(A) The city hereby confirms its election to become a participant in the fund established by the Indiana Public Employees Retirement Act, being Chapter 340 of the Acts of 1945 of the State General Assembly, as amended, and to make contributions to that fund required by that act.
(B) The following additional classifications of employees as defined in the Act are hereby designated to become members of the fund: All elected officials of the city, including, but without limitation thereto, it being determined hereby that they occupy positions normally requiring performance of duty of more than 600 hours during a year.
('74 Code, § 2-5) (Ord. S-73-64, passed - -64)
(C) The Controller of the city, the Deputy Controller, the Supervisor of Payroll Services, the Executive Director of the Fort Wayne-Allen County Convention and Tourism Authority, the Operations Manager, or the Office Manager are hereby authorized to complete and sign the necessary verification of service credit forms as required by the State of Indiana Public Employees Retirement Fund on behalf of employees intending to retire. (Ord. R-32-92, passed 6-11-92)
(D) Status change affecting PERF start date.
(1) General.
(a) The purpose of this policy is to establish guidelines designed to help define situations involving status change to PERF-covered positions (Public Employee Retirement Fund).
(b) The purpose of providing PERF is to provide retirement, disability and survivor benefits for its members.
(c) This policy will only apply to the Civil City and City Utilities employees who had been employed as a temporary full-time employee and then became a regular full-time employee through continuous employment and no break in service.
(d) The PERF start date will be defined as the hire date the employee was employed as a temporary employee whose employment continued into a regular full-time employee without any interruptions.
(2) Scope. This policy applies to all city employees who were classified as temporary full-time employees who worked full-time in a position, never received PERF benefits while in that status, and employment was not interrupted with termination before being employed in a PERF-covered position as a regular full-time employee.
(3) Definition. All city employees classified as temporary full-time (who work 32 hours a week or more) who do not receive PERF benefits during this classification period, the job term is not interrupted due to termination and who become a regular full-time employee at a future date, shall receive a PERF start date as of the employee's temporary full-time start date.
(4) Policy.
(a) Temporary full-time employees will not receive PERF benefits during their employment in that status.
(b) When a temporary full-time employee has not been terminated from the city and who is hired for a regular full-time PERF-covered position with no break in service, the start date from the temporary full-time position shall be used to establish the start date for PERF only.
(Ord. S-79-97, passed 8-28-97)