(a) Effective 12:01 a.m., January 1, 1985, the full amount of the statutorily required contributions to the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio shall be paid by elected officials and withheld from the gross pay of each elected official of the City of Lancaster.
(b) The above-described withholding by the City commencing January 1, 1985, is and shall be designated as public employee contributions and such contributions made by each elected official of the City shall be paid into the fund by the City.
(c) No person subject to this withholding shall have the option of choosing to receive the statutorily required contributions to the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio directly instead of having them paid to the system by the City.
(d) The City Auditor is hereby directed, in reporting contributions and making remittance to the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio, to implement all procedures necessary in the administration of the pay of all elected officials of the City to effect the above- described withholding of the statutorily required contributions to the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio so as to enable them to obtain the resulting Federal and State tax deferments and other attendant benefits. (Ord. 2-01. Passed 2-12-01.)