(a) Pension, death, disability and vested termination benefits shall be based upon the group VI firefighter’s compensation base which shall mean the average annual earnings which were paid to the group VI firefighter by the city for employment with the city during any five years in which the group VI firefighter had the highest annual earnings. If a group VI firefighter has less than five calendar years of employment, the group VI firefighter’s compensation base shall be determined by the executive director under uniform, non-discriminatory procedures that are consistently applied.
(b) For compensation base purposes, any lump sum payments of earnings for any prior time period, whether awarded to the group VI firefighter by a court, administrative body or settlement agreement, shall be retroactively attributed to the calendar year in which it would otherwise have been received by the group VI firefighter from the city for services rendered.
(c) For purposes of computing the compensation base for a group VI firefighter who has made an effective DROP election, the group VI firefighter’s compensation base shall be calculated using the group VI firefighter’s earnings prior to the effective date of the DROP election.
(Ord. 21459-09-2014, § 2, passed 9-16-2014)