[Adopted as Secs. 11-21 to 11-29 of the 1996 Code]
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Social Security Ordinance of the Town."
The General Manager shall, and is hereby authorized, to execute on behalf of the Town an application to the State Retirement Commission, pursuant to §§ 7-452 to 7-459 of the General Statutes, for membership of certain of its officials and employees in the old-age and survivors insurance system established under Title II of the Federal Social Security Act, as amended, and to execute on behalf of said Town any and all agreements with said Commission in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said §§ 7-452 to 7-459 of the General Statutes and subject to the regulations promulgated by the Commission pursuant to such Act.
The application referred to in § 70-6 shall specifically exclude from membership in the old-age and survivors insurance system any official or employee of the Town who shall have been or shall be eligible for membership in the state teachers retirement system, or who is employed on a part-time seasonal basis, or who is an elective official, except as hereinafter provided, or who is compensated solely on a fee basis, or who is appointed or elected as an officer of any court having jurisdiction within the Town, or who may not become eligible for membership as defined in § 7-454 of the General Statutes, while such official or employee shall remain employed in such capacity. Said application shall include all other officers and employees of the Town and those individuals elected to the office of Town Clerk as those offices are constituted by the Charter of the Town or the General Statutes of the state.
The application referred to in § 70-6 shall provide for membership of eligible officials and employees in the old-age and survivors insurance system retroactive to July 1, 1952.
Upon approval by the State Retirement Commission of the application of the Town for membership of its eligible officials and employees in the old-age and survivors insurance system pursuant to the General Statutes, the Town Treasurer is authorized to forward to the State Retirement Commission, in manner and form prescribed in the Commission's regulations, an amount equal to the contributions required of eligible officials and employees of the Town, as provided in § 7-453 of the General Statutes, for the period commencing July 1, 1952, and ending December 31, 1953.
Commencing January 1, 1954, the Town Treasurer shall and is hereby authorized to deduct from the pay of eligible officials and employees of the Town as they become due the contributions required by § 7-453 of the General Statutes, or as may be required from time to time thereunder, pursuant to law, and shall forward the deductions to the State Retirement Commission in manner and form prescribed in the Commission's regulations.
Commencing January 1, 1954, the Board of Directors shall appropriate funds in amounts as may be required from time to time by § 7-453 of the General Statutes, as it may be amended, and the Town Treasurer shall forward the appropriated funds, together with the funds appropriated under § 70-6 above, to the State Retirement Commission in manner and form prescribed in the Commission's regulations.
The Board of Directors shall appropriate funds in amounts as may be required from time to time by § 7-457 of the General Statutes representing the pro rata share of the administrative expense of the State Retirement Commission. The Town Treasurer shall forward the appropriated funds, together with the funds appropriated under §§ 70-10 and 70-11, to such Commission in manner and form prescribed in the Commission's regulations.
The heads of the several Town departments and each board and commission shall promptly report to the Town Treasurer the name and date of birth together with such evidence of such date as the State Retirement Commission may require, and the date of beginning of continuous employment of each official and employee eligible for membership in the old-age and survivors insurance system hereafter employed by the Town in their respective departments. Immediately upon the beginning of a period of absence from service with the Town without pay and upon termination of the employment of such employee, the head of the Town department or the board or commission in which such eligible official or employee shall have been employed shall report to the Town Treasurer such a change in employment status.