[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Mahoning as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Police Department — See Ch.
57.
Mahoning Township (the Township), being a member municipality
of the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System (the System), hereby
elects to amend its Police Pension Plan administered by the System
in accordance with Article IV of the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement
Law, 53 P.S. § 881.101 et seq. (Retirement Law), and does
hereby agree to be bound by all the requirements and provisions of
the Retirement Law and the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard
and Recovery Act, 53 P.S. § 895.101 et seq., and to assume
all obligations, financial and otherwise, placed upon member municipalities.
As part of this article, the Township agrees that the System
shall administer and provide the benefits set forth in the amended
Police Pension Plan Contract entered into between the Pennsylvania
Municipal Retirement Board and the Township effective January 1, 2013
(the Contract).
The passage and adoption of this article by the Township is
an official acceptance of the Contract and the financial obligations
resulting from the administration of the Contract.
Payment for any obligation established by the adoption of this
article and the Contract shall be made by the Township in accordance
with the Retirement Law and the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard
and Recovery Act. The Township hereby assumes all liability for any
unfundedness created due to the benefit structure set forth in the
Contract.
The Township intends this article to be the complete authorization
of the Contract, and it shall become effective and specifically repeal
the ordinance dated December 28, 1998, either immediately or on January
1, 2013, which is the effective date of the Contract, whichever is
later.
A duly certified copy of this article and an executed Contract
shall be filed with the System.
Mahoning Township, being a member municipality
of the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System, hereby elects to
change its member benefits in that System as authorized by the Pennsylvania
Municipal Retirement Law, Act 15 of 1974, 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 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 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 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 August 19, 2002, 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
Mahoning 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 Mahoning Township, dated August 19, 2002. The passage and adoption of this article by Mahoning Township
is an official acceptance of said agreement and the financial obligations
resulting from the administration of said benefit package. Mahoning
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.
Mahoning Township intends this article to be
the complete authorization of the Township plan and it shall become
effective and specifically repeals the ordinance and addendum dated
November 26, 1990, either immediately or on January 1, 2003, which
is the effective date of the amended agreement dated August 19, 2002,
between the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System and Mahoning
Township, whichever is later.
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 Mahoning Township in the Pennsylvania
Municipal Retirement System shall be effective the first day of January
1987, with the revised plan structure reflected in the agreement dated
August 19, 2002, effective the first day of January 2003.