(a) Effective the first pay period following approval from the Internal Revenue Service, the full amount of the statutorily required “member contributions” to the state retirement systems of Police and Firemen’s Disability and Pension Fund or the Public Employees Retirement Systems shall be withheld from the gross pay of all individuals who are members of the retirement systems and shall be “picked up” (assumed and paid to the retirement systems) by the city in lieu of contributions by the members. This “pick-up” is and shall be designated as “member contributions” and shall be the individual contributions to the retirement systems of Police and Firemen’s Disability and Pension Fund or the Public Employees Retirement System by each member. No member subject to this “pick-up” provision shall have the option of choosing to receive the contributed amounts directly instead of having them “picked-up” by the city.
(b) The city through its proper officers shall in reporting and making remittance to the Police and Firemen’s Disability and Pension Fund and the Public Employees Retirement System to the state, attest that the “pick-up” of the “member contribution” for each individual subject to this procedure has been made by the city through the direct contributions to the retirement systems by each individual and that the contributions are designated as “member contributions.”
(Ord. 92-33, passed 4-27-1992)