[Adopted effective 7-15-1964; amended effective 1-1-1965; 9-27-1965; 2-15-1972; 6-15-1975; 6-11-1982; 11-14-1983; 1-30-1984; 4-2-1984; 4-1-1991; 1-1-2000; and 3-14-2002 (§ 63 of the prior
compilation)]
The normal retirement date under the Plan is the latest of the
following dates:
A. The first day of any month coincident with or next following an employee's
65th birthday;
B. The date as of which an employee has been employed by the Town for
five years;
C. January 1, 1993, for an employee who was hired by the Town after
attaining age 55 but before January 1, 1988.
The Town shall pay over to the Retirement Administration Board
annually such amounts, in addition to the contributions by the participants,
as are necessary to fund the benefits on a sound actuarial basis.
The Town shall also appropriate annually such amounts as shall be
necessary for the administration of the Plan. Alternative funding
sources shall pay over to the Retirement Administration Board such
amounts, in addition to the contributions by the alternative funding
source participants, as are necessary to fund their benefits on a
sound actuarial basis, at such times and in such amounts as may be
agreed upon between the alternative funding source and the Town.
The Town of Winchester shall have the right at any time, and
from time to time, to amend, in whole or in part, any or all of the
provisions of this Plan. However, no such amendment shall authorize
or permit any part of the pension assets (other than such part as
is required to pay taxes and administrative expenses) to be used or
diverted to purposes other than the exclusive benefit of the participants
or their beneficiaries, and no such amendment which affects the rights,
duties or responsibility of the trustee of the fund may be made without
the trustee's written consent.
[Adopted by the Board of Selectmen 3-15-2010 (§ 191 of the prior compilation)]
In the event the Board of Selectmen seeks the removal of any
person under the provisions of Charter Section 1601, the following
minimum procedure should apply in addition to those provided in Section
1601:
A. The appointee shall have the right to call witnesses and cross-examine
those witnesses called against him, to submit any documents on his
own behalf, as well as offer rebuttal evidence.
B. The Board of Selectmen shall cause the evidence to be recorded by
a sound recording device and/or video recording device.
C. Within 15 days of the termination of the hearing, the Board of Selectmen
shall cause a record of the hearing to be filed with the Town Clerk.
The record shall contain all documents submitted at the hearing as
well as the audio- and/or videotapes of the hearing.
D. Within 30 days of the termination of the hearing, the Board of Selectmen
shall render a final decision and reduce the decision to a written
form. The decision shall contain those facts the Board of Selectmen
found in support of its decision.
This article shall not modify or limit the protection currently
contained in Charter Section 1601, nor shall the article supersede
current or future state law in the removal of municipal appointed
officials. This article shall have no application to any employee
covered by a collective bargaining contract.