(A) Effective April 2, 1984, 6% of the full amount of the statutorily required employee contributions to OPERS shall be picked up and paid as a fringe benefit by the village for each person within any of the classes established in division (B) of this section. The pick up shall be an offset against future salary increases. This pick up by the village shall be designated as public employee contributions and shall be in lieu of contributions to OPERS by each person within any of the classes established in division (B) of this section. No person subject to this pick up shall have the option of choosing to receive the statutorily required contribution to OPERS directly instead of having it picked up by the village or of being excluded from the pick up. The village shall, in reporting and making remittance to OPERS, report that the public employees contribution for each person subject to this pick up has been made as provided by the statute. Therefore, contributions, although designated as employee contributions, are employer-paid, and employees do not have the option to receive the contributions directly. All contributions are paid by the employer directly to the plan.
(B) The pick up by the village provided by this section shall apply to all persons that are employees of the village who are or become contributing members of OPERS.
(C) Under the fringe-benefit method of employer pick up, salary is not modified; however, the employer will pay 6% of the employees’ statutorily required contribution to OPERS.
(D) The Fiscal Officer is hereby authorized and directed to implement the provisions of this section to institute the pick up of the statutorily required contributions to OPERS for those persons reflected in division (B) of this section so as to enable them to have their employee contributions paid by their employer.
(Ord. 2008-14, passed 11-3-2008)