[Adopted 3-11-1963 by Ord. No. 367 (Appendix Part I, Art. I, of the 1971 Code)]
[Amended 5-10-1971 by Ord. No. 479; 10-11-1971 by Ord. No. 481; 12-20-1981 by Ord. No. 570; 6-14-1999 by Ord. No. 680; 3-11-2002 by Ord. No. 710]
Pursuant to the provisions of the Borough Code of 1927, May 4, P.L. 519,[1] as amended, employees of not less than 12 years of continuous, satisfactory, full-time service immediately prior to retirement who are not less than 62 years of age and who are not at the time of their retirement members of a pensioning or retirement system which has been adopted by the Borough of Columbia, upon cessation of service and while this ordinance remains in effect, shall be paid the sum of $100 per month. "Twelve years of continuous, satisfactory, full-time service" shall be construed to mean 12 years of satisfactory, full-time service with no more than one separation in employment which may not exceed 12 months.
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Editor's Note: See now 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
Such payments shall be made out of the general Borough funds.
[Amended 5-10-1971 by Ord. No. 479]
Nothing herein shall preclude any employee from joining in any pension system or municipal retirement system that the Borough may adopt.