(A) The borough, having established a pension plan administered by the state’s Municipal Retirement System (the system), hereby elects to amend its Municipal Pension Plan administered by the system in accordance with Article IV of the state’s 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.
(B) As part of this section, the borough agrees that the system shall administer and provide the benefits set forth in the amended Municipal Pension Plan contract entered into between the state’s Municipal Retirement Board and the borough effective as of the date specified in the adoption agreement (the contract).
(C) The borough acknowledges that by passage and adoption of this section, the borough officially accepts the contract and the financial obligations resulting from the administration of the contract.
(D) Payment for any obligation established by the adoption of this section and the contract shall be made by the borough in accordance with the Retirement Law and the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act. The borough hereby assumes all liability for any unfundedness created due to the benefit structure set forth in the contract.
(Ord. 2009-01, passed 1-5-2009; Ord. 2015-04, passed 6-1-2015; Ord. 2017-04, passed 9-5-2017; Ord. 2017-05, passed 9-5-2017; Ord. 2017-07, passed 12-28-2017; Ord. 2018-04, passed 12-27-2018; Ord. 2019-08, passed 12-19-2019; Ord. 2020-06, passed 12-22-2020; Ord. 2022-01, passed 1-3-2022)