 13312; 6-19-1997 by Ord. No. 13584; 7-21-2005 by Ord. No. 14300; 2-15-2023 by Ord. No. 15873]
(1) 
Service increment. There shall also be paid into the Fund the amount of 1/2 of 1%, but not to exceed the sum of $1 per month, to be retained or deducted by the Finance Department from the salary of each officer or employee in the Bureau of Police, who shall have accepted the provisions of this article, until such officer or employee retired under the provisions of this article or becomes 65 years of age, whichever occurs first.
(2) 
Pension funding. Every covered employee, regardless of date of hire, shall pay into the Police Pension Fund the amount of 5% of the covered employee's salary.
(3) 
Disability funding. Every covered employee, regardless of date of hire, shall pay into the Police Pension Fund an additional amount of 1% of salary which shall be used to fund disability pension benefits.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, regarding rewards, was repealed 2-15-2023 by Ord. No. 15873. This ordinance also redesignated former Subsections C through E as Subsections B through D, respectively.
C. 
Council appropriations. There shall be appropriated by the City annually to the Police Pension Fund Association for the purpose of the Fund such amount as Council may consider proper or expedient within the limitation fixed by law.
D. 
No benefit increases/actuarial study required. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, there shall be no future increases in any benefits of any officers or employees in such Pension Fund, except as already provided, until an actuarial study is made to determine the increased burden of such increased benefits on the Pension Fund and Council shall be obligated to provide for such funds as are necessary to equal such increased burden on the Pension Fund.
[Amended 4-20-1977 by Ord. No. 12248]
[Amended 12-17-1986 by Ord. No. 12748; 3-6-2008 by Ord. No. 14571; 2-15-2023 by Ord. No. 15873]
An actuarial study shall be done every year and made public no later than 90 days prior to the ensuing fiscal year. The cost of the annual actuarial study shall be paid by the Police Pension Fund Association.
[Amended 4-26-1972 by Ord. No. 11932]
The Police Pension Fund Association herein provided for shall keep full and accurate accounts of all transactions, shall have full power to make rules for such transactions, and shall have full power to make rules for the transaction of its business, the application and investment of its funds by the corporate trustee, and its time and place of meeting. It shall meet at least four times in each year (special meetings upon the call of the President of the Association).
[Amended 4-26-1972 by Ord. No. 11932]
It shall be the duty of the Police Pension Fund Association, each year at the time of making up the general appropriation ordinances, with the assistance of the corporate trustee, to prepare a full and detailed statement of the assets of the Fund and the amount which it is required to pay and to present the same to Council together with a statement of the amount of money required to enable the Association to pay the pensions and service increments in full, together with refunds.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857]
No resolution shall be passed or order made for payment of money unless by affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Police Pension Fund Association. Upon all questions of fact relating to the Administration of the Fund, such resolution or order shall be conclusive.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857]
The Police Pension Fund Association shall issue certificates signed by its President and Secretary to the officer or employee entitled to retirement and pension and also service increment under the provisions of this article, for the amount of money ordered paid to such officer or employee out of the Police Pension Fund, which certificate shall state for what purpose payment is made.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857]
No officer or employee shall be entitled to a pension and/or a service increment and/or a refund who does not make the payments herein required.
A. 
Effective January 1, 1997, wherever, "salary" is used in this article to define benefits and pension funding, it shall include base pay, longevity, holiday pay, shift differential, and overtime, but not including any monies received for off-duty employment pursuant to § 5-41 of the Code of the City of Allentown. For pension calculation purposes, overtime shall be the individual officer's average overtime compensation during the last three years of employment prior to the effective date of retirement. Effective January 1, 2005, the basis of the amount of the pension shall be determined by the rate of the monthly pay of the employee at the time of retirement, or the highest average annual salary which the covered employee received during any five years of service preceding retirement, whichever is higher. During the final 30 days of employment, a retiring employee shall not artificially contrive or manipulate his regular or overtime hours so as to increase the rate of pension to which he would otherwise be entitled. When the covered employee submits his/her letter of retirement to the City, the City shall provide the employee with an itemized list of salary for each and all years of service. The definition of "the rate of the monthly payment" contained in this provision shall be a period of 30 calendar days counting backwards from the day of retirement. The salary earned within that thirty-day period shall be counted for the purposes of calculation of pension, including compensatory time earned within the last 30 days of employment.
[Amended 6-19-1997 by Ord. No. 13584; 7-21-2005 by Ord. No. 14300; 2-15-2023 by Ord. No. 15873]
B. 
Effective January 1, 2009, for purposes of calculating the pensions of officers retiring after December 31, 2008, the maximum amount of overtime compensation to be included in such calculation for any retiree opting for a pension based on his/her final 30 days compensation (which shall be based upon the period of 30 calendar days counting backwards from the day of retirement) shall be no greater than 10% of the officer's base compensation for that thirty-day period. By way of example, if an officer's based compensation for that thirty-day period is $4,000, the maximum allowable overtime credit would be $400.
[Amended 1-22-2009 by Ord. No. 14680]
[Amended 1-4-1972 by Ord. No. 11919; 11-14-1989 by Ord. No. 12931; 6-22-2000 by Ord. No. 13846; 2-15-2023 by Ord. No. 15873]
Effective August 23, 1999, every covered employee may make application to retire after 20 years of continuous service and shall be eligible to collect a pension. There is no minimum age for retirement.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857; 11-14-1989 by Ord. No. 12931; 12-22-1994 by Ord. No. 13312; 6-22-2000 by Ord. No. 13846]
Effective August 23, 1999, every covered employee who has served for a period of at least 20 years of continuous service, regardless of age, shall be permitted to retire and receive a pension at the rate of 50.5% of his/her salary on the date of retirement.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 75-46, Retirement prior to January 1, 1990, as amended, was repealed 2-15-2023 by Ord. No. 15873.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857; 11-14-1989 by Ord. No. 12931; 12-22-1994 by Ord. No. 13312; 6-19-1997 by Ord. No. 13584; 7-21-2005 by Ord. No. 14300; 1-22-2009 by Ord. No. 14680; 2-15-2023 by Ord. No. 15873]
A. 
For officers hired before January 1, 2009, the total of pension and service increments shall represent the following percentages of salary:
(1) 
21 years of service: 58%.
(2) 
22 years of service: 61%.
(3) 
23 years of service: 64%.
(4) 
24 years of service: 67%.
(5) 
25 years of service: 70%.
B. 
Officers hired on or after January 1, 2009, shall be entitled to a pension calculated in conformity with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Third Class City Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 11 Pa.C.S.A. § 10101 et seq.
[Amended 7-21-2005 by Ord. No. 14300]
Effective January 1, 2005, any covered employee retiring after January 1, 2005, shall receive an annual cost of living adjustment. Such increases shall be in conformity with a uniform scale, which may be based on the cost of living, but that the total of any such allowances received by said covered employee, shall not, at any time, exceed 1/2 of the current salary being paid patrolmen/women of the highest bargaining unit pay grade. The cost-of-living adjustment shall conform to the Federal Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).
[Amended 10-18-1995 by Ord. No. 13358]
Every current member of the Police Pension Fund who served as a City of Allentown Police "Cadet" or "Para Police" Officer prior to their appointment as a police officer shall be entitled to have full credit for each year or fraction thereof, not to exceed four years of such service, upon payment to the Police Pension Fund of an amount equal to that which they would have paid had they been a member of the Police Pension Fund during the period of Allentown "Cadet" or "Para Police" service. All purchased Allentown "Cadet" or "Para Police" service shall be credited as "active service" for pension purposes.
[Amended 6-19-1997 by Ord. No. 13584; 6-22-2000 by Ord. No. 13846; 2-15-2023 by Ord. No. 15873]
Every covered employee shall be vested in their prorated pension after 12 years of credited service. Where an employee shall have served 12 years or more and their tenure of employment shall be terminated with or without their voluntary action, the employee shall be entitled to receive upon the date when they would have achieved 20 years of service, such portion of their full pension compensation, based on their wages when termination occurred, as the period of their full years of service, up to the date of termination, bears to the full twenty-year period of service. Pension benefits shall be payable when the terminated and vested employee shall have reached the date when he/she would have achieved 20 years of service.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 143.18.18, Early retirement option, was repealed 1-22-2009 by Ord. No. 14680, effective 1-1-2009.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 75-54, Years of employment as basis for service increment, as amended, was repealed 2-15-2023 by Ord. No. 15873.
[Amended 12-7-1983 by Ord. No. 12580]
A. 
Death in the line of duty.
[Amended 12-22-1994 by Ord. No. 13312; 1-22-2009 by Ord. No. 14680; 2-15-2023 by Ord. No. 15873]
(1) 
If any police officer while in the actual performance of his or her duty is killed or so injured that he or she dies from the effects thereof, his or her surviving spouse shall be entitled to receive a pension equivalent to 62.5% of the officer's salary at the time of death or 50 1/2% of such salary and any service increment in effect on that date which the officer may have been entitled to at the time of death, whichever is higher.
(2) 
In case there is no surviving spouse, or after the death of the surviving spouse, or in case of the surviving spouse's remarriage, the pension and service increment shall be paid to the guardian of the deceased officer's dependent children, if any, without abatement until the youngest child reaches the age of 18 years, after which all pension and service increment rights shall cease, with the exception that after the last child has reached the age of 18 years, then the surviving spouse who has since remarried, at this time will once again have his or her pension rights as a surviving spouse reinstated for the remainder of his or her life.
(3) 
No surviving spouse who has for one year or upwards previous to the death of the police officer, willfully or maliciously deserted the police officer shall have the right to claim any pension or service increment under the provisions of this article.
B. 
Death of pensioner.
(1) 
The surviving spouse of a retired police officer, including current retired police officers retired prior to 1969, shall be entitled to receive the same pension as was paid to the retired police officer. In case there is no surviving spouse, or after the death of the surviving spouse or in the case of her or his remarriage, the pension shall be paid to the guardian of the deceased officer's dependent children, if any, without abatement until the youngest child reaches the age of 18 years, after which all pension and service increment rights of the guardian shall cease, with the exception that after the last child has reached the age of 18 years, then the surviving spouse who has since remarried, at this time will once again have his or her pension rights as a surviving spouse reinstated for the remainder of his or her life.
[Amended 4-17-1997 by Ord. No. 13570]
(2) 
No surviving spouse, who has, for one year or upwards previous to the death of the police officer, willfully or maliciously deserted the police officer, shall have the right to claim any pension or service increment under the provisions of this article.
C. 
Death after 10 years on police force.
(1) 
If a member of the police force served more than 10 years, his or her surviving spouse shall be entitled to receive a pension equivalent to 1/2 of the salary received by the officer at the time of death, and any service increment the officer may have been entitled to at the time of death. In case there is no surviving spouse, or after the death of the surviving spouse, or in the case of her or his remarriage, the pension and service increment shall be paid to the guardian of the deceased officer's dependent children, if any, without abatement until the youngest child reaches the age of 18 years, after which all pension and service increment rights of the guardian shall cease, with the exception that after the last child has reached the age of 18 years, then the surviving spouse who has since remarried, at this time will once again have his or her pension rights as a surviving spouse reinstated for the remainder of his or her life.
(2) 
If such death occurs on or after January 1, 1995, such pension shall be equivalent to 50 1/2% of such salary and any service increment in effect on that date which the officer may have been entitled to at the time of death.
[Amended 12-22-1994 by Ord. No. 13312]
(3) 
No surviving spouse who has, for one year or upwards previous to the death of the police officer, willfully or maliciously deserted the police officer, shall have the right to claim any pension or service increment under the provisions of this article.
D. 
Death before 10 years on police force.
(1) 
The surviving spouse of a member of the police force which member had 10 or less years of service in the Police Bureau shall be entitled to receive a pension equivalent to 1/2 the pension which the deceased police officer would have received had he or she been retired at the time of his or her death. In case there is no surviving spouse, or in the case of her or his remarriage, the pension shall be paid to the guardian of the deceased police officer's dependent children, if any, without abatement until the youngest child reaches the age of 18 years, after which all pension rights shall cease, with the exception that after the last child has reached the age of 18 years, then the surviving spouse who has since remarried, at this time will once again have his or her pension rights as a surviving spouse reinstated for the remainder of his or her life.
(2) 
No surviving spouse who has for one year or upwards previous to the death of the police officer, willfully or maliciously deserted the police officer shall have the right to claim any pension or service increment under the provisions of this article.
E. 
Application. The benefits for the surviving spouse or dependent children set forth in Subsections A, C and D hereof shall apply to the surviving spouses of City police officers who died after December 16, 1969. The benefits for the surviving spouse or dependent children of a retired police officer which are set forth in Subsection B hereof shall apply to police officers who retired after December 16, 1969. Effective June 1, 1998, surviving spouses of police officers who retired prior to December 16, 1969, shall prospectively receive a pension equivalent to the pension the deceased officer received.
[Amended 4-23-1998 by Ord. No. 13662]
F. 
On or after January 1, 1984, all current active employees in the fund, all current retirees in the fund, and all surviving spouses of deceased retirees in the fund who have not remarried since their spouse's death, shall be covered by this amendment that permits the surviving spouse of fund retirees to remarry without the loss of his or her survivor's pension benefits, except as limited in Subsections A, B, C, and D above.
[Amended 6-13-1973 by Ord. No. 12016; 11-14-1989 by Ord. No. 12931; 3-5-1998 by Ord. No. 13651]
Every covered employee who served in the Armed Forces of the United States subsequent to September 1, 1940, and who was not a member of the covered Police Department prior to such military service, shall be entitled to have full credit for each year or fraction thereof, not to exceed five years of such service, upon his/her payment to the Police Pension Fund of an amount equal to that which he/she would have paid had he/she been a member during the period for which he/she desires credit, and his/her payment to such fund of an additional amount as the equivalent of the contributions of the City of Allentown on account of such military service. All purchased military time shall be credited as "active service" for pension purchases. Any retired member who retired prior to June 13, 1973, and would otherwise qualify for this credit may purchase such credits to be applied prospectively from the effective date of this article (passed on March 5, 1998, becoming effective April 5, 1998) and according to the Police Pension Fund benefit plan, in effect, at the date such member retired.
[Amended 11-7-1979 by Ord. No. 12388; 4-9-2011 by Ord. No. 14883]
A. 
The Police Pension Fund Association shall have the right, on application received, to retire on pension any officer or employee accepting the provisions of this article, if in its opinion and in the opinion of a maximum of two reputable physicians who have been selected by the Association, who shall make a physical examination and file their opinion in writing with the Association (whose fees shall be paid by the Association) that such officer is totally disabled, through injury received or disease contracted in the actual performance of duty and by reason of the performance of such duty and without fault or misconduct on their part, rendering the officer unable to perform his duties in the Bureau of Police. However, the Association shall have the authority to order another examination at the expiration of six months from the date of retirement or thereafter, and if the disability of the pensioner is found to have been removed, the Association shall terminate the pension and they shall be reinstated as an active member of the Bureau.
[Amended 2-15-2023 by Ord. No. 15873]
B. 
As used in the section, "totally disabled" shall mean permanent mental or physical impairment which renders the police officer unable to perform his duties.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857; 4-9-2011 by Ord. No. 14883]
Any officer or employee who is retired under the provisions of § 75-57 on account of physical or mental incapacity may (upon his application) be reinstated by the Association as an active member of the Police Bureau with the same rank and rating which they had upon retirement, if upon satisfactory proof presented to the Association, it shall determine that such incapacity has been removed and the applicant is physically and mentally fit for duty in such position and rank; provided, however, that the applicant shall, if reinstated, file with the Association a release, duly executed and acknowledged, of any right or claim to the pension during the period which they shall serve after such retirement.
[Amended 10-18-1972 by Ord. No. 11963; 12-22-1994 by Ord. No. 13312; 4-9-2011 by Ord. No. 14883; 2-15-2023 by Ord. No. 15873]
A. 
Every officer or employee of the Bureau of Police retired under the provisions of § 75-57 shall be deemed to be fully vested in the police pension fund, regardless of the actual number of years of credited service and shall be entitled to a pension of 50.5% of such salary as set forth in § 75-45 herein and any service increment in effect on that date which the officer may have been entitled to as set forth in § 75-47 herein at the time of total disability, which shall be calculated in accordance with § 75-43 herein.
B. 
The police pension fund shall be subrogated to the right of the claimant to the extent of any payments made under the Act of June 2, 1915 (P.L. 736, No. 338), known as "The Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act,"[1] or the Act of June 28, 1935 (P.L. 477, No. 193), referred to as the "Enforcement Officer Disability Benefits Law."[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 77 P.S. § 1 et seq.
[2]
Editor’s Note: See 53 P.S. §§ 637 and 638.
[Added 2-15-2023 by Ord. No. 15873[1]]
Any police officer who has less than 10 years of service and who is totally disabled due to injuries or mental incapacities not in the line of duty and is unable to perform the duties of a police officer shall be entitled to a pension of 25% of his or her annual compensation. For injuries received after 10 years of service, such pension shall be equivalent to 50% of such salary and any service increment in effect on that date which the officer may have been entitled to at the time of retirement. The disability pension set forth above shall be payable to the police officer's widow or widower if she or he survives. If this surviving spouse subsequently dies or remarries, the pension shall be payable to the police officer's child or children under the age of 18 years.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former § 75-60, Basis of pension amount; increase, as amended.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857]
Suspension from duty, other than as herein described or leave of absence under one year, shall not affect the period of continuous service in any event.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857; 2-15-2023 by Ord. No. 15873]
The provisions of this article shall apply to all regular sworn salaried officers of the Bureau of Police excepting the janitor or similar employee, who shall have accepted the provisions of this article, but it shall be optional with each office and employee as to whether or not he or she accepts the provisions of this article, his or her acceptance to be signified by his or her signing the Police Pension Fund Roll, which shall be kept by the Secretary of the Association, and which Police Pension Fund Roll shall show conclusively the date upon which such member accepted the provisions of this article, as well as the date upon which he or she was appointed a regular salaried officer or employee of the Bureau and that he or she has been in continuous service to the date of his or her acceptance.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857]
If for any cause whatsoever, any officer or employee of the Bureau of Police who has accepted the provisions of this article by the signing of the Pension Roll, shall cease to be an officer or employee of the Bureau or for any other reason shall not be entitled to a pension and/or a service increment under the provisions of this article, the total amount of the contribution paid into the Pension Fund by such officer or employee out of his salary shall be refunded to him, without interest. If any such member shall have returned to them the amount contributed, and shall afterward again become a member of the police force, they shall not be entitled to the pension designated until 20 years after their reemployment, unless they shall return to the Pension Fund the amount withdrawn, in which event, the period of 20 years shall be computed from the time the member first became a member of the police force, excluding there from any period of time during which the member was not employed by the police force.
[Amended 4-5-1978 by Ord. No. 12300]
In the event of the death of a member of the Police Pension Fund before the member becomes entitled to the pension and/or service increment herein provided, and such member is not survived by a spouse or family entitled to payments as hereinbefore provided, the total amount of contributions paid into the pension fund by the member shall be paid over to the police officer's estate.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857]
In the event of the death of a pensioner, before they shall have received as much as they contributed to the Police Pension Fund, the balance thereof remaining, without interest, shall be paid to their estate.
[Amended 4-26-1972 by Ord. No. 11932]
A. 
The Police Pension Fund Association is directed to create a Police Pension Fund Investment Account.
B. 
Such Account shall be deposited with a corporate trustee who shall be selected or changed by action of the Association with notice to its members and with the advice and consent of Council.
[Amended 4-26-1972 by Ord. No. 11932]
The corporate trustee is hereby authorized to invest for the credit of the Police Pension Investment Account the surplus money accumulated in the Pension Fund in excess of such sum as may be fixed by the Association, together with such amounts as may be required for the payment of pensions and service increments as directed by this article during the year.
[Amended 4-26-1972 by Ord. No. 11932]
The interest received from investments shall be paid into the Pension Fund upon receipt of same and if at any time sufficient funds are not available (inclusive of the monies appropriated by the City up to the amount it may be permitted to pay under the law) for the payment of all pensions and service increments in full, then corporate trustee may dispose of and sell such securities as it may hold in its Investment Account and use the proceeds thereof to supply the deficiency.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857]
All pensions and service increments granted under the provisions of this article and every portion thereof shall be exempt from attachment or garnishment processes and shall not be seized, taken or subject to detainer or be levied upon by virtue of an execution of any processes or proceedings whatsoever, issued out of or by any court in the commonwealth for the payment and satisfaction in whole or in part of any claim, damage, demand or judgment against any pensioner, and no pensioner shall have the right to transfer or assign his or her pension or any part thereof either by way of mortgage or otherwise.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857]
Ordinance No. 1890 of the City, enacted March 9, 1926, as amended, and all other ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed, except that the foregoing repeal shall not affect any act done, any liability, duty or obligation incurred, or any right accrued or any tenure acquired by virtue of the provisions of Ordinance No. 1890, as amended, for which purpose the ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
[Amended 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 11857]
The provisions of this article pertaining to service increments, as provided for by Act No. 596, of the 1951 Pennsylvania Legislature, shall become effective as of January 1, 1952.
[Amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 13424]
The pensioners shall have the right to choose whether they want payment by check, mailed to them, or direct deposit.
[Amended 3-15-2000 by Ord. No. 13821]
Effective on and prospectively from January 1, 2000, every retired officer and employee of the Department of Police, or surviving spouse of a retired officer or employee of the Department of Police, currently receiving a pension inclusive of any ad hoc adjustment payable pursuant to the Special Ad Hoc Municipal Police and Firefighter Postretirement Adjustment Act (53 P.S. § 896.101 et seq.) totaling less than $10,400 shall receive a minimum pension, inclusive of such ad hoc adjustment of $10,400.