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HomeMy WebLinkAbout021536 ORD - 12/22/1992AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND ALLOWING, UNDER THE ACT GOVERNING THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM, "UPDATED SERVICE CREDITS" IN SAID SYSTEM FOR SERVICE PERFORMED BY QUALIFYING MEMBERS OF SUCH SYSTEM WHO PRESENTLY ARE IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI; PROVIDING FOR INCREASED PRIOR AND CURRENT SERVICE ANNUITIES FOR RETIREES AND BENEFICIARIES OF DECEASED RETIREES OF THE CITY; ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR SUCH ACTIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: Section 1. Authorization of Updated Service Credits. (a) On the terms and conditions set out in Sections 853.401 through 853.403 of Chapter E of Title 8, V.T.C.A., Government Code, as amended, each member of the Texas Municipal Retirement System (hereinafter referred to as the System) who has current service credit or prior service credit in said System in force and effect on the 1st day of January, 1993, by reason of service in the employment of the City of Corpus Christi (hereinafter referred to as the City), and on such date has at least 36 months of credited service with said System, shall be and is hereby allowed "Updated Service Credit" (as that term is defined in subsection (d) of Section 853.402 of said title) in an amount that is 100% of the "base Updated Service Credit" of the member (calculated as provided in subsection (c) of Section 853.402 of said title). The Updated Service Credit hereby allowed shall replace any Updated Service Credit, prior service credit, special prior service credit, or antecedent service credit previously authorized for part of the same service. (b) In accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of Section 853.401 of said title, the monthly deposits required to be made to the System by an employee of any of the several participating departments on account of current service shall be based, from and after the date aforesaid, on the total monthly compensation of such employee from the City. 021536 7- MICROFtLMEU TMRS ORDINANCE (Continued) Page 2 Section 2. Increase in Retirement Annuities. (a) On terms and conditions set out in Section 854.203, of Chapter C, of Title 8, V.T.C.A., Government Code, as amended, the City hereby elects to allow and to provide for payment of the increase below stated in monthly benefits payable by the System to retired employees and to beneficiaries of deceased employees of the City under current service annuities and prior service annuities arising from service by such employees to the City. An annuity increased under this Section replaces any annuity or increased annuity previously granted to the same person. (b) The amount of annuity increase under this Section is computed as the sum of the prior and current service annuities on the effective date of retirement of the person on whose service the annuities are based, multiplied by 40% of the percentage change in Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, from December of the year immediately preceding the effective date of the person's retirement to the December that is 13 months before the effective date of this ordinance. (c) An increase in an annuity that was reduced because of an option selection is reducible in the same proportion and in the same manner that the original annuity was reduced. (d) If a computation hereunder does not result in an increase in the amount of an annuity, the amount of the annuity will not be changed hereby. (e) The amount by which an increase under this Section exceeds all previously granted increases to an annuitant is an obligation of the City and of its account in the municipality accumulation fund of the System. TMRS ORDINANCE (Continued) Page 3 Section 3. Effective Date. Subject to approval by the Board of Trustees of Texas Municipal Retirement System, the updated service credits and increases in retirement annuities granted hereby shall be and become effective on the 1st day of January, 1993. Section 4. That upon written request of the Mayor or five Council members, copy attached, to find and declare an emergency due to the need for immediate action necessary for the efficient and effective administration of City affairs, such finding of an emergency is made and declared requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at three regular meetings so that this ordinance is passed and shall take effect upon first reading as an emergency measure this the _22 day of gggt/�� "�• 1992. ATTEST: CITY SECRETAR APPROVED: DAY OF r JIMMY BRAY, CITY ATTORNEY BY ISTANT CITY ATT /avp TMRSORD.SD RNEY 1 1 T MAYO THE CITY , 1992. RPUS CHRISTI Corpus Christi, Texas 22 day of DQC rnbz C , 19 q2 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance an emergency exists requiring suspension of the Charter rule as to consideration and voting upon ordinances at three regular meetings; I/we, therefore, request that you suspend said Charter rule and pass this ordinance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, Respectfully, Council Members MAYOR THE CI CORPUS CHRISTI The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Mary Rhodes Cezar Galindo /ki j Leo Guerrero Betty Jean Longoria pct_ Edward A. Martin Joe McComb Dr. David McNichols ist, y Clif Moss �y Mary Pat Slavik rT °y -i 045 021536 if U T