(a) Effective March 1, 2006, a portion of the amount of statutorily required contributions to the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio shall be picked up and paid as a fringe benefit by the City of Upper Sandusky for each person within any of the classes established in subsection (c) hereof. This “pick up” by the City of Upper Sandusky is, and shall be in lieu of contributions to the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio by each person within any of the classes established in subsection (c) 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 directly instead of having it “picked up” by the City of Upper Sandusky or of being excluded from the “pick up”.
(b) The City of Upper Sandusky shall, in reporting and making remittance to the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio report that the public employee’s contribution for each person subject to this “pick up” has been made as provided by the statute.
(c) The “pick up” by the City of Upper Sandusky provided by this section shall apply to all persons that:
Are full-time employees of the City of Upper Sandusky, who are or become contributing members of the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio.
(d) Under the Fringe Benefit Method of Employer pick up, salary is not modified, however, the employer will pay the employees’ statutorily required nine percent (9%) contribution to PERS.
(e) The Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to implement the provisions of this section to institute the “pick up” of the statutorily required contributions to the Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio for those persons reflected in subsection (c) hereof so as to enable them to obtain the result in federal and state tax deferments and other benefits.
(Ord. 112-11. Passed 2-20-06.)