(A) Membership of retirement system.
(1) The membership of the retirement system shall consist of all the defined benefit police officers and firefighters who are in the employ of the city.
(2) In any case of doubt, the Board of Trustees shall decide who is a member of the retirement system within the meaning of the provisions of this chapter.
(B) Termination of membership.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, should any member cease to be a police officer or firefighter in the employ of the city, for any reason except his or her retirement, he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member and his or her credited service at that time shall be forfeited. If he or she is re-employed by the city as a police officer or firefighter, he or she shall again become a member. Should his or her said re-employment occur within a period of five years from and after the date his or her employment with the city as a police officer or firefighter last terminated his or her credited service last forfeited by him or her shall be restored to his or her credit; provided, that he or she returns to the Member’s Deposit Fund the amount, if any, he or she withdrew therefrom, together with regular interest from the date of withdrawal to the date of repayment. Upon a member’s retirement or death, he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member.
(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a police officer member who is a patrol officer in the employ of the city and who is laid off on or after July 1, 1985, shall have restored to his or her credit his or her credited service last forfeited by him or her upon his or her recall to employment as a patrol officer by the city provided that he or she returns to the Member’s Deposit Fund the amount, if any, he or she withdrew therefrom, together with regular interest from the date of withdrawal to the date of repayment.
(Prior Code, § 16.07) (Ord. D-678, passed 1-18-1965, effective 2-1-1965; Ord. D-1508, passed 2-17-1986, effective 2-27-1986; Ord. D-1592, passed 6-19-1989, effective 6-29-1989; Ord. D-1737, passed 3-20-1995, effective 3-30-1995; Ord. O-51, passed 8-7-2006, effective 8-17-2006)