A. 
Every employee of the Town, on January 1, 1989, shall be eligible to become a participant hereunder on the first day of the month following the date on which he shall have completed his probationary period.
[Amended BOS 2-8-1989]
B. 
Date of eligibility.
[Amended BOS 2-10-1982]
(1) 
Every person who shall become an employee of the Town subsequent to September 1, 1965, and before December 31, 1979, shall be eligible to become a participant hereunder on the first day of the month following the date on which he shall have been employed continuously by the Town as an employee for 24 months and shall have reached his 25th birthday, provided that he shall not have attained his 53rd birthday.
(2) 
Every person who shall become an employee of the Town subsequent to June 30, 1982, and all employees who are not yet participants, shall be eligible to become a participant on the first day of the month following the date on which he shall have been continuously employed by the Town as an employee for six months, provided that such employee agrees to contribute.
(3) 
Every person who shall become an employee of the Town subsequent to January 1, 1989, and all employees who are not yet participants shall be eligible to become a participant on the first day following the completion of his probationary period, provided that such employee agrees to contribute.
[Added BOS 2-8-1989]
C. 
The Board shall notify each eligible employee of the Town of his eligibility. Any such eligible employee desiring to become a participant hereunder shall file with the Board his election to become a participant hereunder on a form as provided in Subsection D hereof prior to the date on which he first becomes eligible to become a participant; provided, however, that in special cases the Board may extend the time within which such election must be filed. Failure to file such election within the prescribed time shall constitute a waiver by such employee of all benefits he would otherwise have received by becoming a participant hereunder on the date on which he first became eligible. Any employee who does not elect to become a participant hereunder on the date when he first becomes entitled to participate hereunder may elect to become a participant on any subsequent anniversary date, provided that he shall then meet all of the requirements of Subsection B, but such participant shall not be entitled to any credited service for employment with the Town prior to participation in the plan. Anything contained in this subsection to the contrary notwithstanding, with respect to the first anniversary date of the plan, eligible employees may be notified of their eligibility and file election forms after the September 1, 1965, anniversary date under such rules as the Board shall establish.
D. 
The election form shall contain such information as the Board shall require and shall authorize the deduction of any such participant's contributions which may be required hereunder from such participant's pay in such manner as the Board shall require.
[Amended TC 5-9-2023]
If a participant's status as an employee of the Town is terminated or interrupted for more than a twelve-month period, except in the case of a leave of absence, and thereafter he/she resumes his/her status as an employee, he/she shall be deemed to be a new employee from the date of such reemployment or resumption, and his/her period of employment shall be counted from such date. This change is retroactive to July 1, 2022.