(A) Deferred compensation.
(1) The County Board of Commissioners hereby establishes a Deferred Compensation Plan for the County Sheriff’s Department to allow for the voluntary participation of employees of such Sheriff’s Department.
(2) The Sheriff’s Department will utilize the Deferred Compensation Plan established by the County Sheriff’s Department known as the State Sheriff’s 457(b) Plan, and participate in the group trust arrangement established by that Deferred Compensation Plan; and the Sheriff is authorized to sign the adoption agreement to participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan.
(3) The County Board of Commissioners hereby authorize the County Auditor to make deductions from the pay of employees of the Sheriff’s Department who voluntarily participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan, and to deposit the deferrals in the trust. The County Board of Commissioners also authorizes the committee to be made up of representatives of the Sheriff’s Departments participating in the Plan (as determined by participating Sheriff’s Departments) to make such other arrangements as are necessary to implement the Plan. It is understood that, other than the incidental expenses related to collecting the employees’ deferrals, and other minor administrative matters, there is to be no cost to or contribution by the county to this Plan.
(B) Release of firearms.
(1) This division (B) shall effect the County Sheriff’s Department employees who have retired after January 1, 1995.
(2) The County Sheriff’s Department shall have the authority to release, to the retiring Sheriff’
(3) The retiring Sheriff’s Department employee must have served honorably as a member of the County Sheriff’s Department for a minimum of 20 years.
(4) The Sheriff’s Department employee must have met the statutory requirements to have been eligible to participate in the County Police Retirement Plan during the entire said minimum 20-year period.
(Ord. 1996-19, passed 5-20-1996; Ord. 2011-07, passed 4-12-2011)