Title
An Ordinance to Amend Sections 1:552 and 1:569 of Chapter 18, Employees Retirement System, of Title I of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor - Duty Death Benefit (Ord. No. ORD-08-16)
Memorandum
The Board of Trustees of the City of Ann Arbor Employees’ Retirement System at its regular meeting on Thursday, November 15, 2007 reviewed the attached proposed ordinance amendments and moved that they be submitted to Council for its consideration and approval. The Board’s legal counsel, in conjunction with the City Attorney’s Office, drafted these ordinance amendments.
They are two primary changes to the Proposed Ordinance. One is that the payment of a duty death benefit from the Retirement System would not be dependent on whether worker’s compensation is actually paid but instead on whether the employee’s death is considered a compensable death under the Worker’s Compensation Act. The second important change is that the member would be credited with a minimum of 25 years of service for the purpose of calculating the amount of benefit to be paid to his or her survivors.
The Retirement System believes that an employee who died while in the performance of duty has made the ultimate sacrifice and that his or her survivors are entitled to a pension benefit which reflects a full career of service.
Staff
Prepared by: Willie J. Powell, Executive Director
Reviewed by: Mary J. Fales, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Approved by: Roger W. Fraser, City Administrator
Body
ORDINANCE NO. ORD-08-16
First Reading : April 21, 2008
Public Hearing : May 5, 2008
Approved: May 5, 2008
Published: May 11, 2008
Effective: May 21, 2008
EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM
(DUTY DEATH BENEFIT)
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTIONS 1:552 AND 1:569 OF CHAPTER 18, EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM, OF TITLE I OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ANN ARBOR
The City of Ann Arbor Ordains:
Section 1. That Section 1:552 of Chapter 18 of Title I of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor be amended to read as follows...
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