(A) It is hereby declared to be the policy and purpose of the city to extend to all eligible employees and officials of said city who are not excluded by law or by this section, and whether employed in connection with a governmental or proprietary function of said city, the benefits of the system of Federal Old-Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance as authorized by the RSMo. §§ 105.300 through 105.445, as the same may be now and hereafter in effect.
(B) (1) The Mayor and the City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed, on behalf of this city, to prepare, execute, and submit to the state’s Office of Administration, Social Security Unit, as state agency of the State of Missouri, a plan and agreement for extending said benefits to said eligible employees and officials of the city, in the form prepared by the state agency and hereby approved and adopted by the Board of Aldermen of this city, which plan and agreement are to become effective upon approval thereof by the state agency, and are further authorized and directed to execute agreements and modifications and amendments thereof with said state agency providing for the extension of said benefits to said employees and officials as set forth in said plan and agreement, as provided for in division (A) above, said plan and agreement to provide that said extension of benefits is to be effective on January 1, 1989.
(2) Commencing on the first pay period following the date of the approval of the plan and agreement of this city by the state agency, there shall be deducted from the wages of all employees and officials of the city, to whom the benefits of said system of Federal Old-Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance are extended, by virtue of the plan and agreement hereinbefore provided for, the amount of each of said employees’ and officials’ contributions, as determined by the applicable state and federal laws and by said plan and agreement, the aggregate amount of said deductions to be paid to the Internal Revenue Service as required by federal law; provided however, that from the first payment of wages made to each of said employees and officials after the benefits of said system have been extended to such employees and officials, there shall be deducted a sum equal to the amount which would have been due and payable from each said employee and official had said extension of benefits been provided and effective on January 1, 1989.
(C) Should the effective date of coverage as provided in division (B) above be for retroactive periods prior to 1989, said deductions shall be paid into the state’s OASDHI Trust Fund as created by RSMo. § 105.390, for benefits extended under said system of Federal Old-Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance as determined by applicable state and federal laws.
(D) Commencing on the first pay period following the date of the approval of the plan and agreement of this city by the state agency, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the General Fund of the city, and there is, and shall be, appropriated the sum or sums of money necessary to pay the contributions of the city, which shall be due and payable by virtue of the extension of the benefits of the Federal Old-Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance System to the eligible employees and officials of said city, said sum or sums of money to be paid to the Internal Revenue Service as required by federal law; provided however, that in making the first payment to the Internal Revenue Service, after the benefits of said system have been extended to such employees and officials, said first payment shall include a sum equal to the amount which would have been due and payable had said extension of benefits been provided and effective on January 1, 1989. The fund from which said appropriation is made will, at all times, be sufficient to pay the contributions of the city by this section directed to be paid to the Internal Revenue Service.
(E) The city, from and after the approval of the plan and agreement of this city by the state agency, shall fully comply with, and shall keep such records, make such reports, and provide such methods of administration of said plan and agreement as may be required by all applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations, now and hereafter in effect with respect to the extension of the benefits of the Federal Old-Age Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance System to the employees and officials of this city. For the purpose of administering said plan and agreement, the City Clerk shall be the official who shall make all required reports, keep all records, and be responsible for the administration of said plan and agreement on behalf of this city, and any and all notices and communications from the state agency or the Internal Revenue Service to this city with respect to said plan and agreement shall be addressed to: City of Otterville, PO Box 58, Otterville, Missouri 65348.
(Prior Code, § 135.010) (Ord. 243, passed 12-6-1988)