[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Paradise as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 2-3-1987 as Ch. 1, Part 2, of the 1987 Code]
A. 
The following Association is hereby recognized as actively engaged in providing fire protection and/or emergency services in the Township of Paradise: Pocono Mountain Volunteer Fire Company Relief Association.
B. 
The above-named Association has been formed for the benefit of its members and their families in case of death, sickness, temporary or permanent disability or accident suffered in the line of duty.
C. 
The above-named Association of the Township is designated the proper Association to receive such funds as are due and payable to the Township Treasurer by the Treasurer of the State of Pennsylvania from the tax on premiums from foreign fire insurance companies.
The Board of Supervisors shall annually certify, to the Auditor General of the commonwealth, the name(s) of the active Associations and the percentage of service they contribute to the protection of the Township. Such certification shall be on forms prescribed by the Auditor General.
There is annually appropriated from the Township Treasury all such sums of money that may hereafter be paid into the Township Treasury by the Treasurer of the State of Pennsylvania on account of taxes paid on premiums of foreign fire insurance companies in pursuance of 1984 Act of December 18, No. 205, Section 701 et seq., as hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania.[1] Such moneys received by the Township Treasurer from the State Treasurer shall be distributed to the duly recognized Association(s) within 60 days of receipt. The funds shall be distributed on the basis of the percentage of service established in the certification to the Auditor General and with other provisions of the Act.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 8501 et seq.
[Adopted 11-6-1989 by Ord. No. 101]
The Township of Paradise hereby elects to enroll its municipal employees in the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System, established by the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law, Act 15 of 1974, as amended,[1] with the express purpose of having the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System administer the pension plan established by the Supervisors for the municipal employees of the Township. The Township of Paradise does hereby agree to be bound by all the requirements and provisions of said article and the law, as the case may be, and to assume all obligations, financial and otherwise, placed upon member municipalities by said amendment, as the case may be. All references hereafter shall be based on benefits negotiated between the Board and the municipality under the provisions of Article IV.
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 881.101 et seq.
Membership in the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System shall be mandatory for all permanent municipal employees of the Township. Membership for elected officials and employees hired on a temporary or seasonal basis is prohibited, as is membership for individuals paid only on a fee basis.
Credit for service toward the annuity of each original member shall begin to accrue upon the effective date of the agreement between the Township and the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System.
Payment for any obligation established by the adoption of this article and the agreement between the system and the Township of Paradise shall be made by the Township in accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law and Act 205 of 1984, the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act.[1]
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 881.101 et seq. and 53 P.S. § 895.101 et seq., respectively.
As part of this article, the Township agrees that the system shall provide the benefits set forth in the agreement between the Board and the Township of Paradise, dated November 16, 1989.[1] The passage and adoption of this article by the Supervisors of the Township of Paradise is an official acceptance of said agreement and the financial obligations resulting from the administration of said benefit package.
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Editor's Note: Said agreement is on file in the Township offices.
The Township of Paradise intends this article to be the complete authorization of the Township plan.
A duly certified copy of this article and the referenced agreement shall be filed with the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Membership for the municipal employees of the Township of Paradise in the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System shall be effective the first day of January 1990.