[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Birmingham as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-7-2014 by Ord. No. 14-02[1]]
[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art.
I, Police Pension, adopted 8-6-2001 by Ord. No. 01-12.
Birmingham 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, 2014
(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
Ordinance No. 01-12 either immediately or on January 1, 2014, which
is the effective date of the contract, whichever is later.
