As used in this chapter:
(a) "Act" means the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act (Act 205 of 1984 (P.L. 1005), 53 P.S. 895.101 et seq., as amended).
(b) "Code" means the Third Class City Code.
(c) "Compensation" means the base salary paid by the employer.
(d) "Council" means the Council of the City of Johnstown.
(e) "Disability" means a condition of total and permanent physical or mental incapacity, due to which a member is unable to perform any customary duties of his or her employment with the employer.
(f) "Effective date" means the date upon which this chapter (Ordinance 4441, passed October 28, 1987) becomes effective, that is, January 1, 1988.
(g) "Employee" means any fireman employed by the employer on a full-time basis as a member of the employer's Department of Fire.
(h) "Employer" means the City of Johnstown.
(i) "Final monthly average salary" means the rate of monthly pay of a member as of the date of retirement, or the highest average annual salary which a member received during any five years of continuous service preceding his or her date of retirement, whichever is the greater amount.
(j) "Member" means an employee who has met the eligibility requirements of Section 291.03, and who has not, for any reason, ceased his or her participation hereunder.
(k) "Pension Fund" means the Firemen's Pension Fund administered under this chapter and under the rules and regulations of the Board of Trustees, as set forth in Section 291.02, which Fund includes all money, property, investments, policies and contracts that are a part of the Plan.
(l) "Plan" means the pension plan set forth herein and designated as the City of Johnstown New Firemen's Pension Plan.
(m) "Plan year" means the twelve-month period beginning on January 1 and ending on the subsequent December 31 of each year.
(n) "Year of continuous service" means a twelve-month period of continuous employment during which a member is employed with the employer and paid out of the City Treasury.
(Ord. 4441. Passed 10-28-87.)