1979-24..,
Bill 2979-24
' AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
PENSIONS OF POLICE OFFICERS
AND FIRE FIGHTERS
CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN: -
The Ordinance Code of the City of Richfield is hereby
amended by adding a new Section 2.41 providing as follows:
"2.41. POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS - PERA ME~^~1BERSHIP.
Subdivision 1. Recitals. It is recognized that the unfunded
accrued liabilities of the Richfield Fire Department Relief
_ Association have increased from approximately $210,000 in June
of 1963 to approximately $2,334,000 in January of 1979; that
the unfunded accrued liabilities of the Richfield Police Relief
Association have increased from approximately $458,000 in
January of 1965 to $1,818,000 in January of 1979; that the
existence and increasing amount of these unfunded accrued
liabilities gives rise to an intense concern about the financial
condition of the associations, the security for expected benefits
to employees and the obligations being incurred by the taxpayers
of the city in undertaking to fund the liabilities of the funds
of the associations; twat the city desires to promote the finan--
cial soundness of the funds of each of these associations and to
take measures to provide that the fire fighters and police
officers of the city participate in pension plans which are
fiscally sound and responsible; that the Public Employees Police
and Fire Fund of the Minnesota Public Employees Retirement
Association provides benefits to police officers and fire '.
fighters which have been determined by the legislature of the
State of Minnesota to be appropriate; that it is the policy of
the pension laws of the State of Minnesota to provide for the
inclusion of police officers and fire fighters in the Public
Employees Police and Fire Fund in preference to other pension
plans; and that it •is in furtherance of the best interest of the
city's employees and of the general welfare of the city to
include such employees of the city, hereafter employed, in the
Public Employees Police and Fire Fund.
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Subd. 2. Membership of Certain Police Cfficers in Public
Employees Police and Fire zund. All persons who are first
employed by the city on or after the effective date of this
ordinance and who, lIl the absence of the Richfield Police Relief
Association would be eligible for membership in the Public
Employees Police and Fire Fund of the Minnesota Public Employees
Retirement Association, shall be members of such Public
Employees Police and Fire Fund and shall not be members of the
Richfield Police Relief Association.
Subd. 3. Membership of Certain Fire Fighters in Public
Employees Police and Fire Fund. All persons who are first
employed by the city on or after the effective da*~e of this
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~r', ordinance and who, in the absence of the Richfield Fire
Department Relief Association would be eligible for membership
in the Public Employees Police and Fire Fund of the Minnesota
Public Employees Retirement Association, shall be members of
such Public Employees Police and Fire Fund and shall not be
_ members of the Richfield Fire Department Relief Association.
Subd.-4. City's Obligations. The city shall fully dis-.
charge its obligations in behalf of those persons who became
members of the Richfield Fire Department Relief Association
and the Richfield Police Relief Association prior to the
effective date of this ordinance and shall also fully dis-
charge its obligations in behalf of those persons who become
members of the Public Employees Police and Fire Fund as required
by this ordinance.
Subd. 5. Severability. Should any provision of this
ordinance be found to be invalid for any reason, the remaining
provisions shall remain valid unless it appears that the
remaining provisions are so incomplete as to be incapable of
being executed in accordance with the intent of this ordinance.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Dti_.nnesota, this
27th day of December, 1979. t
Subd. 6. The effective date of this ordinance shall be
April 1; 1980.
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!d L ren L . Law ~ yor
ATTEST:
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1 K. Berg Acting Ci C erk
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Bill 1979-24
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
PENSIONS OF AOLICE OFFICERS
AND F{RE FIGHTERS
The Ordinyuce Code of the City of
• Richfield is hereby amended by add-
` ing a new Section 2:~1 providing as
f ,.~ s
ti,4 ; ,. follows:
2.41. POLICE OFFICERS AND
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{ ~ FIRE FIGHTERS - .PERA MEM-
~" ;`l~{'f BERSHIP. Subdiviaibn 1. Recitals. It
" t, is recognized that the unfunded ac-
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ave
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Assoc
Department Rel
increased from approximately
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;mately S2 334 n000 in Januey [1979;
'` SUN that the unfunded accrued liabilities
of the Richfield Polide'Relief Associa-
tion have increased -from approx-
imately X158,000 in January of 1985 to
x1,818,000 m Janus;yof,1979;thatthe
N E w S P A P E RS existence and increasing amount of
these unfunded accrued habilities
gives rise to an intense concern about
the financial condition bf the associa-
A F F I D AV I T O F PUBLICATION lions, the security for expected bene-
fits to employees and the obligations
being incurred bj<: thti taxpayers of
the city in un(lertaking to fund the
liabilities of the fonds of the asaocia-
RI C H F I E L D SUN Lions; that the Mty desires to promote
the Financial seppndnesa bE the funds of -
f these aiisocions and to take
each
o
measures to ,,ppr~ppk' that the fire
fighters and police bl~flcers of the city
participate m-pgnaion plans which
onsible;
dlid aril res
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fi
p
y so
are
sca
that the Publid?~mpfoyees Police
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id
9615 Lyndale Avenue South Bloomington Minnesot o li
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Association prov
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fire fighters w
lice officers an
have been determinedby fire legisla-
ture of the State of( 1464pp~~xota to be
that'ft,~ tilCpolicy of
riat
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approp
the pension laws ,thi~.Sttite of Min-
State of Minnesota esota to provide tie; elusion of
n
County of Hennepin p
PuiblicoEtmpioye s - tandiFlre
Fund in preference er pension
plans; and that it im-'~ ' therance of
the best interest of thE'' y's employ-
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are
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ees and of the ge el
city to include such erftbloyees of the
city, hereafter enl 6 d, in the Pub-
DON R. CARSON, bein dui sworn, on oath sa she is and durin all times here stated has been tl
g Y Y g tic Employees Pol ce~and Fire Fund.
Subd. 2. Melnbei•Bhip of Certain
president and printer of the newspaper known as The Richfield Sun and has full knowledge of the face Police Officers ~,Fublic Employees
herein stated as follows: (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format an
in column and sheet forme uivalent in rioted s ace to at least 900 s uare inches. (2) Said news a e
q P P' q P' P police and Fife":;FFlitlnd. All persons
who are first evi toyed by the city on
or after the ~~ a date of this
is a weekly and is distributed at least once every week. (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news column ordinance and the absence of ,
devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not whop
du licate an other ublication and is not made u entirel of atents, late matter and advertisement:
P Y P p Y P P the Richfield gHCe - . elief Asaocia-
hon would be glpie r membership
in the Public to es Police and
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(4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipalities which it purports to serve, has at least 5( pesota Public
Fire Fund of E
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copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total circulatio Employees Re remetit Association,
shall be members of such Public
currentl
y paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its loci
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newspaper purports to serve the City of Richfield in the County of Hennepin and it ha c
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shall not be mem
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its known office of issue in the City of Bloomington in said county, established and open during its regula e
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Subd. 3. Mem rof Certain
business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions an Fife Fighters in',~Employees
maintained by the managing officer of said newspaper or persons in its employ and subject to hi Police and Fire 4111 persons
- direction and control during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regula who are first emplI>~'the city on
or after the effectigatddaste Hof this
business hours and at which said newspaper is printed. ((i) Said newspaper files a copy of each issu ordinance and whoa't)#;thA;absence of
immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said newspaper is made available at single o the Richfield Fire'~rtment Relief
subscription prices to any person, corporation, partnership or other unincorporated associatio Association would'iCbe.'eiigible for
membership in the Public Employees
requesting the newspaper and making the applicable payment. (8) Said newspaper has complied with a; police and Fire Ftiadi gf the Minne-
foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below. (9 sofa Public Employee9 Retirement
shall be members of
Association
Said news a er has filed with the Secretor of State of Minnesota
p P y prior to January 1, 1966 and sac ,
such Public Employees Police and
January 1 thereafter and affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by th Fire Fund and shall not be members
managing officer of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is , of the Richfield FirG<'Department Re-
legal newspaper. lief Association. .g„,
Subd. 4. City's ations. The city '
shall fully discha ' ' is obligations in
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b
ecame
o
behalf at those p ns w
members of the hfield Fire De-
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He further states on oath that the rioted
P partment Re1Cet ciation and the
Richfield Police elief Association
hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printer prior, to the effect}ve date of this
ordinance and aha also fully dis-
charge its obliggaati4pis in behalf of
those persons wh'o become members
of the Public Emplt~ges Police and
and published therein in the English language, once each week, for-Qll~successive weeks Fire Fund as requixed by this or-
dinance.
Subd. 5. Severabllity. Should any
provision of this ordinance be found
to be invalid for any reason, the
that it was first so ublished on WE'd the g da of Jan 19 $ Q
P Y remaining provisions shall remain
valid unless it app a that the re-
maining provisionb so incomplete
as to be incapable: sbeing executed
in accordance wl~ft~e intent of this.
and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including ordinance.
Subd. s. Thee date of this
ordinance shall ~ 1, 1980.
Passed by the-. t ouncil of the
~
ota, this 27th
City of Richfield,
day of December, I
the day of 19 and that the following is a rioted co ~
P p ATTEST:
SYLVIA K. BERGH,
of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size am Acting City Clerk
kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit: (Jan. 9, 1980)-RICH
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