[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Darlington as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Salaries and compensation — See Ch.
47.
[Adopted 3-10-2003 by Ord. No. 39]
Darlington Township hereby elects to enroll
its municipal employees in the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System,
established by the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law, Act 15 of
1974, as amended, with the express purpose of having the Pennsylvania Municipal
Retirement System administer the pension plan established for the
municipal employees of the Township. Darlington Township 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 by said law. 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
System.
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 service toward the annuity of each
original member shall begin to accrue upon the effective date of the
agreement between the Township and the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement
System. However, for purposes of determining eligibility for early
retirement and vesting, credited service shall accrue from each original
member's date of hire. Benefits provided to members in the agreement
dated March 10, 2003, shall accrue based on all credited service granted
and earned in accordance with this section. The Township hereby assumes all liability for any unfundedness
created due to the acceptance of the benefit structure outlined in
the above-referenced agreement.
Payment for any obligation established by the
adoption of this article and the agreement between the System and
Darlington 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 Darlington Township, dated March 10, 2003. The
passage and adoption of this article by the Township is an official
acceptance of said agreement and the financial obligations resulting
from the administration of said benefit package.
A. 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.
B. Membership
for the municipal employees of Darlington Township in the Pennsylvania
Municipal Retirement System shall be effective the first day of January
2003.
[Adopted 3-10-2003 by Ord. No. 40]
Darlington Township hereby elects to enroll
its police officers in the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System,
as authorized by the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law, Act 15
of 1974, as amended, with the express purpose of having the Pennsylvania Municipal
Retirement System administer the retirement plan established by the
Township for their police officers. The Township 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 full-time police officers 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 service toward the annuity of each
original member shall begin to accrue upon the effective date of the
agreement between the Township and the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement
System. However, for the purposes of determining eligibility for early
retirement and vesting, credited service shall accrue from each original
member's date of hire or the expiration of the member's probationary
period, if one so existed. Benefits provided to members in the agreement
dated March 10, 2003, shall accrue based on all credited service granted
and earned in accordance with this section. The Township hereby assumes all liability for any unfundedness
created due to the acceptance of the benefit structure outlined in
the above-referenced agreement.
Payment for any obligation established by the
adoption of this article and the agreement between the System and
Darlington 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 Darlington Township, dated March 10, 2003. The
passage and adoption of this article by Darlington Township is an
official acceptance of said agreement and the financial obligations
resulting from the administration of said benefit package. Darlington
Township hereby assumes all liability for any unfundedness created
due to the acceptance of the benefit structure outlined in the above-referenced
agreement.
A. 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.
B. Membership
for the police pension plan of Darlington Township in the Pennsylvania
Municipal Retirement System shall be effective the first day of January
2003.