[Adopted 12-15-1986 by Ord.
No. 59]
The Township of Brecknock hereby elects to join the Pennsylvania Municipal
Retirement System under Article IV of the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement
Law, Act No. 15 of 1974, as amended, and does hereby agree to be bound by all the requirements and
provisions of the said Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law and the amendments
thereto and to assume all obligations, financial and otherwise, placed upon
member municipalities by said article, law and amendments, as the case may
be. All references hereafter shall be based on benefits negotiated between
the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Board and the township under the provisions
of Article IV.
Membership in the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System shall be
mandatory for all nonuniformed permanent employees. 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.
As part of this article, the Board of Supervisors of Brecknock Township
agrees to the outline of benefits set forth in the agreement between the Pennsylvania
Municipal Retirement Board and the township to be dated as of January 1, 1987.
The passage and enactment of this article by the Board of Supervisors of the
Township of Brecknock is an official acceptance of said benefit structure
and the accompanying financial obligations contained in the administration
of said benefit package. Credit for service rendered to the township will
commence with the effective date of this article.
Payment for the obligations as established in this article and the agreement
between the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Board and the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Brecknock shall be made by the township in accordance with
said Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law and Act No. 205 of 1984, the Municipal
Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act.
A duly certified copy of this article and the accompanying agreement
shall be filed with the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Board of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania. Membership for the nonuniformed employees of the Township
of Brecknock in the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System shall be effective
the first day of January 1987.
[Adopted 2-10-1998 by Ord.
No. 122]
Brecknock Township hereby elects to enroll its police officers in the
Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System, as authorized by the Pennsylvania
Municipal Retirement Law, Act 15 of 1974, as amended, with the express purpose of having the Pennsylvania Municipal
Retirement System administer the retirement plan established by the township
for its police officers. The township 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 Board and the
municipality under the provisions of Article IV of the Pennsylvania Municipal
Retirement Law.
Membership in the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System shall be
mandatory for all full-time police officers 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 prior service for original employees is granted for each
year or partial year thereof that the member was employed by the township
from original date of hire. Benefits provided to members in the agreement
dated February 10, 1998, shall accrue based on all credited service granted
and earned in accordance with this section.
Payment for any obligation established by the adoption of this article
and the agreement between the system and Brecknock Township 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.
As part of this article, the township agrees that the system shall provide
the benefits set forth in the agreement between the Board and Brecknock Township,
dated February 10, 1998. The passage and adoption of this article by Brecknock
Township is an official acceptance of said agreement and the financial obligations
resulting from the administration of said benefit package. Brecknock Township
hereby assumes all liability for any unfundedness created due to the acceptance
of the benefit structure outlined in the above-referenced agreement.
Brecknock Township intends this article to be the complete authorization
of the township's police pension 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 police pension plan of Brecknock Township
in the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System shall be effective on the
first day of January 1998.