(a) Effective June 18, 1989, the full amount of the statutorily required contributions to the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio, and the Police and Firemen’s Disability and Pension Fund shall be withheld from the gross pay of each person within any and all of the classes established in subsection (b) hereof and shall be “picked-up” (assumed and paid to the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio and the Police and Firemen’s Disability and Pension Fund) by the City. This “pick-up” by the City is, and shall be designated as, public employee contributions and shall be in lieu of contributions to the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio and the Police and Firemen’s Disability and Pension Fund by each person within any and all of the classes established in subsection (b) hereof. No person subject to this “pick-up” shall have the option of choosing to receive the statutorily required contribution to the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio and the Police and Firemen’s Disability and Pension Fund directly instead of having it “picked-up” by the City or of being excluded from the “pick-up”.
Further, the City shall, in reporting and making remittance to the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio, and the Police and Firemen’s Disability and Pension Fund, report that the public employee’s contribution for each person subject to this “pick-up” has been made as provided by statute.
(b) The “pick-up” by the City provided by this section shall apply to the following: All elected officials and employees of the City who are contributing members of the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio and/or the Police and Firemen’s Disability and Pension Fund.
(c) The gross wage or salary of any person subject to the “pick-up” provided by this section shall not change as a result of this “pick-up”.
(d) The Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to implement the provisions of this section to effect the “pick-up” of the statutorily required contributions to the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio and the Police and Firemen’s Disability and Pension Fund for those persons reflected in subsection (b) hereof so as to enable them to obtain the resulting federal and state tax deferments and other benefits.
(Ord. 89-45. Passed 6-20-89.)