(a) From and after the effective date of this subsection (Ordinance 80-67, passed September 2, 1980), the mandatory retirement age of all personnel of the safety forces, except the Chiefs thereof, subject to civil service regulations, shall be sixty-five years of age. Each and every member shall terminate his or her service at the end of the month during which he or she attains such age. In the case of the Police Chief and the Fire Chief, they shall terminate their service not later than December 31 of the year during which he or she attains such age. (Ord. 80-67. Passed 9-2-80.)
(b) Any other full-time employee of the City not presently provided for in subsection (a) hereof shall retire from the service of the City at the end of the month in which he or she attains the age of seventy years.
The required retirement time for employees designated in this subsection may be suspended upon written application being made to the Mayor by the affected employee not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days prior to his or her retirement date or the annual anniversary thereof. The Mayor, in his or her sole discretion, may continue the service of such employee beyond his or her retirement age on an annual basis for two years. The affected employee shall pay the cost of a medical examination and report to the Mayor to confirm his or her physical and mental fitness to continue to perform his or her duties on behalf of the City. The Mayor shall consider the physical and mental fitness of such employee in determining that such employee may continue in the service of the City beyond the mandatory retirement age.
(Ord. 74-67. Passed 8-19-74; Ord. 80-54. Passed 7-7-80.)